Summary:
ZIP code 56579 contains just one elementary school: Rothsay Elementary, a small PK–6 school with 194 students in the Rothsay Public School District.
Rothsay Elementary's 2025–2026 results were generally above the Minnesota state average in math and reading. Math proficiency was 55.7% for all grades, compared with 44.9% statewide, and reading was 53.6% versus 48.6% statewide. Reading also improved markedly from the prior year, rising from 47.56% in 2024–2025 — when it was slightly below the state — to 53.6%. Science is the clear concern: proficiency fell from 28% in 2024–2025 (slightly above the state) to 19% in 2025–2026, well below the state's 25.5%, and 5th grade science came in at 19% versus 25.9% statewide. Grade-level results vary widely. Third grade math was strong at 72.2% (state 57.9%), 5th grade reading was 66.7% (state 54.5%), and 6th grade was above state in both math (52% vs. 39.5%) and reading (56% vs. 53.4%). Weaker spots were 4th grade reading at 33.3% (state 48.8%) and 5th grade math at 33.3% (state 41.9%). Because each grade has few students, a handful of children can shift these percentages substantially from year to year.
The school's state rank improved from 362nd of 872 in 2024–2025 to 309th of 869 in 2025–2026, moving from the 58th to the 64th percentile with 3 stars. It remains below its 2023–2024 peak of 254th, the 71st percentile, and 4 stars. The district ranked 183rd of 458 (60th percentile, 3 stars). Context: 30.41% of students qualified for free/reduced lunch, and the student/teacher ratio was 14.7.
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