Summary:
ZIP code 56586 covers the Underwood, Minnesota area, where two schools serve a combined 554 students: Underwood Elementary (grades PK–6, 282 students) and Underwood Secondary (grades 5–12, 272 students). Both belong to the Underwood Public School District, which is rated 2 stars and ranks 278 of 458 districts in the state, at the 39th percentile. There is no separate middle school or alternative school in this ZIP code, and no test-score values here are suppressed.
The two schools stand out in different ways. Underwood Elementary is strongest in its earliest tested grades: 3rd grade Math was 69% proficient, 11.1 points above the state's 57.9%, and 3rd grade Reading was 57.1%, 10.3 points above the state's 46.8%. Underwood Secondary's standout results are not test scores but completion outcomes — a 90.9% graduation rate versus 84.9% statewide, and a 3.6% dropout rate versus 4.2% statewide. Secondary also led in Science, at 23.9% all-grade proficiency, above the district's 20.8% and only 1.6 points below the state's 25.5%.
Both schools, however, trail the state in all-grade Math and Reading and have been declining. Underwood Elementary fell from the 62nd percentile and 3 stars in 2023–2024 to the 36th percentile and 2 stars in 2025–2026; Underwood Secondary dropped from the 73rd percentile and 4 stars to the 46th percentile and 2 stars. Every all-grade subject declined from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, with Elementary Reading down 13.45 points and Secondary Math down 14.39 points. Weak spots include upper-elementary Math and Science (5th grade Math 17.6% vs. state 41.9%; all-grade Science 14.7% vs. state 25.5%) and Secondary Reading (37.4% vs. state 48.6%). With roughly 272–282 students per school, grade-level percentages can swing widely from year to year and should be read with caution.
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