Summary:
ZIP code 56586 contains a single elementary school: Underwood Elementary, a PK–6 school in Underwood, MN serving 282 students as part of Underwood Public School District. Because it is the only elementary school in the area, there are no within-ZIP peers to compare it against; the most useful benchmarks are its district, the state, and its own prior-year results.
Underwood Elementary showed real strengths in 2024–2025, when all-grade MCA proficiency was above the state in both math (48.52% vs. 45.21%) and reading (55.95% vs. 49.59%). In 2025–2026, results fell across the board: math 41.4%, reading 42.5%, and science 14.7%, all below the state averages of 44.9%, 48.6%, and 25.5%. The school still outperformed its district in math (41.4% vs. 37.4%) and reading (42.5% vs. 40.4%), but science trailed the district figure of 20.8%. Its state rank slipped from 3 stars and the 60th percentile in 2024–2025 to 2 stars and the 36th percentile in 2025–2026.
Grade-level results reveal a clear split. Third grade was strong, with math at 69% and reading at 57.1%, both above state. Fourth grade math (53.8%) was close to the state's 55.2%. Upper elementary lagged considerably: 5th grade math 17.6% and 6th grade math 18.9%, compared with state rates of 41.9% and 39.5%; 4th grade reading 27.5% vs. 48.8%; and 5th grade science 14.7% vs. 25.9%. Enrollment is small, so year-to-year percentage changes can be volatile. About 36.52% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch, and the student-teacher ratio is 12.1.
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