Summary:
Zip code 56653 covers the Littlefork, Minnesota area, where two public schools serve local students: Littlefork-Big Falls Elementary for grades PK–6 with 216 students, and Littlefork-Big Falls Secondary for grades 7–12 with 186 students. Both sit at the same Main Street address and belong to the Littlefork-Big Falls School District, which together enrolls 402 students. There is no standalone middle school and no alternative school in this zip code, so students move directly from the elementary building into the secondary one.
The elementary school is the current academic standout and the one showing the clearest momentum. In 2025–2026, its all-grade proficiency was 43.9% in math, 48.7% in reading, and 28.1% in science, which is above the district in all three subjects and essentially at or above the state average in each. Reading rose 12.0 points year over year and math gained 5.6 points. Its rank history reflects that turnaround, moving from 1 star and the 29th percentile in 2024–2025 to 3 stars and the 51st percentile in 2025–2026. Grade-level bright spots include 6th grade reading at 64% (state 53.4%) and 4th grade math at 57.1% (state 55.2%).
The secondary school presents a mixed picture. Its completion metrics are excellent: a 96.5% graduation rate versus the state's 84.9%, and a 0.0% dropout rate versus 4.2% statewide. Test proficiency, however, trails the district and state in every subject — 35.7% in math, 29.6% in reading, and 21.2% in science — with reading down 4.2 points and science down 5.7 points from the prior year. 7th grade reading came in at 15% against a state figure of 43.5%. Despite this, the school held 3 stars and the 58th percentile in 2025–2026, after a 4-star, 78th-percentile year. Notably, the district itself is ranked 248 of 458 in Minnesota with 2 stars, so building-level results and district-level results do not move in lockstep.
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