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Best Public Schools in Zip Code 56721

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Schools

2,005

Students

Top rankedCentral Middle156^th of 546 Minnesota middle schools

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Biggest riser

East Grand Forks Senior High up 26 spots statewide this year

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Summary:

ZIP code 56721 covers East Grand Forks, Minnesota, home to 4 schools serving roughly 2,005 students across grades PK–12, all within East Grand Forks Public Schools, which is ranked 219 of 458 Minnesota districts (52nd percentile, 3 stars). The schools divide the grade levels cleanly: New Heights Elementary (PK–2, 499 students), South Point Elementary (3–5, 435), Central Middle (6–8, 463), and East Grand Forks Senior High (9–12, 608). Elementary students make up 46.6% of enrollment.

Central Middle is the academic standout: rated 4 stars and ranked 156 of 546 (71st percentile) in 2025–2026, with all-grade Math at 45.7% and Reading at 51.7%, above both district (39.1% Math, 46.6% Reading) and state (44.9% Math, 48.6% Reading). Its weakness is Science at 11.5%, below the district's 17.3% and the state's 25.5%. East Grand Forks Senior High improved to 3 stars and the 50th percentile, with Science (31.9%) above district and state and 10th-grade Reading at 43.2% (state 42.5%), but Math is 25.5% versus district 39.1% and state 44.9%, and the dropout rate is 8.2% versus the state's 4.2%. South Point Elementary is the weakest current performer at 1 star and the 28th percentile, below district and state in Math (37.3%), Reading (42.0%), and Science (11.1%), and below state in every grade-level result shown. New Heights Elementary serves PK–2 with no current test data.

Science is a district-wide weak spot outside the high school, where Central and South Point both fall far below district and state. Free/reduced lunch rates range from 29.16% at Central to 40.28% at New Heights, with a weighted combined rate of about 33.7%, and student-teacher ratios range from 14.9 at South Point to 20.5 at Central — so neither class size nor lunch rate tracks simply with outcomes. Rank trends also diverge: Central slipped from the 81st to the 71st percentile, the high school rose from the 42nd/45th to the 50th percentile, and South Point fell from the 33rd to the 28th percentile, dropping from 2 stars to 1.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				MCA-IV Reading (2026)								MCA-IV Science (2026)				MCA-III Math (2026)								Vaccination (2025-26)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	MCA-IV Reading 3rd Grade	MCA-IV Reading 4th Grade	MCA-IV Reading 5th Grade	MCA-IV Reading 6th Grade	MCA-IV Reading 7th Grade	MCA-IV Reading 8th Grade	MCA-IV Reading 10th Grade	MCA-IV Reading All Grades	MCA-IV Science 5th Grade	MCA-IV Science 8th Grade	MCA-IV Science End of Course	MCA-IV Science All Grades	MCA-III Math 3rd Grade	MCA-III Math 4th Grade	MCA-III Math 5th Grade	MCA-III Math 6th Grade	MCA-III Math 7th Grade	MCA-III Math 8th Grade	MCA-III Math 11th Grade	MCA-III Math All Grades	Vaccination: Kindergartners vaccinated against measles, mumps and rubella (MMR)	Vaccination: Exemption rate	Total
Central Middle	Public, Magnet	6-8	1827 Bygland Rd SE	East Grand Forks	56721	Polk County	East Grand Forks Public Schools	No	Yes	No	Yes	(218) 773-1141	463	23	20.5	29.2%	335 (72.4%)	41 (8.9%)	54 (11.7%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (5.4%)	66.1	156^th of 546 public middle schools	71.4%		75	109^th of 519 public middle schools	79.0%	47				54.5	47.1	53.2		51.7		11.5		11.5				44.8	45.4	46.8		45.7			$10,160
South Point Elementary	Public, Magnet	3-5	1900 13th St SE	East Grand Forks	56721	Polk County	East Grand Forks Public Schools	No	Yes	No	Yes	(218) 773-1149	435	29	14.9	35.9%	308 (70.8%)	35 (8.0%)	51 (11.7%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (6.9%)	32.6	623^rd of 869 public elementary schools	28.3%		35.2	596^th of 872 public elementary schools	31.7%	27	43.6	37.1	46.0					42.0	11.1			11.1	41.2	42.4	27.3					37.3			$10,356
East Grand Forks Senior High	Public	9-12	1420 4th Ave NW	East Grand Forks	56721	Polk County	East Grand Forks Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(218) 773-2405	608	32	19.2	30.3%	473 (77.8%)	38 (6.3%)	64 (10.5%)	1 (0.2%)	7 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (4.1%)	53.2	237^th of 473 public high schools	49.9%		48.6	263^rd of 450 public high schools	41.6%	26							43.2	43.2			31.9	31.9							25.5	25.5			$13,016
New Heights Elementary	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-2	1427 6th Ave NW	East Grand Forks	56721	Polk County	East Grand Forks Public Schools	No	Yes	No	Yes	(218) 773-0908	499	31	16.1	40.3%	351 (70.3%)	53 (10.6%)	61 (12.2%)	2 (0.4%)	8 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (4.8%)								(n/a)																					94.6%	4.7%	$9,315

Cities Near Zip Code 56721

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
East Grand Forks	0.75 mi	4	257^th
Fisher	13.68 mi	2	266^th
Crookston	21.28 mi	5	287^th
Warren	21.65 mi	2	237^th
Climax	24.18 mi	2	434^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Minnesota Department of Education.

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