Summary:
In ZIP code 56721, there are two elementary schools, both in East Grand Forks, Minnesota, and both part of East Grand Forks Public Schools: New Heights Elementary (PK–2) and South Point Elementary (3–5). Together they enroll 934 students and form a single grade-level pipeline rather than two competing schools, so families generally move from one to the other as children progress. The district overall is rated 219 of 458 in Minnesota, at the 52nd percentile with 3 stars.
New Heights Elementary is the larger of the two, with 499 students — about 53% of the combined enrollment — and a higher free/reduced lunch rate (40.28% vs. 35.86%) and student-teacher ratio (16.1 vs. 14.9) than South Point Elementary. Because it serves PK–2, it has no current MCA test scores in this file, since reported MCA grades begin at grade 3; that should not be read as missing or zero performance. Its only rank history dates to 2002–2003 (438 of 674, 35th percentile, 2 stars), which is historical rather than a current accountability signal.
South Point Elementary serves grades 3–5 with 435 students and carries the ZIP code's entire reported test record. Its latest results are below both district and state in every subject: math 37.3% vs. 39.1% district and 44.9% state, reading 42.0% vs. 46.6% and 48.6%, and science 11.1% vs. 17.3% and 25.5% — less than half the state science rate. Its rank slipped to 623 of 869, the 28th percentile and 1 star in 2025–2026, down from 2 stars the two prior years, while East Grand Forks Public Schools sits at the 52nd percentile with 3 stars. Reading improved slightly year over year (40.0% to 42.0%) while math declined (40.34% to 37.3%). Grade-level gaps vary: 3rd grade reading is closest to state (43.6% vs. 46.8%), while 5th grade science (11.1% vs. 25.9%) and 3rd grade math (41.2% vs. 57.9%) are the widest.
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