Summary:
ZIP code 56725 contains one elementary school: Goodridge Elementary, a PK–6 school with 161 students in the Goodridge Public School District. Because it is the only elementary school in the ZIP, there are no local peers to compare it with, so the most useful benchmarks are its own district and the state of Minnesota. The school reports a student-teacher ratio of 15.2 and a free/reduced lunch rate of 45.34% for 2024–2025.
Goodridge Elementary generally outperforms its own district in Math and Reading, but it trails the state in every all-grade subject in both reported years. In 2025–2026, all-grade Math was 34.7% proficient versus 25.5% in the district and 44.9% statewide, while Reading was 35.5% versus 33.1% in the district and 48.6% statewide. Science was the clearest weak spot: 4.5% proficient, below both the district (9.2%) and the state (25.5%). Grade by grade, the picture varies sharply. Third grade is the standout, with Math at 68.4% (state 57.9%) and Reading at 50% (state 46.8%). Performance drops off in the upper grades, where 6th grade Math was 6.3% (state 39.5%), 5th grade Math 13.6% (state 41.9%), 6th grade Reading 25% (state 53.4%), and 5th grade Science 4.5% (state 25.9%).
Compared with the previous year, all-grade Math slipped from 38.46% to 34.7% and Science fell from 20% to 4.5%, while Reading was essentially flat at about 35%. The school has earned a 1-star rating in each of the last three reported years, with its percentile ranking moving from 29 to 29 to 25; the district itself ranks 377 of 458, or the 18th percentile, with 1 star. Families should keep in mind that this is a small school, so grade-level percentages can shift noticeably from one cohort to the next — a single student can move a grade-level figure by several points, making small-group and science results less stable year to year.
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