Summary:
ZIP code 56728 is home to a single elementary school, Kittson Central Elementary in Hallock, Minnesota, serving grades PK–6 with 139 students as part of the Kittson Central School District.
Because there is only one school here, there is nothing to compare it against locally, so the useful comparison is to its own district and to the state. The district overall is rated well, ranking 127 of 458 Minnesota districts (72nd percentile) with 4 stars, and in 2024–2025 Kittson Central Elementary outperformed both the district and the state in math, reading, and science. The most recent year looks very different. In 2025–2026, all-grade math is 47.8% (above the state's 44.9% but below the district's 49.6%), reading is 43.5% (below the district's 47.2% and the state's 48.6%), and science is 11.1% (far below the district's 22.8% and the state's 25.5%). The school's rank fell from the 68th percentile and 3 stars in 2024–2025 to the 36th percentile and 2 stars in 2025–2026.
Grade-level results help show where the changes are concentrated. Math is the relative bright spot: 3rd grade is 62.5% versus the state's 57.9%, and 6th grade is 42.3% versus 39.5%. Fifth grade is the weakest group across the board, with math at 22.2% (state 41.9%), reading at 33.3% (state 54.5%), and science at 11.1% (state 25.9%). Reading at 6th grade is 42.3% against the state's 53.4%. Note that 4th grade math and reading are suppressed by the state and cannot be evaluated. Other context: 28.78% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch and the student-teacher ratio is 11.7. Parents should also keep in mind that with only 139 students, percentages rest on small numbers of children and can swing sharply from one year to the next, so a single year's drop is worth watching but not necessarily a lasting trend.
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