Summary:
Zip code 56738 covers Newfolden, Minnesota, and is home to three public schools — Newfolden Elementary (grades 2–4, 93 students), Marshall County Central Middle School (grades 5–6, 78 students), and Marshall County Central High (grades 7–12, 215 students) — all within the Marshall County Central Schools district, with 386 students total and no alternative schools.
Newfolden Elementary is the clearest academic standout, with all-grade math at 61.3% and reading at 58.1% versus state rates of 44.9% and 48.6%, plus 3rd grade math at 81.5% and 3rd grade reading at 77.8%. It also holds the highest 2025–2026 school rank of the three, 303 of 869 (65th percentile), and that comes despite the highest free/reduced lunch rate (44.09%) and student-teacher ratio (18.3) in the group. Marshall County Central Middle School is also above state in math (47.1%) and reading (57.1%), but science is a weak spot at 16.7% all grades and 16.7% in 5th grade. Marshall County Central High stands out for completion — a 100.0% graduation rate and 0.0% dropout rate versus the state's 84.9% and 4.2% — yet its all-grade math (21.2%) and reading (34.0%) fall below both district and state.
The district average masks these differences: Marshall County Central Schools posts 39.4% math and 47.6% reading against state rates of 44.9% and 48.6%, largely because the high school serves grades 7–12 and its junior high results weigh on its all-grade numbers — 8th grade math is 14.3% versus 42.3% statewide and 7th grade reading 16.1% versus 43.5%, even as Science End of Course (37.9% vs 35.0%) and 10th grade reading (43.3% vs 42.5%) sit slightly above state. Reading trends diverged, with high school reading moving from 55.08% to 34.0% while elementary reading rose from 46.97% to 58.1%, and district science slipped from 33.06% to 22.6%. With enrollments of 78 to 215 students, year-to-year swings should be read with caution.
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