Summary:
ZIP code 56748 in Plummer, Minnesota is served by a single public school — Red Lake County Central Elementary, a PK–6 building with 178 students that is part of the Red Lake County Central Public School district, so there are no other elementary, middle, or high schools within the ZIP to compare against.
On 2025–2026 state tests, the school outperformed its own district in all three subjects: math 40.7% vs. 34.8%, reading 50.5% vs. 47.3%, and science 33.3% vs. 26.1%. Against the state, it leads in reading (+1.9 points) and science (+7.8 points) but trails in math (−4.2 points). Looking grade by grade, the strongest results came from 5th graders, who scored 64.0 in reading (state 54.5) and 33.3 in science (state 25.9), and from 6th grade math at 46.9 (state 39.5). Grade 4 is the clear pressure point, with the largest gaps in the data — 36.4 in math vs. the state's 55.2, and 36.4 in reading vs. 48.8. Notably, 5th graders scored 64.0 in reading but only 32.0 in math, a 32-point split within the same group of students.
The school's trajectory is upward. Its state rank climbed from 517th of 881 two years ago to 401st of 869, moving from the 41st to the 54th percentile and from 2 stars to 3. Science drove much of that gain, rising 10.7 points year over year, while reading added 1.4 points and math slipped 1.4. Context matters here: the student–teacher ratio is a favorable 9.9:1, and 40.45% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch. Because cohorts are small, a swing of two or three students can shift a grade-level percentage by 8–10 points, so treat single-year results — including the 5th-grade surge and the 4th-grade dip — as trends to watch rather than final verdicts.
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