Summary:
ZIP code 56748 has one elementary school, Red Lake County Central Elementary, serving PK–6 students in Plummer, MN as part of the Red Lake County Central Public School district. It enrolls 178 students and has a 9.9 student-teacher ratio, suggesting relatively small classes, and a 2024–2025 free/reduced lunch rate of 40.45%, indicating a moderate level of economic need. The district rank is 185 of 458 (60th percentile, 3 stars), and the school’s 2025–2026 rank is 401 of 869 (54th percentile, 3 stars). No test-score values in this record are suppressed, so all listed scores can be treated as reported values.
The school’s clearest strengths are science and reading. In 2025–2026, all-grades science proficiency was 33.3%, above the district’s 26.1% and the state’s 25.5% — a +7.8 percentage-point advantage over the state. Science also jumped from 22.58% in 2024–2025 to 33.3% in 2025–2026, a 10.72-point rise. All-grades reading was 50.5%, above the district’s 47.3% and slightly above the state’s 48.6%. Fifth-grade reading was especially strong at 64% versus the state’s 54.5%, while 6th-grade math was 46.9% versus 39.5% and 5th-grade science was 33.3% versus 25.9%. The school also improved its rank from 517 of 881 (41st percentile, 2 stars) in 2023–2024 to 401 of 869 (54th percentile, 3 stars) in 2025–2026 — a 116-position gain and a move from 2 to 3 stars.
Math is the main area to watch against state averages. All-grades math was 40.7%, above the district’s 34.8% but below the state’s 44.9% by 4.2 percentage points. The largest gaps appear in 4th grade, where math was 36.4% versus the state’s 55.2% and reading was 36.4% versus 48.8%; 5th-grade math was 32% versus 41.9%. Performance is uneven by grade, with 5th and 6th grades showing notable strengths and 3rd and 4th grades weaker relative to the state. Overall, the school is showing positive momentum, with science and reading as standout areas and math — especially in 4th grade — the clearest focus for improvement.
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