Summary:
Zip code 56750 covers Red Lake Falls, Minnesota, and contains two schools serving grades PK through 12 in the Red Lake Falls Public School District: J.A. Hughes Elementary (PK–6, 237 students) and Lafayette Secondary (7–12, 184 students), for a combined enrollment of 421 students. There are no middle or alternative schools in the area. The district ranks 167 of 458 in Minnesota, the 64th percentile, with 3 stars.
The two schools have opposite strengths. J.A. Hughes is the academic standout in 2025–2026, with math at 53.8% and reading at 57.7% — both above the district (47.2% and 53.4%) and the state (44.9% and 48.6%). Lafayette Secondary posts a 100.0% graduation rate and 0.0% dropout rate, compared with the state's 84.9% and 4.2%, but its test scores trail the state in math (37.2%), reading (47.3%) and science (18.8%). Both schools dropped from 4 stars to 3 stars in 2025–2026, and each saw its state rank fall — Lafayette sharply, from 54/450 and the 88th percentile a year earlier.
Science is the district-wide weak spot: both schools sit below the state's 25.5%, with J.A. Hughes at 11.8% and Lafayette at 18.8%, after both were above the state average in 2024–2025. Results also vary widely by grade, from 76% in 3rd grade math and 67.6% in 6th grade reading at J.A. Hughes to just 3.1% in 8th grade science at Lafayette. With only 421 students total, grade-level percentages rest on small cohorts, so single-year swings should be read with caution and parents may want to weigh multi-year patterns rather than one year's numbers.
Thank you for your feedback!