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Best Public Schools in Zip Code 58270


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2
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470
Students
Top rankedPark River Area High School34th of 129 North Dakota high schools
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Summary:

ZIP code 58270 has two schools serving 470 students across listed grades PK–12: Park River Area Elementary School (PK–5) and Park River Area High School (6–12). In 2025–2026, the high school’s all-grades reading result is 60–78%, compared with 49% at the elementary, and its science result is 40–58%, compared with 30–38%; in math, the high school’s 40–58% range overlaps the elementary’s 55%. The clearest overall finding is that the high school has stronger all-grades reading and science results, but no established lead in math.

The high school stands out in SchoolDigger’s statewide ranking, while the elementary is lower-ranked: the high school is 34th of 129 schools, in the 74th percentile, with four stars for 2025–2026; the elementary is 167th of 216, in the 23rd percentile, with one star—a 51-point percentile gap. The elementary’s grade-level math results vary considerably: 3rd grade is 11–29 points above the state, while 4th grade is 9–28 points below; 7th grade is also above, and 6th and 8th are below. So the schoolwide figure does not describe every grade equally.

SchoolDigger percentile rankings have fallen since 2023–2024: the elementary dropped 35 points, from the 58th to the 23rd percentile, while the high school fell 10 points, from the 84th to the 74th. Recent test-score changes are mixed: elementary math rose 15 points and reading 18, but science fell 11–19 points; high-school reading rose 26–44 points, while its math and science changes remain uncertain. The elementary has a lower student–teacher ratio (9, versus 12.7 at the high school). Both schools reported free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025: 29% at the elementary and 30% at the high school, about 1 point apart. The schools serve different grade mixes, so all-grades results are broad comparisons rather than like-for-like measures.

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction.

About North Dakota Assessment Data: To protect student privacy, the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction reports assessment results as percentage ranges rather than exact values. SchoolDigger calculates proficiency rates using midpoint imputation, which uses the center value of each reported range. For example, a reported range of 20-29% is represented as 24.5%. As a result, the proficiency rates shown may vary by approximately ±5 percentage points from actual values. This variance is most significant for individual grade/subject combinations and diminishes when data is aggregated across multiple grades or subjects.

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