Summary:
The 58351 zip code area is home to a single elementary school, Minnewaukan Elementary School, which serves grades PK-8 with an enrollment of 210 students. This school has consistently ranked in the bottom 10-15% of North Dakota elementary schools over the past 3 school years, with a ranking of 199 out of 216 schools in the 2024-2025 school year.
Minnewaukan Elementary School's performance on state assessments is significantly below the state average, with only 15.5% of students proficient or better in Math, 23% in Reading, and 19.5% in Science, compared to state averages of 41%, 40%, and 38%, respectively. The school also faces challenges with a high chronic absenteeism rate of 20%, which is much higher than the state average.
Despite the school's low performance, it has a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 13.3 and higher per-student spending of $16,886 for the 2021-2022 school year, both of which are better than the state averages. This suggests that the school may need to explore more targeted interventions and support to address the specific challenges faced by its student population, which includes a high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch at 85.71%.
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