Schools in Zip Code 57241

ZIP code 57241 has three Hamlin Elementary, Hamlin Middle, and Hamlin High schools serving PK–12, with 896 students reported across the three schools. The clearest concern is that Hamlin High’s 11th graders were below the state on all three 2025–2026 ACT subjects: 33% in ELA, 20% in math, and 29% in science, about 15, 14, and 15 percentage points below state rates. Its 96% graduation rate was above the state’s 88%, but the ACT results remain the most important current academic concern.

Among the comparable elementary and middle school results, Hamlin Middle led in 2025–2026 all-grade SBA math, with 61% proficient versus 57% at Hamlin Elementary, a 5-point gap; both were above the state’s 44%. Hamlin Elementary led all-grade ELA, at 55% compared with 54% at Hamlin Middle, and both exceeded the state’s 49%. Grade-level results add important detail: Hamlin Elementary fifth graders were 20 points above the state in math and 17 points above in science, while Hamlin Middle eighth graders were 10 points below the state in science and 3 points below in ELA. Eighth-grade math was 4 points above the state.

Across the two available SBA years, the elementary-middle average declined by 2 points in ELA and less than 1 point in math; the schools’ advantage over the state narrowed slightly in both subjects. SchoolDigger’s high-school ranking shifted from the 82nd percentile in 2024–2025 to the 7th percentile in 2025–2026, while the elementary school moved from the 80th to the 67th percentile and the middle school stayed at the 72nd percentile. The high school’s earlier result used a different test, so it is not a direct score trend. As context, in 2024–2025, free/reduced lunch eligible students were 36% at the elementary school, 30% at the middle school, and 26% at the high school; student-teacher ratios were 16.4, 19.0, and 12.2, respectively.