Best Public Schools in Zip Code 56096

Summary:

The 56096 zip code is home to two schools: Waterville Elementary and Waterville-Elysian-Morristown Senior, both part of the Waterville-Elysian-Morristown school district. While Waterville Elementary consistently ranks among the top elementary schools in Minnesota, Waterville-Elysian-Morristown Senior faces challenges in academic proficiency, particularly in Math and Reading.

Waterville Elementary stands out for its relatively high proficiency rates in Math and Reading, outperforming the district and state averages, especially in 3rd and 4th grades. The school has a consistent high ranking among Minnesota elementary schools, though it has seen some fluctuation in recent years. However, the school's student population is predominantly white (92.5%), which may not reflect the diversity of the broader community.

In contrast, Waterville-Elysian-Morristown Senior lags behind the district and state in Math and Reading proficiency, with only 21.05% and 40.58% proficiency rates respectively in 2023-2024. Despite this, the school maintains a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger and has a high graduation rate of 96.2% and a low dropout rate of 0%. The school's free and reduced lunch rate of 35.57% is moderate, and it has a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 14.8.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2024)				Ranking (2023)				MCA-III Math (2024)				MCA-III Reading (2024)				MCA-III Science (2024)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Statewide Rank (2023)	State Percentile (2023)	Rank Change from Previous Year	MCA-III Math 3rd Grade	MCA-III Math 4th Grade	MCA-III Math 11th Grade	MCA-III Math All Grades	MCA-III Reading 3rd Grade	MCA-III Reading 4th Grade	MCA-III Reading 10th Grade	MCA-III Reading All Grades	MCA-III Science End of Course	MCA-III Science All Grades	Total
Waterville Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	500 E Paquin St	Waterville	56096	Le Sueur County	Waterville-Elysian-Morristown	No	No	No	Yes	(507) 362-4439	280	19	14.3	41.4%	259 (92.5%)	2 (0.7%)	9 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (3.6%)	59.2	382^nd of 881 public elementary schools	56.6%		44.2	537^th of 845 public elementary schools	36.4%	155	61.7	53.2		57.5	57.5	42.6		50.0			$12,980
Waterville-Elysian-Morristown Senior	Public	9-12	500 E Paquin St	Waterville	56096	Le Sueur County	Waterville-Elysian-Morristown	No	No	No	No	(507) 362-4431	253	17	14.8	35.6%	227 (89.7%)	4 (1.6%)	13 (5.1%)	2 (0.8%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	5 (2.0%)	40.4	311^th of 480 public high schools	35.2%		42.9	291^st of 476 public high schools	38.9%	20			21.1	21.1			40.6	40.6	35.7	35.7	$15,960

Cities Near Zip Code 56096

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Waterville	0.27 mi	2	342^nd
Morristown	6.23 mi	2	82^nd
Waseca	8.8 mi	10	248^th
Janesville	9.68 mi	2	198^th
Faribault	14.03 mi	21	426^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Minnesota Department of Education.

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