Summary:
The 55009 zip code area in Minnesota is home to 3 schools, including 1 elementary school, 1 middle school, and 1 high school. The standout school in this area is Cannon Falls Secondary, the high school, which is ranked 17th out of 450 Minnesota high schools and has consistently high performance, with a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Cannon Falls Secondary boasts an impressive 84.2% 4-year graduation rate, well above the state average, and its math and reading proficiency rates on the MCA-III exams are significantly higher than the state averages across multiple grade levels. In contrast, the other schools in the data set, Cannon Falls Elementary and the Pathways Program Grades 6-7, do not stand out as strongly, with Cannon Falls Elementary ranked in the middle of Minnesota elementary schools and the Pathways Program having very low proficiency rates compared to state averages.
The data also reveals a significant performance gap between Cannon Falls Secondary and the other schools in the area, with the Pathways Program in particular struggling with a 71.43% free/reduced lunch rate, indicating it likely serves a more economically disadvantaged student population. The student-teacher ratios also vary, with Cannon Falls Elementary having a much lower ratio than the secondary school, which may contribute to the performance differences between the schools. Overall, this data set highlights the diversity in school performance within a single zip code area, with Cannon Falls Secondary emerging as the clear standout.
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