Best Public Schools in Zip Code 55052

Zip code 55052 has two schools, both classified as middle schools — Morristown Elementary serving grades 5–6 and Waterville-Elysian-Morristown Junior serving grades 7–8 — with 220 students combined in the Waterville-Elysian-Morristown district, which is ranked 178th of 458 in Minnesota, at the 61st percentile with 3 stars. The two schools share the same address and appear to function as a grade-band split within one campus community, so families often move from one to the other as students progress.

Academically, the two schools look quite different. WEM Junior is the math standout: 50.5% of students were proficient in Math in 2025–2026, above the district (46.2%) and the state (44.9%), with 7th grade Math at 50.0% (+9.7 points above state) and 8th grade Math at 51.1% (+8.8 above state). Its Reading (38.7%) and especially Science (11.1%) trail the district and state, and its rank history has slid from the 89th percentile with 4 stars in 2023–2024 to the 62nd percentile with 3 stars in 2025–2026. Morristown Elementary, by contrast, is strongest in Reading at 43.7%, above the district (41.8%) but below the state; its 5th grade Reading of 51.1% is its best result, while 6th grade Reading is very low at 35.7%. Morristown’s Math (32.2%) and Science (17.8%) are below both district and state, and its student-teacher ratio is 18.3 versus WEM Junior’s 11.7.

Both schools declined in Math, Reading, and Science from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, with steeper drops at WEM Junior. Free/reduced lunch rates are similar (27.83% at Morristown, 30.48% at WEM Junior). Science is the weakest subject across the area, with both schools below district and state averages.