Summary:
ZIP code 55055 is served by a single public school, Newport Elementary, an elementary school for grades PK–5 with 264 students, part of South Washington County Schools in Minnesota. Because there are no middle, high, or alternative schools in this ZIP code, families here have one elementary option and will look elsewhere in the district for later grades.
Newport Elementary's clearest strength is science. All-grades science proficiency is 37.8%, well above the district's 27.2% and the state's 25.5%, and it jumped from 12.2% the previous year while district and state science scores slipped slightly. Math is also solid overall at 53.2%, above the district's 51.6% and the state's 44.9%, driven largely by a strong 5th-grade cohort at 57.9%; 3rd- and 4th-grade math (50% and 52.6%) fall below both district and state. Reading is the main concern: all-grades reading is 43.2%, below the district's 52.5% and the state's 48.6%, and it dropped about 6.4 points from the prior year. Third- and 4th-grade reading (40.8% and 34.2%) lag noticeably, while 5th-grade reading (55.3%) edges past the state but trails the district.
The school's state ranking has been stable and middle-of-the-pack: 407 of 869 schools, the 53rd percentile, with 3 stars in 2025–2026, and similar results the two years before. For context, the district itself ranks at the 69th percentile among Minnesota districts, though district and school rankings use different pools of comparison. Newport also has a favorable student-teacher ratio of 9.5, and 54.55% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch, meaning more than half the student body comes from lower-income households — useful context when reading these numbers. Overall: a school with real science and 5th-grade math strengths, steady middle-tier standing, and reading as the area to watch.
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