Summary:
ZIP code 55075 covers South St. Paul, Minnesota, and is home to two PK–5 elementary schools: Lincoln Center Elementary (670 students) and Kaposia Education Center Elementary (620 students). Both belong to the South St. Paul Public School District, which ranks 318 of 458 Minnesota districts with a 2-star rating. Together the two schools enroll about 1,290 elementary students.
Lincoln Center is the stronger school in math and reading, with all-grade proficiency of 40.3% in math and 41.2% in reading, compared with 37.0% and 37.6% at Kaposia — leads of 3.3 and 3.6 points. Lincoln also ranks higher statewide for 2025–2026 (604 of 869 schools, 30th percentile, 2 stars) than Kaposia (636 of 869, 27th percentile, 1 star). Kaposia's advantages are science, where it leads 18.3% to 15.4%, and a slightly smaller student-teacher ratio of 12.0 versus 12.9. Kaposia also serves a higher share of students from low-income families, with a free/reduced-lunch rate of 70.16% versus Lincoln's 56.12%. Lincoln's statewide rank has been steady near the 29th–30th percentile for three years, while Kaposia has ranged from the 22nd to the 31st percentile.
Grade-level results show Lincoln's reading improving from 37.2% in 3rd grade to 47.1% in 5th grade — the highest reported figure in this data — while Kaposia dips to 31.8% in 4th grade. Math declines by grade at both schools, and the 5th-grade math gap favors Lincoln by 9.5 points (35.6% vs. 26.1%). Lincoln gained 4.18 points in math and 2.44 points in science year over year with reading flat; Kaposia lost ground in math and reading but gained 2.21 points in science. Both schools sit below state averages in every subject, with science the weakest area.
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