Schools in Zip Code 55076

ZIP code 55076, covering Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota, is home to seven schools — four elementary, one middle, and two high schools — serving about 3,252 students across Inver Grove Heights Schools, Discovery Charter School, and STEAM Academy Charter School. Enrollment ranges from 1,030 students at Simley Senior High down to 25 at Simley Alternative Program, and the data covers 2025–2026 and 2024–2025 test scores, graduation and dropout rates, free/reduced lunch rates, and student-teacher ratios. Scores the state suppressed are marked as unknown, not as zero.

Discovery Charter Elementary School is the clear standout: it is the only 3-star school in the ZIP, with reading proficiency of 52.4% and science proficiency of 34.4%, both above the state averages of 48.6% and 25.5%, and math at 43.8%, just under the state's 44.9%. It also has the lowest student-teacher ratio (9.0) and lowest free/reduced lunch rate (39.76%) locally. Among traditional public schools, Pine Bend Elementary is the math leader at 45.1%, slightly above the state's 44.9% and well above the district's 35.2%. Science is a weak spot across most of the area — 9.5% at Pine Bend, 14.1% at Hilltop Elementary, and 8.9% at Inver Grove Heights Middle, all below the state.

At the high school level, Simley Senior High graduates 89.6% of students, above the district's 87.2% and the state's 84.9%, while math proficiency is 13.7% and reading 32.4%. Simley Alternative Program, with just 25 students, posts an 88.4% graduation rate and a 3.8% dropout rate. STEAM Academy Charter School showed the largest reported gains, with math rising from 4.88% to 28.6% and reading from 14.63% to 28.6%, though its 2025–2026 science score is suppressed and it has the area's highest free/reduced lunch rate at 88.31%.