Summary:
ZIP code 55077 has two elementary schools, both in the Inver Grove Heights Schools district, with no middle or high schools listed in this ZIP. Salem Hills Elementary serves pre-kindergarten through 5th grade with 281 students, while Atheneum Elementary serves grades 2 through 5 with 69 students. Together they enroll about 350 elementary students, and both share the same address at 5899 Babcock Tr E. The district as a whole ranks 260 of 458, at the 43rd percentile with 2 stars.
Atheneum Elementary is the clear standout, ranking 2 of 869 elementary schools statewide in 2025–26 at the 100th percentile with 5 stars, and it has stayed in the top 3 statewide for three straight years. Its 2025–26 proficiency was 93.8% in Math, 100% in Reading, and 77.8% in Science — roughly 49 to 52 points above the state in each subject. It achieves this with a 23:1 student-teacher ratio, more than double Salem Hills' 10.3:1, and a free/reduced lunch rate of 14.49%. With only 69 students, percentages can swing more easily, and 3rd-grade Math and Reading were suppressed by the state.
Salem Hills Elementary ranks 473 of 869, at the 46th percentile with 2 stars, but has climbed from 586th two years ago and raised scores in all three subjects. Math is its strength at 54.5%, above the state's 44.9% and the district's 35.2%. Reading is 45.5%, above the district's 37.8% but below the state's 48.6%. Science is the clear weak spot at 12.5%, below both the district's 17.2% and the state's 25.5%, though improved from 9.76% a year earlier. Its free/reduced lunch rate is 44.84%.
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