Schools in Zip Code 55082

Zip code 55082, covering the Stillwater, Minnesota area, contains 15 schools serving grades PK through 12 — roughly 7 elementary, 2 middle, 5 high school, and 1 alternative school — with about 7,149 students enrolled in total. Enrollment is concentrated in Stillwater Area Public Schools, which runs 9 schools and about 5,180 students (72.5% of the zip), followed by St. Croix Preparatory Academy (3 schools, 1,212 students), Mahtomedi Public School District (Wildwood Elementary, 648 students), and New Heights School Inc. (2 schools, 109 students).

Academically, St. Croix Preparatory Academy is the strongest network here: St. Croix Preparatory Academy Lower ranks #10 of 869 elementary schools, St. Croix Prep Academy Middle #13 of 546 middle schools, and St. Croix Preparatory Academy Upper #2 of 473 high schools, with a 98.8% graduation rate and a 0.0% dropout rate. Gate 4/5 is even more striking — #1 elementary in the state with 100% reading and 98.2% math proficiency — but its 64 students and 64.0 student-teacher ratio suggest a specialized program rather than a typical school. Among large schools, Stillwater Area High School (2,658 students) has a 96.0% graduation rate and a 0.4% dropout rate, with math at 56.1% and science at 44.3% above state averages, while reading at 50.1% trails the district's 59.2%. Stillwater Middle School ranks #31 of 546 middle schools.

Several schools stand out for different reasons. Lily Lake Elementary, with the highest free/reduced-lunch rate among Stillwater elementaries at 27.14%, still beats district and state averages in math and reading. The smaller charter and alternative settings — New Heights School Inc., New Heights Elementary School, and St Croix Valley Area Learning Cntr. — serve higher-poverty populations with lower proficiency, and many of their scores are suppressed by the state, meaning those results are unknown rather than zero. Wildwood Elementary serves PK–2, so it has no state test data, though its district ranks 12 of 458 statewide.