Best Public Schools in Zip Code 55106

ZIP code 55106 on Saint Paul's East Side contains 21 schools — 11 elementary, 2 middle, and 8 high — serving roughly 8,870 students across 14 Saint Paul Public Schools campuses and 7 charter schools, in an area where need is high: every school reports free/reduced lunch, averaging 75.4%, and 9 of 21 top 80%.

L'Etoile du Nord French Immersion is the clear academic standout: it is the only school here above the state in math (49.2%), reading (50.4%), and science (41.7%), and it also has the lowest poverty rate at 37.59%. Among the large high schools, Johnson Senior High beats Harding Senior High on graduation (87.7% vs 85.1%), dropout, proficiency, and rank, despite higher poverty. STEP Academy Charter School pairs a 95.3% graduation rate with 40.4% reading but weak math (7.9%). Face To Face Academy shows the opposite — 42.9% math but just 4.7% graduation. Twin Cities Academy graduates 90.5% with a 0.0% dropout rate but low proficiency.

Overall the ZIP trails the state: average school proficiency is about 19.4% in math, 24.9% in reading, and 13.5% in science, and science is the weakest subject, with only two schools above the state mark. Four of seven high schools with graduation data beat the state's 84.9%, while LEAP High School, Alternative Learning Center Gateway to College, and Face To Face fall far below. Some scores are state-suppressed for small or specialized schools, so those are unknown rather than zero. Grade-level bright spots exist inside lower-ranked schools, including Cornerstone Montessori Elementary (43.1% reading), Nokomis Montessori South Campus (lowest student-teacher ratio at 9.9), American Indian Magnet School (8th-grade science above state), and Daytons Bluff Elementary (3rd-grade math above district).