Summary:
ZIP code 55112 covers Arden Hills, New Brighton, and Mounds View and holds 11 schools — 6 elementary, 2 middle, and 3 high schools — enrolling about 8,901 students. Ten schools belong to Mounds View Public School District, ranked 86th of 458 in Minnesota (81st percentile, 4 stars), while Global Academy is its own independent charter district, ranked 292nd of 458 (36th percentile, 2 stars). High schools make up about 42% of enrollment, elementary grades about 41%, and middle schools about 16%.
At the top sits Mounds View Senior High, the flagship school here: 15th of 473 statewide (97th percentile, 5 stars), a 95.9% graduation rate, 0.4% dropout, 65% reading and 55.6% science proficiency, and the lowest poverty rate in the ZIP (16.2% FRL). Irondale Senior High enrolls nearly the same number of students (1,812) but posts much lower proficiency — 40.3% math and 41.8% reading. Among elementaries, Bel Air Elementary leads in math at 65.3% (4th grade 76.6%), while Valentine Hills Elementary jumped from 410th to 259th statewide with every subject above district and state averages. Highview Middle School is the stronger middle school at 73rd percentile, though both middle schools score below the state in science.
Other schools face clear challenges. Mounds View Alternative Learning Center has a 63.0% graduation rate and 0% reported math proficiency; its reading and science scores are suppressed by the state, and it should not be compared directly with comprehensive high schools. Global Academy has the highest poverty rate at 89.04% with weak math and science, but its 48.2% reading is close to the state average. Sunnyside Elementary (39.5% reading) and Pinewood Elementary (41.4%) both trail state reading; Sunnyside's rank has slipped while Pinewood's has improved. Pike Lake Kindergarten Center serves PK–K and has no test scores. Suppressed "—" values mean the state withheld data for privacy, not that performance was zero.
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