Schools in Zip Code 55116

ZIP code 55116 covers Saint Paul's Highland Park area and contains nine schools — six elementary, two middle, and one high school, with no alternative schools — enrolling roughly 4,521 students, six of them within Saint Paul Public Schools. Enrollment ranges from 1,392 at Highland Park Senior High down to just 15 at St. Paul Northern Lights Secondary, with a median of 416.

Two elementaries are the academic anchors. Jie Ming Mandarin Immersion Academy ranks 13th of 869 elementaries (99th percentile, 5 stars), with Math 88.4%, Reading 76.0%, and Science 52.6% against state rates of 44.9%, 48.6%, and 25.5%. Horace Mann School ranks 44th of 869 (95th percentile, 5 stars), scoring 70.7% in Math, 71.6% in Reading, and 56.1% in Science. Both have held top statewide positions for three years. Highland Park Senior High ranks 112th of 473 (76th percentile, 4 stars) and posts a 93.0% graduation rate and 2.1% dropout rate, well above district and state, though its Math (42.5%) and Science (18.2%) proficiency sit below state. Highland Park Middle School has climbed from the 40th to the 57th percentile, and EXPO for Excellence Elementary School from 33rd to 42nd.

Other schools lag. Highland Park Elementary ranks 788th of 869 (9th percentile, 0 stars) with Math 20.1%, Reading 24.0%, and Science 11.1%. Urban Academy ranks 715th of 869 (18th percentile, 1 star) with Reading 29.0%. Science is a shared weakness — only Horace Mann, Jie Ming, and EXPO exceed the state's 25.5%. Free/reduced lunch and student-teacher ratios do not track neatly with results: Urban Academy and Highland Park Elementary have low ratios (12.2 and 12.3) yet lower scores, while Highland Park Senior High has the highest ratio (24.5) and strong completion outcomes. St. Paul Northern Lights Secondary, at 15 students, has suppressed values that should be read as unknown, not zero.