Summary:
Zip code 55118 is home to 10 schools — 4 elementary, 1 middle, and 5 high schools — serving roughly 4,191 students, most of them within the West St. Paul-Mendota Heights-Eagan district, along with Academic Arts High School and Intermediate School District 917.
The clearest standout for families is Somerset Elementary, a 5-star school ranked 51 of 869 statewide (94th percentile), with Math proficiency of 77.7 and Reading of 68.4 — well above the district and state marks near 44.9 in Math and about 48–50 in Reading. Mendota Elementary is close behind at 4 stars and the 85th percentile (Math 70.7, Reading 61.9). Both have free/reduced-price lunch rates around 25%. At the other end, Moreland Art/Health Science Magnet is at the 25th percentile with Reading of 35.2, while Garlough Environmental Magnet improved from the 30th to the 44th percentile, with Math of 50.6 and Reading of 45.3.
Among older grades, Heritage E-Stem Magnet middle school shows a pronounced gap: Reading of 48.8 matches the state, but Math of 29.9 is well below the district and state. Two Rivers High School, the largest school in the zip with 1,710 students, posts a strong graduation rate of 89.2% and Science of 32.4 above district and state, though its Reading of 43.8 trails both, and it slipped from 4 stars to 3. The three small high schools — Academic Arts High School, 917 DCALS North, and Branch Out Transitional Services — serve few students, and several of their test scores are suppressed, so those subjects cannot be judged either way.
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