Summary:
ZIP code 55303 has five K–5 elementary schools serving roughly 3,370 students, with enrollment ranging from 432 at Lincoln Elementary School for Arts to 910 at Ramsey Elementary. Four of them — Ramsey, Brookside Elementary, Wilson Elementary and Lincoln — are part of Anoka-Hennepin School District, which ranks 184 of 458 districts statewide with 3 stars. The fifth, PACT Charter Elementary, belongs to Pact Charter School, a higher-ranked district at 109 of 458 with 4 stars.
Brookside Elementary is the clear standout: ranked 80 of 869 elementary schools (91st percentile, 5 stars) and the top scorer in Math (71.3), Reading (65.8) and Science (42.5) — each well above the state averages of 44.9, 48.6 and 25.5. It also improved from 4 stars to 5 stars over three years and has the lowest free/reduced lunch rate at 26.96%. PACT Charter Elementary sits mid-pack at 52nd percentile with 3 stars; its Math (52.1) and Reading (50.1) beat the state, but Science (18.6) falls below it, and it has the highest student/teacher ratio in the group at 17.7.
Across all five schools, Math averages 52.3 — 7.4 points above the state — while Reading (47.3) and Science (24.7) sit slightly below state averages, and all three subject averages slipped from the prior year. Ramsey Elementary has the largest enrollment but dropped to 34th percentile and 2 stars, with Reading at 39.9 and Science at just 14.9. Wilson Elementary is middle-of-the-pack (45th percentile, 2 stars) but its Science rose from 20.0 to 28.0. Lincoln Elementary School for Arts ranks lowest at 31st percentile and 2 stars, with the highest free/reduced lunch rate at 55.32%. Notably, class size does not track with performance here.
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