Summary:
ZIP code 55306 in Burnsville, Minnesota contains one elementary school in this data set: STEP Academy Kg-5th - Burnsville, a K–5 school with 171 students in the STEP Academy district.
Because there is only one elementary school in the ZIP, there is no local comparison group; the useful benchmarks are the school's district, the state, and its own prior-year results. The picture is uneven. Fourth grade is the clear bright spot, with 60% proficiency in both math and reading — above the district (31.3% math, 28.1% reading) and above the state (55.2% math, 48.8% reading). But other grades lag badly: 3rd grade reading was 9.1% proficient (district 22.5%, state 46.8%), and 5th grade math and 5th grade science were each 0% proficient (state 41.9% and 25.9%). Across all grades, the school trailed the state by 21.8 points in math, 18.4 points in reading, and 25.5 points in science in 2025–2026. Math improved year over year from 16.47% to 23.1%, while reading slipped from 32.94% to 30.2% and science fell from 6.67% to 0%.
Context matters here: 98.83% of students qualified for free or reduced lunch in 2024–2025, and the student-teacher ratio was 12.8 to 1. The school has been rated 1 star in each of the last three years, ranking 727 of 869 schools (16th percentile) in 2025–2026, 749 of 872 (14th percentile) in 2024–2025, and 695 of 881 (21st percentile) in 2023–2024. The STEP Academy district is likewise rated 1 star, at 368 of 458 (20th percentile). Families should note that with only 171 students across K–5, each grade is small, so grade-level percentages can swing sharply from year to year.
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