Best Elementary Schools in Zip Code 55313

ZIP code 55313 is home to four elementary schools — Northwinds Elementary, Tatanka Elementary STEM School, Parkside Elementary, and Discovery Elementary — all part of the Buffalo-Hanover-Montrose Schools district. Together they enroll 1,417 students, with school sizes ranging from 257 at Discovery to 419 at Northwinds. Most serve grades K–5, while Parkside serves PK–5. The district overall is rated 4 stars and sits at the 71st percentile among Minnesota districts, but results vary widely from school to school.

Northwinds Elementary is the clear standout. It is the only school in the group above the district average in all three subjects — Math 63.4%, Reading 57.6%, and Science 35.5% — and the only one above the state average in Reading and Science. It ranks 208 of 869 schools (76th percentile, 4 stars). At the other end, Tatanka Elementary STEM School has the lowest results in every subject, including Science at 14.8%, which is 10.7 points below the state, despite its STEM name. Parkside Elementary (Math 42.2%, Reading 43.9%, Science 25.0%) and Discovery Elementary (Math 48.7%, Reading 47.9%, Science 17.1%) land in between.

Science is the weakest area across the group, averaging 23.1% — below both the district and the state. Poverty rates and student-teacher ratios do not map simply to results: Northwinds and Tatanka share the same ratio of 14.8, yet Northwinds leads Tatanka by 23.6 points in Math, 15.1 in Reading, and 20.7 in Science. One red flag is Discovery, whose Science score fell 18.5 points from 2024–25 to 2025–26.