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Best Elementary Schools in Zip Code 55313

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Schools

1,417

Students

Top rankedNorthwinds Elementary296^th of 872 Minnesota elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Tatanka Elementary STEM School up 115 spots statewide this year

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Summary:

The 55313 zip code in Minnesota is home to 5 elementary schools that are part of the Buffalo-Hanover-Montrose School District, which is ranked 139 out of 446 school districts in the state. Based on the data, two schools stand out as high-performing: Northwinds Elementary and Parkside Elementary.

Northwinds Elementary consistently ranks in the top 25% of Minnesota elementary schools and outperforms the district and state averages in both math and reading proficiency across all grade levels. Parkside Elementary also performs above the district and state averages in reading proficiency, particularly in 5th grade, and has a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 12.8.

In contrast, Tatanka Elementary STEM School and Discovery Elementary have the lowest overall proficiency rates, particularly in math. The schools with the highest percentages of free and reduced-price lunch recipients, Tatanka Elementary STEM School and Parkside Elementary, tend to have lower overall academic performance compared to the other schools in the data set.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				MCA-III Math (2025)				MCA-III Reading (2025)				Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	MCA-III Math 3rd Grade	MCA-III Math 4th Grade	MCA-III Math 5th Grade	MCA-III Math All Grades	MCA-III Reading 3rd Grade	MCA-III Reading 4th Grade	MCA-III Reading 5th Grade	MCA-III Reading All Grades	Total
Parkside Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	207 3rd St NE	Buffalo	55313	Wright County	Buffalo-Hanover-Montrose Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(763) 682-8500	348	27	12.8	42.8%	286 (82.2%)	7 (2.0%)	26 (7.5%)	6 (1.7%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (6.0%)	44.3	527^th of 872 public elementary schools	39.6%		58.6	392^nd of 881 public elementary schools	55.5%	135	50.0	35.9	43.1	43.4	40.6	36.5	59.3	45.7	$13,171
Tatanka Elementary STEM School	Public	K-5	703 8th St NE	Buffalo	55313	Wright County	Buffalo-Hanover-Montrose Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(763) 682-8600	393	26	14.8	35.1%	301 (76.6%)	32 (8.1%)	24 (6.1%)	7 (1.8%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (6.9%)	42.5	544^th of 872 public elementary schools	37.6%		29.4	659^th of 881 public elementary schools	25.2%	115	53.6	54.7	26.4	43.1	44.6	35.9	50.0	44.1	$10,828
Discovery Elementary	Public	K-5	301 2nd Ave NE	Buffalo	55313	Wright County	Buffalo-Hanover-Montrose Schools	No	No	No	No	(763) 682-8400	257	15	16.6	16.0%	252 (98.1%)	2 (0.8%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.8%)	51.4	464^th of 872 public elementary schools	46.8%		45.5	541^st of 881 public elementary schools	38.6%	77	61.0	50.0	25.0	44.8	46.3	42.5	63.6	51.2	$12,939
Northwinds Elementary	Public	K-5	1111 7th Ave NW	Buffalo	55313	Wright County	Buffalo-Hanover-Montrose Schools	No	No	No	No	(763) 682-8800	419	28	14.8	25.8%	394 (94.0%)	7 (1.7%)	10 (2.4%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.4%)	67.3	296^th of 872 public elementary schools	66.1%		75	200^th of 881 public elementary schools	77.3%	96	76.2	61.6	47.9	61.4	46.9	45.2	66.2	52.9	$11,493

Cities Near Zip Code 55313

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Buffalo	0.03 mi	18	197^th
Maple Lake	7.28 mi	2	90^th
Montrose	7.62 mi	1	214^th
Monticello	8.32 mi	18	130^th
Rockford	8.86 mi	3	177^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Minnesota Department of Education.

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