Best Elementary Schools in Zip Code 55321

Zip code 55321 is served by a single elementary school, Cokato Elementary, which enrolls 401 students in grades PK–4 at 200 5th St SW in Cokato and belongs to the highly ranked Dassel-Cokato Public Schools district.

Because it is the only elementary school in this ZIP code, there are no local peer schools to compare it with—but Cokato Elementary stands out on its own numbers. It earned 5 stars in each reported year (2023–2024, 2024–2025, and 2025–2026) and stayed in the top tier of Minnesota elementary schools, with statewide rank percentiles of 94th, 93rd, and 92nd across those three years. In 2025–2026 its All Grades math proficiency was 75.9% versus 44.9% statewide, and All Grades reading was 65.8% versus 48.6% statewide. Reading improved year over year, rising from 62.5% to 65.8%, while the district (64.11% to 59.0%) and the state (49.59% to 48.6%) both slipped; the school moved from 1.61 points below its district in reading to 6.8 points above it. Math declined from 81.25% to 75.9%, a drop of 5.35 points, but still ran 12.5 points above the district and 31.0 points above the state.

Grade-level results in 2025–2026 are more mixed against the district: 3rd-grade math is 0.4 points below the district, 4th-grade math 2.1 points below, and 3rd-grade reading 1.2 points below, while 4th-grade reading is 4.0 points above. All grade-level results remain comfortably above state averages. The surrounding district context is strong, with Dassel-Cokato Public Schools ranked 17th of 458 districts at the 96th percentile with 5 stars. Contextual metrics show a 32.92% free/reduced lunch rate and a 14.6 student-teacher ratio in 2024–2025; without district or state comparison values, these are best read as background rather than performance judgments. Overall, families in this area have one elementary option, and it performs very well against both its district and the state.