Summary:
ZIP code 55333 is served by a single elementary school: Cedar Mountain Elementary in Franklin, Minnesota. It belongs to the Cedar Mountain School District, serves grades PK–5, and enrolls 171 students. About 55% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, and the student-teacher ratio is 9.6, which is relatively low. Because there is only one elementary school in this ZIP code, families here have one public elementary option, and its profile is mixed.
Academically, math is the school's clear strength. In 2025–2026, 53.7% of students were proficient in math, above the district's 41.7% and the state's 44.9%, with grade-level math above the state average in grades 4 and 5. Reading sits at 43.9%, essentially matching the district's 43.6% but 4.7 points below the state's 48.6%; the weakest relative result is 4th grade reading at 36.7% versus the state's 48.8%. Science is the biggest weakness: 17.4% proficient, below the district's 17.6% and 8.1 points under the state's 25.5%, and it was below the state the prior year as well.
The most striking change is the school's ranking. It held 4 stars at the 70th percentile in both 2023–2024 and 2024–2025, then fell to 2 stars and the 46th percentile in 2025–2026. That drop lines up with declines in every subject: math fell 13.37 points, reading 9.76 points, and science 3.43 points from the prior year, while the district's reading and science results improved. The district itself ranks 252 of 458, at the 45th percentile with 2 stars. With only 171 students, grade cohorts are small and results can swing on a handful of students, so one year deserves caution — but the decline is worth watching.
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