Best Public Schools in Zip Code 55372

Zip code 55372 contains seven schools — four elementary schools, one middle school, and two alternative high schools — all within Prior Lake-Savage Area Schools, a district ranked 76th of 458 in Minnesota (83rd percentile, 4 stars) and serving roughly 4,043 students.

The traditional schools here are strong. Jeffers Pond Elementary ranks 74th of 869 elementary schools with 5 stars, leading the ZIP in math (68.6%) and science (46.4%), and has the lowest free/reduced-lunch rate at 10.68%. La Ola Del Lago at Grainwood (87th of 869, 5 stars) posts the best reading score at 71.6%, including 80.0% in 5th-grade reading. Prior Lake-Savage Middle School (59th of 546, 4 stars) enrolls 2,025 students — just over half the ZIP — with 57.9% math and 59.4% reading; its 19.4% all-grade science reflects that only 8th graders take the science test, and that score is above the 8th-grade state average of 16.7%. WestWood Elementary (196th of 869, 4 stars) is solid across subjects, while Five Hawks Elementary (277th of 869, 3 stars) trails the district by 4.9 points in reading and 4.0 points in science.

The two alternative high schools differ sharply. Prior Lake-Savage Area Alternative Learning Center ranks 447th of 473 high schools with 0 stars, a 70.3% graduation rate, and a 6.2% dropout rate, compared with the district's 94.8% and 1.1%. Alternative Learning Center Independent Study reports a 91.6% graduation rate and a 0.0% dropout rate, but no rank or test-score data are listed. Among elementaries, ranks have moved recently: WestWood slipped from the 86th to the 77th percentile, and Five Hawks from the 77th to the 68th.