Summary:
The 55374 zip code area is home to two exceptional elementary schools, Hassan Elementary and Rogers Elementary, both part of the highly-ranked Elk River Public School District. These schools have consistently performed in the top 15% of Minnesota elementary schools, with Hassan Elementary ranking as high as 55th out of 881 schools and Rogers Elementary ranking as high as 34th out of 845 schools in recent years.
Academically, both schools significantly outperform the Elk River Public School District and the state of Minnesota in proficiency rates on the MCA-III Math and Reading assessments. In 2024-2025, Hassan Elementary had 78.42% of students proficient or better in MCA-III Math, compared to 60.89% for the district and 45.21% for the state. Similarly, in 2024-2025, Rogers Elementary had 65.16% of students proficient or better in MCA-III Reading, compared to 60.37% for the district and 49.59% for the state.
While Hassan Elementary has a higher percentage of free and reduced-price lunch recipients at 20.12% compared to 13.54% at Rogers Elementary, it maintains a lower student-teacher ratio of 15.7 compared to 16.9 at Rogers Elementary. This suggests that Hassan Elementary has effective strategies in place to support students from lower-income backgrounds and continue to deliver exceptional academic results. The success of these two schools within the Elk River Public School District could provide opportunities for the district to learn from their best practices and potentially implement them in other schools to raise the overall academic performance of the district.
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