Summary:
ZIP code 55376 (St. Michael, Minnesota) is home to eight schools serving kindergarten through 12th grade — three elementary schools, one middle school, and four high schools — all part of the St. Michael-Albertville Schools district, which ranks 28th of 458 Minnesota districts (94th percentile, 5 stars). Total enrollment is 5,178 students, heavily concentrated at St. Michael-Albertville Senior High with 2,204 students, about 42.6% of the ZIP's total.
The elementary and middle schools are the area's strongest performers. St. Michael Elementary leads the elementaries with 71.9% proficient in math and 64.7% in reading, above the district (58.2% math, 59.9% reading) and well above the state (44.9% math, 48.6% reading). Big Woods Elementary (67.7% math, 60.3% reading) and Fieldstone Elementary School (65.6% math, 61.7% reading) are also comfortably above district and state. St. Michael-Albertville Middle East is the most consistently recognized school, rated 5 stars in each of the last three years, with 62.2% all-grade reading proficiency and 71.7% in 6th grade.
Results diverge at the high school level. The Senior High posts a 97.3% graduation rate, 0.3% dropout rate, and 39.7% science proficiency — all above district and state — but its reading proficiency is 44.4%, below the state's 48.6% and well below the district's 59.9%, and its rank percentile has slipped from 86th to 81st to 77th. Among smaller programs, STMA Online - Secondary (66 students) has an 11.7% dropout rate with test scores suppressed, while Knights Academy (39 students, 51.28% free/reduced lunch) reports low proficiency where available yet a 100.0% graduation rate and 0.0% dropout rate. Wings Transition Program enrolls 15 students with no test, rank, or completion data listed. Suppressed figures are unknown, not evidence of weakness.
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