Summary:
ZIP code 55406 in Minneapolis is home to 11 elementary schools serving a wide mix of grade levels—from K–2 and 3–5 up to PK–8 and K–8—with a combined enrollment of 3,338 students. Seven are part of the Minneapolis Public School District and four are charter schools. School size varies enormously, from 65 students at Bdote Learning Center to 640 at Sullivan Elementary. Because grade spans differ, all-grade test results are not a perfectly even comparison from school to school, and a dash (—) means the state suppressed the score, so it is unknown rather than zero.
The strongest academic results in the ZIP come from Northrop Elementary (67.0% math, 71.6% reading, 30.0% science), Howe Elementary (68.7% math, 65.4% reading, 36.1% science), and Dowling Elementary (55.6% math, 59.7% reading, 25.5% science). At the other end, Anishinabe Academy Elementary, Minnesota Transitions Charter Elementary, Friendship Academy of the Arts, and Sullivan all rank in the bottom 10% statewide, and Bdote reports 6.7% in both math and reading.
Reading tends to be stronger than math in most of these schools, while science is the weakest subject overall—only Howe and Northrop beat the state science figure, and Dowling matched it. Poverty is high: median free/reduced-lunch enrollment is 80.84%, and four schools exceed 90%. Universal Academy Elementary stands out as a bright spot at 92.7% FRL, though its scores slipped from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026. Note that Hiawatha Elementary serves K–2 and has no current test scores, and small schools can swing widely year to year.
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