Best Elementary Schools in Zip Code 55408

Elementary schools in ZIP code 55408 consist of two PK–5 schools — Green Central Elementary and Lyndale Elementary — both in the Minneapolis Public School District, together enrolling 1,060 students. That district is ranked 310 out of 458 Minnesota districts, at the 32nd percentile with a 2-star rating, and sits below the state average in the reported subjects — useful context for reading both schools' results.

Green Central Elementary is the standout. In 2025–2026 it ranked 530 out of 869 schools, at the 39th percentile with 2 stars — up from the 25th and 24th percentiles at 1 star in the two prior years, a gain of 125 rank positions. Its all-grade proficiency was 44.3% in Math, 42.6% in Reading and 24.4% in Science, beating the district in all three subjects and landing within about 1 point of the state in Math (44.9%) and Science (25.5%). It improved roughly 7 percentage points in every subject year over year, with particular strength in 3rd-grade Math (53.1%) and 3rd-grade Reading (46.3%, near the state's 46.8%).

Lyndale Elementary shows the opposite trend: ranked 740 out of 869, at the 15th percentile with 1 star, and it has stayed near the bottom across all three years (14th, 18th, then 15th percentile). Its all-grade rates — 27.5% Math, 27.4% Reading and 8.8% Science — trail the district and state in every subject, and it declined in all three, with Science falling from 17.39% to 8.8%. Lyndale also has a higher free/reduced-lunch rate (79.18% vs. 54.88%) and a lower student-teacher ratio (11.2 vs. 13.2). The two schools are now about 15–17 percentage points apart in each subject, and their percentile gap widened from 7 points to 24.