Summary:
ZIP code 55409 is served by two schools, both elementary schools covering grades PK–5 with no middle, high, or alternative schools listed, and together they enroll 529 students — though enrollment is heavily concentrated at one of them.
Barton Elementary is the academic standout in this area. It enrolls 508 of the ZIP's 529 students, about 96%, and it outperforms both its district and the state on 2025–2026 all-grade tests: math at 59.9% versus 44.9% statewide, reading at 60.3% versus 48.6%, and science at 29% versus 25.5%. Its strongest result is 3rd grade reading at 69.2%, which is 22.4 percentage points above the state. Barton holds 4 stars and a 71st percentile state rank (250 of 869) for 2025–2026, and has kept 4 stars across three reported years. That stands out because its district, Minneapolis Public School District, is rated 2 stars at the 32nd percentile — a 39-percentile-point gap. Two caveats: 5th grade math (36.2%) is above the district's 32.4% but below the state's 41.9%, the only reported Barton score below state level, and all-grade science fell from 45.24% in 2024–2025 to 29% in 2025–2026, a 16.24-point drop, though it still edges district and state.
Cosmos Montessori, part of Minnesota Wildflower Montessori School, offers a very different profile: just 21 students, a student-teacher ratio of 7.0 compared with Barton's 15.8, and a free/reduced lunch rate of 23.81% versus Barton's 31.69%. However, all of its 2025–2026 test scores are suppressed by the state for privacy, so no academic comparison can be made — the missing figures mean the data is unknown, not that performance is low. Families should also note that this list contains no middle or high school options within the ZIP.
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