Summary:
Zip code 55424 contains exactly one high school in this data set: Edina Virtual Pathway, a public virtual school serving grades 9–12 at 5701 Normandale Rd in the Edina Public School District. With just 75 students, it is a very small school, and because it is the only high school in the zip code, there are no local peer schools to compare it against. The most useful comparisons are therefore school versus district versus state. The district itself is a standout: Edina Public School District ranks 7th of 458 in Minnesota, at the 98th percentile with 5 stars.
Edina Virtual Pathway's clearest positive is its 0.0% dropout rate in 2024–2025, lower than the district's 0.1% and far below the state's 4.2%. Its graduation rate that year was 80.7%, compared with 95.1% for the district and 84.9% statewide. Reading proficiency in 2025–2026 was 14.3% for all grades, against 75.4% in the district and 48.6% statewide — roughly 61 points below the district and 34 points below the state; the 10th-grade figure is identical at 14.3%. Math and science proficiency for the school are suppressed by the state, so they are unknown rather than low.
Two cautions matter when reading these numbers. First, the cohort is tiny: 14.3% and 42.86% align closely with 1/7 and 3/7, so one student can move the rate by about 14.3 percentage points, and year-to-year comparisons are fragile — the 2024–2025 reading figure (42.86%) is labeled MCA-III while 2025–2026 is MCA-IV. Second, the school's population and model differ from the district average, with 72% free/reduced lunch and a student-teacher ratio of 8.3, which may support individualized instruction. Graduation and dropout rates track different cohorts and can diverge, especially in a small virtual school.
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