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Best Public Schools in Zip Code 55429

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At a glance

Schools

4,271

Students

Districts

Top rankedFair Oaks Elementary666^th of 869 Minnesota elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Garden City Elementary up 26 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Twin Lakes STEM Academy 11.4 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

1★

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Summary:

Zip code 55429 has 10 public schools — nine elementary (including K–8 and PK–8 charters) and one middle school, with no high schools — enrolling 4,271 students in a high-poverty area where about 80% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, split across Osseo Public School District (five schools), Robbinsdale Public School District's Northport Elementary, and four charter or single-school districts (New Millennium Academy Charter, Excell Academy Charter, Twin Lakes STEM Academy and Progeny Academy Charter School).

Among these, Fair Oaks Elementary is the strongest: highest all-grade math (39.9%) and reading (32.8%) and the top rank percentile (23), though still only 1 star. Palmer Lake Elementary is second in math (31.0%) and has the lowest free/reduced-lunch rate (63.08%), while Northport Elementary has the second-highest reading (32.4%) and the highest science among larger schools (13.6%) — the only school beating its own district average in an all-grade subject (math 28.4% vs. Robbinsdale's 26.9%). At the other end, Progeny Academy Charter School (92 students) has the lowest math (7.4%), Twin Lakes STEM Academy reports 0.0% all-grade science and the highest FRL rate (99.08%), and Excell Academy Charter has the lowest rank percentile (6) and highest student–teacher ratio (15.8).

Every school here scores below the Minnesota average in all-grade math (state 44.9%), reading (48.6%) and science (25.5%), with science the weakest area: school averages are roughly 22.9% math, 26.7% reading and 9.3% science. No school has 2 or more stars — six have 1 star, four have 0 stars, and the 0-star schools enroll about 1,174 students (27.5% of the total). The Osseo Public School District campuses all trail their district, most sharply North View Middle School (math 15.8% vs. district 41.8%). Still, seven of 10 schools improved in math, reading and science from 2024–25, and bright spots exist, such as Twin Lakes STEM Academy's 7th-grade reading (46.2%, above the state's 43.5%) and Progeny Academy Charter School's 8th-grade science (30.0%); Progeny's grade-level math and reading for grades 3, 4 and 7 are state-suppressed and should be treated as unknown.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				MCA-IV Reading (2026)							MCA-IV Science (2026)			MCA-III Math (2026)							Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	MCA-IV Reading 3rd Grade	MCA-IV Reading 4th Grade	MCA-IV Reading 5th Grade	MCA-IV Reading 6th Grade	MCA-IV Reading 7th Grade	MCA-IV Reading 8th Grade	MCA-IV Reading All Grades	MCA-IV Science 5th Grade	MCA-IV Science 8th Grade	MCA-IV Science All Grades	MCA-III Math 3rd Grade	MCA-III Math 4th Grade	MCA-III Math 5th Grade	MCA-III Math 6th Grade	MCA-III Math 7th Grade	MCA-III Math 8th Grade	MCA-III Math All Grades	Total
Excell Academy Charter	Public, Charter	PK, KG-8	5800 65th Ave N	Brooklyn Park	55429	Hennepin County	Excell Academy Charter	Yes	No	No	Yes	(763) 533-0500	548	35	15.8	87.0%	1 (0.2%)	510 (93.1%)	26 (4.7%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.5%)	7.4	816^th of 869 public elementary schools	6.1%		5.6	830^th of 872 public elementary schools	4.8%	14	16.7	17.8	17.6	23.1	18.0	25.0	19.5	5.9	11.4	8.4	31.7	22.2	3.9	3.8	4.0	11.6	13.3	$15,757
New Millennium Academy Charter	Public, Charter	K-8	5105 Brooklyn Blvd	Brooklyn Center	55429	Hennepin County	New Millennium Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(763) 235-7900	845	55	15.4	81.9%	4 (0.5%)	31 (3.7%)	12 (1.4%)	786 (93.0%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	10 (1.2%)	15.8	745^th of 869 public elementary schools	14.3%		13.6	766^th of 872 public elementary schools	12.2%	21	26.6	25.7	29.5	25.8	25.3	36.3	28.1	3.4	9.9	6.7	40.9	35.7	16.7	16.3	37.9	29.7	29.7	$13,397
Twin Lakes STEM Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	6201 Noble Ave N	Brooklyn Park	55429	Hennepin County	Twin Lakes STEM Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(763) 338-9373	217	19	11.4	99.1%	5 (2.3%)	201 (92.6%)	10 (4.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	7	819^th of 869 public elementary schools	5.8%		8.9	800^th of 872 public elementary schools	8.3%	19	18.5	19.0	15.8	31.3	46.2	40.0	25.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	25.9	14.3	5.3	6.3	30.8	10.0	16.0	$16,325
Progeny Academy Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	5929 Brooklyn Boulevard	Brooklyn Center	55429	Hennepin County	Progeny Academy Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(763) 325-9150	92	8	11.5	82.6%	10 (10.9%)	53 (57.6%)	18 (19.6%)	1 (1.1%)	1 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (9.8%)	7.3	817^th of 869 public elementary schools	6.0%		5.7	827^th of 872 public elementary schools	5.2%	10			8.3	25.0		50.0	18.5	0.0	30.0	14.3			0.0	16.7		20.0	7.4
Fair Oaks Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	5600 65th Ave N	Brooklyn Park	55429	Hennepin County	Osseo Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(763) 533-2246	396	34	11.5	72.7%	16 (4.0%)	144 (36.4%)	125 (31.6%)	87 (22.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (5.8%)	26.8	666^th of 869 public elementary schools	23.4%		27.7	665^th of 872 public elementary schools	23.7%	1	32.8	31.3	34.5				32.8	11.1		11.1	47.5	43.3	27.3				39.9	$16,790
Garden City Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	3501 65th Ave N	Brooklyn Center	55429	Hennepin County	Osseo Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(763) 561-9768	366	32	11.4	77.0%	23 (6.3%)	122 (33.3%)	74 (20.2%)	122 (33.3%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (6.0%)	16.1	743^rd of 869 public elementary schools	14.5%		13.3	769^th of 872 public elementary schools	11.8%	26	23.4	14.3	34.5				24.1	12.5		12.5	36.2	29.1	23.2				29.1	$14,734
North View Middle School	Public	6-8	5869 69th Ave N	Brooklyn Park	55429	Hennepin County	Osseo Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(763) 585-7200	509	40	12.5	79.2%	30 (5.9%)	212 (41.7%)	109 (21.4%)	117 (23.0%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (7.7%)	18.3	463^rd of 546 public middle schools	15.2%		14.3	465^th of 519 public middle schools	10.4%	2				29.5	25.5	30.9	28.7		6.0	6.0				15.8	16.2	15.5	15.8	$16,803
Palmer Lake Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	7300 W Palmer Lake Dr	Brooklyn Park	55429	Hennepin County	Osseo Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(763) 561-1930	493	39	12.6	63.1%	34 (6.9%)	155 (31.4%)	70 (14.2%)	186 (37.7%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	45 (9.1%)	20.6	717^th of 869 public elementary schools	17.5%		19.8	715^th of 872 public elementary schools	18.0%	2	22.4	33.7	36.6				30.9	12.9		12.9	27.6	36.1	28.6				31.0	$14,962
Zanewood Community School STEAM	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	7000 Zane Ave N	Brooklyn Park	55429	Hennepin County	Osseo Public School District	No	Yes	No	Yes	(763) 561-9077	317	27	11.9	77.9%	17 (5.4%)	148 (46.7%)	72 (22.7%)	53 (16.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (8.5%)	10.9	790^th of 869 public elementary schools	9.1%		13.4	768^th of 872 public elementary schools	11.9%	22	19.0	24.1	37.7				26.6	7.3		7.3	19.0	24.1	10.9				18.1	$14,751
Northport Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	5421 Brooklyn Blvd	Brooklyn Center	55429	Hennepin County	Robbinsdale Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(763) 504-7800	488	34	14.1	80.1%	39 (8.0%)	187 (38.3%)	153 (31.4%)	70 (14.3%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	37 (7.6%)	20	724^th of 869 public elementary schools	16.7%		17.5	731^st of 872 public elementary schools	16.2%	7	25.0	36.3	36.4				32.4	13.6		13.6	30.3	31.3	22.7				28.4	$15,318

Cities Near Zip Code 55429

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Brooklyn Park	0.21 mi	33	416^th
Brooklyn Center	0.74 mi	18	434^th
Crystal	1.58 mi	6	364^th
Robbinsdale	2.01 mi	2	433^rd
Minneapolis	2.04 mi	163	384^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Minnesota Department of Education.

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