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Best Public Schools in Zip Code 55432


At a glance
22
Schools
6,351
Students
4
Districts
Top rankedSpring Lake Park Senior High263rd of 473 Minnesota high schools
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Biggest riser
Stevenson Elementary up 62 spots statewide this year
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Smallest classes
Hayes Elementary 9.8 students per teacher
SchoolDigger ratings
2★
1★
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14 schools without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)
Summary:

Zip code 55432 is home to 16 schools — 6 elementary, 2 middle, and 8 high schools serving 6,340 students across four districts: Spring Lake Park Public Schools, Fridley Public School District, Columbia Heights Public School District, and Northeast Metro 916. High schools hold about half of all enrollment, led by Spring Lake Park Senior High with 1,909 students, while the smallest school, Willows, has just 14.

The clearest academic standouts are the very small Lighthouse programs. Elementary Lighthouse (29 students) shows Math 85.7% and Reading 100%, and Secondary Lighthouse (34 students) shows Math 88.5%, Reading 100%, and Science 70.6%. Because these enrollments are so small, the percentages can swing widely and are not representative of the area. Among larger schools, most fall below the state's 44.9% math and 48.6% reading averages; Spring Lake Park Senior High matches the state science average at 25.5%, and Fridley Senior High stands out for a 94.6% graduation rate and 1.9% dropout rate despite only 19.0% reading proficiency.

Poverty and performance often align, but not perfectly. North Park School for Innovation has the highest elementary FRP at 80.83% with low scores, yet Stevenson Elementary and Hayes Elementary perform better at similar FRP levels. Fridley Middle is improving, rising from the 25th to the 39th rank percentile with stronger 8th-grade results. Note that several small high school programs, including Metro Heights Academy and SLP Schools Online Secondary, have suppressed or missing test data, so an area-wide test average would be incomplete.

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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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