Summary:
Zip code 55435 has two schools in this data set: Cornelia Elementary, a PK–5 elementary with 617 students, and School #532, a K–12 alternative school with 15 students; together they enroll 632 students, and there are no traditional middle or high schools listed here. Cornelia Elementary is part of Edina Public School District, while School #532 belongs to Intermediate School District 287. The two schools serve very different populations and purposes, so the most useful comparisons are each school against its own district and the state, not against each other.
Cornelia Elementary stands out as a large, high-performing elementary in a highly rated district: Edina Public School District ranks 7th out of 458 districts in the state, at the 98th percentile with 5 stars. Cornelia’s own rank has softened slightly, from the 88th percentile and 4 stars in 2023–2024 to the 83rd percentile and 4 stars in 2025–2026. In 2025–2026 all-grade proficiency, Cornelia is above the state in Math (61.2% vs. 44.9%), Reading (63.7% vs. 48.6%), and Science (41.5% vs. 25.5%). However, it trails its own district in all three: Math 61.2% vs. 72.4%, Reading 63.7% vs. 75.4%, and Science 41.5% vs. 55.3%. Year over year, Math and Reading dipped slightly while Science improved.
School #532 is very small, with 15 students, a 7.7 student-teacher ratio, and a 40% free/reduced lunch rate, compared with 13.6 and 26.58% at Cornelia Elementary. Its school-level 2025–2026 Math, Reading, and Science scores, plus 2024–2025 Science All Grades, are suppressed as —, so its own academic performance cannot be judged from this data; those values are unknown, not zero. District-level outcomes for Intermediate School District 287 are far below the state: Math 11% vs. 44.9%, Reading 19.8% vs. 48.6%, and Science 18.2% vs. 25.5%. Graduation/dropout data are limited: school-level 2022–2023 graduation was 9.0% and dropout 0.0%; 2024–2025 district-level graduation was 38.0% vs. 84.9% statewide, and dropout was 7.9% vs. 4.2%. Small cohorts make these rates volatile.
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