Summary:
ZIP code 55436 in Edina, Minnesota is served by exactly two public elementary schools — Countryside Elementary and Highlands Elementary — both serving grades K–5 and both part of Edina Public School District, which ranks 7th of 458 districts in the state. There are no middle or high schools inside this ZIP code, so families here move on to secondary schools elsewhere in the district. Together the two schools enroll 1,229 students.
The two schools are close to twins on demographics and results. Their free/reduced lunch rates differ by just 0.3 points (15.19% vs. 14.89%) and their student-teacher ratios by 0.2 (15.2 vs. 15.0). Both rank in the top 4% of all Minnesota elementary schools and hold a 5-star rating in every year on record. The clearest difference is subject emphasis. Countryside leans math, posting 76.5% in math versus 71.4% in reading, and is remarkably steady — it ranked 38th of 869 schools in 2025-26 after finishing 38th the year before. Highlands leans reading at 75.6%, ahead of its own 74.6% math mark, and is trending up sharply: it climbed to 35th of 869, a 13-place jump.
Both schools beat the state average by wide margins in every subject and at every grade level, so neither has a true weak spot. Two items are worth watching. First, 5th grade math is the lowest point for both — Countryside at 65.7% and Highlands at 62.5%, each slightly below the district's 68.9%, though still far above the state. Second, science trails the district by roughly 10 points at both schools, even while running about 1.7 times the state rate. Strengths also swap by grade: Highlands leads in 3rd grade while Countryside leads in 4th.
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