Summary:
ZIP code 55439 in Edina, Minnesota is home to two elementary schools serving a combined 1,033 students: Creek Valley Elementary, a K–5 school of 586 students in the Edina Public School District, and International Spanish Language Academy (ISLA), a PK–5 school of 447 students that operates as its own district, International Spanish Language Academy.
Creek Valley Elementary is the standout here. It holds a 5-star rating in each of the three reported years and ranks 15th out of 869 Minnesota elementary schools in 2025–26 — the 98th percentile and roughly the top 1.7% statewide. Its all-grade proficiency is far above the state in math (81.4% vs. 44.9%), reading (76.9% vs. 48.6%), and science (55.7% vs. 25.5%), and it beats its own district in all three subjects. It also improved year over year, gaining in math, reading, and science, and moving from slightly below its district to above it.
International Spanish Language Academy is heading the other way. Its stars fell from 4 to 3 to 2, its rank dropped from 242/881 to 452/869, and its percentile slid from 73 to 48. Proficiency declined in every subject from 2024–25 to 2025–26, and its 18.8% science score falls below the state's 25.5%. Compared with Creek Valley, ISLA trails by 33.4 points in math, 26.9 in reading, and 36.9 in science. Creek Valley also has a lower free/reduced lunch rate (16.21% vs. 26.17%) and a lower student-teacher ratio (14 vs. 19.5), though with only two schools these are descriptive context, not causal explanations.
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