Best Public Schools in Zip Code 55616

Summary:

The 55616 zip code in Minnesota is home to two schools: Two Harbors Secondary and Minnehaha Elementary, both part of the Lake Superior Public School District. While Two Harbors Secondary has seen a decline in its statewide ranking, Minnehaha Elementary stands out as a high-performing school in the area.

Minnehaha Elementary consistently outperforms the district and state averages in both math and reading proficiency. In the 2024-2025 school year, 58.58% of Minnehaha students were proficient or better in math, compared to 34.56% for the district and 45.21% statewide. The school's reading proficiency rates are also strong, with 53.85% of students proficient or better, compared to 43.11% for the district and 49.59% statewide. Minnehaha's statewide ranking has also improved over the past few years, moving from the 426th percentile in 2022-2023 to the 307th percentile in 2024-2025 among Minnesota elementary schools.

In contrast, Two Harbors Secondary has seen a decline in its statewide ranking, dropping from the 66th percentile in 2022-2023 to the 245th percentile in 2024-2025 among Minnesota high schools. Its math and reading proficiency rates are also below the district and state averages. However, Two Harbors Secondary maintains a four-year graduation rate of 84.2% and a dropout rate of 4.4% in 2023-2024.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				MCA-III Math (2025)								MCA-III Reading (2025)								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	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	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 11th Grade	MCA-III Math All Grades	MCA-III Reading 3rd Grade	MCA-III Reading 4th Grade	MCA-III Reading 5th Grade	MCA-III Reading 6th Grade	MCA-III Reading 7th Grade	MCA-III Reading 8th Grade	MCA-III Reading 10th Grade	MCA-III Reading All Grades	Total
Minnehaha Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	421 7th St	Two Harbors	55616	Lake County	Lake Superior Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(218) 834-8221	367	27	13.7	39.2%	346 (94.3%)	3 (0.8%)	10 (2.7%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.9%)	66.4	307^th of 872 public elementary schools	64.8%		50.8	484^th of 881 public elementary schools	45.1%	177	65.6	55.9	53.1					58.6	49.2	49.2	65.3					53.9	$11,481
Two Harbors Secondary	Public	6-12	1640 Highway 2	Two Harbors	55616	Lake County	Lake Superior Public School District	No	No	No	No	(218) 834-8201	597	36	16.7	30.3%	549 (92.0%)	2 (0.3%)	13 (2.2%)	4 (0.7%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (4.4%)	52.2	245^th of 450 public high schools	45.6%		73.3	119^th of 480 public high schools	75.2%	126				10.7	35.4	22.6	23.3	24.0				42.1	51.2	29.1	50.0	42.6	$12,016

Cities Near Zip Code 55616

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Two Harbors	0.46 mi	2	270^th
Duluth	12.38 mi	36	208^th
Silver Bay	25.95 mi	2	392^nd
Hermantown	30.48 mi	5	84^th
Saginaw	32.06 mi	1

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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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