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Best Elementary Schools in Zip Code 55616

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At a glance

School

367

Students

Top rankedMinnehaha Elementary307^th of 872 Minnesota elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Minnehaha Elementary up 177 spots statewide this year

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Summary:

The 55616 zip code is home to a single elementary school, Minnehaha Elementary, which serves grades PK-5 with a total enrollment of 375 students. Minnehaha Elementary is part of the Lake Superior Public School District, which is ranked 289 out of 446 districts in Minnesota and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Minnehaha Elementary appears to be a relatively strong-performing school within its district, consistently outpacing the district and state averages in academic proficiency. In 2024-2025, the school had 58.58% of students proficient or better in math, compared to 34.56% for the district and 45.21% for the state. The school's statewide ranking has fluctuated in recent years, going from 426 out of 845 Minnesota elementary schools in 2022-2023 (2-star rating) to 307 out of 872 in 2024-2025 (3-star rating), indicating its performance may be variable or changing over time.

Minnehaha Elementary has a relatively low free/reduced lunch rate of 42.67% in 2023-2024, which is lower than the district average, and a small student-teacher ratio of 13.7, both of which are positive indicators for the school's performance. However, it will be important to monitor the school's ranking and proficiency trends to understand if it is maintaining its academic excellence over time.

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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 (2025)	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 All Grades	MCA-III Reading 3rd Grade	MCA-III Reading 4th Grade	MCA-III Reading 5th 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

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	6	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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