Summary:
Zip code 55718 has one elementary school, South Terrace Elementary, a PK–6 school in Carlton with 163 students in the Carlton Public School District. Because it is the only elementary school in this ZIP code, it defines the area’s elementary picture. The available record includes rank history for 2023–2024 through 2025–2026, MCA scores for 2024–2025 and 2025–2026, a 43.56% free/reduced lunch rate, and an 11.3 student/teacher ratio; no scores are suppressed or shown as ranges.
In 2025–2026, the school’s standout strength is 3rd grade: Math was 84.6% versus the state’s 57.9%, and Reading was 69.2% versus 46.8%. Other grades generally trail the state, especially 5th grade Math at 6.7% versus 41.9% and 5th grade Science at 17.2% versus 25.9%. All-grade Science is the weakest subject overall at 17.2%, below both the district’s 27.9% and the state’s 25.5%. All-grade Math is 28.3% and Reading is 39.1%; both are near district averages but below state averages. This pattern suggests highly uneven results by grade rather than uniform schoolwide performance.
Year over year, Reading improved from 32.14% to 39.1% and Science improved from 13.04% to 17.2%, while Math declined from 40.0% to 28.3%. Statewide, the school’s rank slipped from the 31st percentile in 2023–2024 to the 26th percentile in 2024–2025 and 2025–2026, with a most recent rank of 647 of 869 and 1 star. With only 163 students in PK–6, grade-level percentages can swing on small numbers of students, so these results should be read as important signals—especially 3rd grade strengths and 5th grade Math and Science challenges—rather than proof of a fixed long-term trajectory.
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