Summary:
Zip code 55731 is home to a single elementary school, Washington Elementary, which serves grades PK–5 with 201 students in Ely, Minnesota, as part of the Ely Public School District. Because it is the only elementary school in the area, all insights below reflect this one school rather than a comparison among local options.
Washington Elementary performs above the Minnesota state averages in all three tested subjects. In 2025–26, 53.3% of students were proficient in Math (versus 44.9% statewide), 51.0% in Reading (versus 48.6%), and 34.3% in Science (versus 25.5%). Its strongest relative advantage is Science, where it exceeded the state by 8.8 percentage points. At the grade level, the standout results are 4th-grade Math at 62.5% (7.3 points above the state), 5th-grade Reading at 59.5% (5.0 points above), and 5th-grade Science at 34.3% (8.4 points above). The softer spots are 3rd-grade Reading at 44.0% and 4th-grade Reading at 47.1%, both slightly below state averages. In 2024–25 the school posted even higher results — Reading 65.0% and Math 59.18% — meaning the most recent year represents a decline, though still above state benchmarks.
The school's state rank has been somewhat volatile: it placed in the 55th percentile in 2023–24, rose to the 78th percentile with 4 stars in 2024–25, then settled at the 64th percentile with 3 stars in 2025–26 — above the median each year. The district is rated 4 stars and 75th percentile among 458 districts. For context, 38.81% of students qualified for free/reduced lunch and the student/teacher ratio was 13.5 in 2024–25. Overall, this is a solidly above-state school with particular strength in Math and Science and a more variable Reading profile.
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