Summary:
ZIP code 55779 contains one elementary school: South Ridge Elementary in Culver, Minnesota, a PK–6 school with 303 students in the St. Louis County School District. It is located at 8162 Swan Lake Rd, and its 2024–2025 profile shows 39.27% of students eligible for free or reduced lunch and a student–teacher ratio of 12.8. The district itself is ranked 323 of 458 districts, at the 29th percentile with 1 star.
On 2025–2026 tests, all-grades math was 43.2% proficient — above the district's 31.7% but just short of the state's 44.9% — and reading was 43.9%, above the district's 40.8% but below the state's 48.6%. The brightest spot is 3rd grade math at 71.8% proficient, which is 9.7 points above the district and 13.9 points above the state. Fourth grade reading, at 45.7%, also beat the district by 10.7 points. Science is the clearest concern: only 8.1% proficiency across all grades, compared with 17.1% in the district and 25.5% statewide, and 5th grade science was likewise 8.1%. Sixth grade reading was another weak point at 32.1%, which is 21.3 points below the state.
Results are uneven by grade. Math falls well below the state in grades 4–6 (37.1%, 29.7%, and 28.6%), and reading follows a similar pattern. Year over year, math edged up slightly (+0.54 points) and reading dipped slightly (-1.55 points), but science dropped sharply from 16.0% to 8.1%. The school has held a 2-star rating for the last three listed years, with statewide percentiles of 34 (2023–2024), 41 (2024–2025), and 36 (2025–2026). In short, South Ridge is a 2-star school that generally outperforms its 1-star district in math and reading, thanks largely to 3rd grade math and 4th grade reading, while science and 6th grade reading remain significant gaps against both district and state.
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