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Best Public Schools in Zip Code 55901

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At a glance

Schools

6,845

Students

Top rankedWashington Elementary School156^th of 869 Minnesota elementary schools

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Biggest riser

John Adams Middle School up 85 spots statewide this year

SchoolDigger ratings

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2 schools without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)

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Summary:

ZIP code 55901 in Rochester, Minnesota contains 12 schools — 8 elementary schools, 2 middle schools, 1 high school, and 1 alternative program — enrolling roughly 6,845 students, all within the Rochester Public School District, which is ranked 227th of 458 Minnesota districts at the 50th percentile with 3 stars. Since that district rating is the same for every school here, the meaningful differences appear school by school.

At the top, Washington Elementary School leads with 68.8% math and 67.1% reading proficiency in 2025-2026, ranking in the 82nd percentile with 4 stars and the lowest free/reduced-price lunch rate in the group at 19.76%. Gibbs Elementary School (54.0% math, 61.6% reading) ranks in the 70th percentile with 4 stars and has improved three years in a row. Overland Elementary School stands out for climbing to the 57th percentile, with 29.7% science — the highest reported all-grades science result — despite a 45.9% FRPL rate. Among middle schools, John Adams Middle School outperforms Dakota Middle School in all three subjects (63rd vs 42nd percentile) despite nearly identical FRPL rates. John Marshall High School posts a graduation rate of 89.8% and a dropout rate of 1.7%, both better than district and state, even though its grade-level test scores run below district averages.

At the other end, Gage Elementary School has the lowest results and the highest poverty rate, at 12.1% math, 10.7% reading, and 6.1% science, ranking in the 3rd percentile with 0 stars. Sunset Terrace Elementary School (22nd percentile, 1 star) and Hoover Elementary School (35th percentile, 2 stars) also trail district and state. Science is the weakest subject across the ZIP code, and several otherwise strong schools saw science drop sharply. Poverty is not destiny, though: Elton Hills Elementary School has a 57.79% FRPL rate yet beats district and state in math and science. PrairieCare, a 20-student alternative school, has all 2025-2026 scores suppressed and cannot be fairly compared.

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Ranking:

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				MCA-IV Reading (2026)								MCA-IV Science (2026)				MCA-III Math (2026)								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 (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	MCA-IV Reading 3rd Grade	MCA-IV Reading 4th Grade	MCA-IV Reading 5th Grade	MCA-IV Reading 6th Grade	MCA-IV Reading 7th Grade	MCA-IV Reading 8th Grade	MCA-IV Reading 10th Grade	MCA-IV Reading All Grades	MCA-IV Science 5th Grade	MCA-IV Science 8th Grade	MCA-IV Science End of Course	MCA-IV Science All Grades	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	Total
Bishop Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	406 36th Ave NW	Rochester	55901	Olmsted County	Rochester Public School District	No	No	No	No	(507) 328-3100	545	0	14.3	37.2%	284 (52.1%)	78 (14.3%)	68 (12.5%)	70 (12.8%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	43 (7.9%)	54.6	406^th of 869 public elementary schools	53.3%		59.4	379^th of 872 public elementary schools	56.5%	27	45.1	45.1	51.0					47.3	23.7			23.7	56.6	53.7	50.0					53.2	$12,598
Elton Hills Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1421 Elton Hills Dr NW	Rochester	55901	Olmsted County	Rochester Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(507) 328-3200	308	0	13.1	57.8%	157 (51.0%)	59 (19.2%)	36 (11.7%)	17 (5.5%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (12.0%)	51.1	446^th of 869 public elementary schools	48.7%		50.5	471^st of 872 public elementary schools	46.0%	25	41.3	49.0	48.1					46.3	27.8			27.8	45.7	58.0	39.6					47.7	$12,408
Gage Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1300 40th St NW	Rochester	55901	Olmsted County	Rochester Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(507) 328-3400	412	0	11.8	73.3%	93 (22.6%)	147 (35.7%)	95 (23.1%)	27 (6.6%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	48 (11.7%)	4.3	846^th of 869 public elementary schools	2.6%		7	819^th of 872 public elementary schools	6.1%	27	9.8	8.2	14.3					10.7	6.1			6.1	23.5	10.2	2.0					12.1	$13,855
Hoover Elementary School	Public	3-5	369 Elton Hills Dr NW	Rochester	55901	Olmsted County	Rochester Public School District	No	No	No	No	(507) 328-3450	228	0	14.3	42.1%	111 (48.7%)	39 (17.1%)	43 (18.9%)	9 (3.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.9%)	24 (10.5%)	39.6	569^th of 869 public elementary schools	34.5%		43.2	536^th of 872 public elementary schools	38.5%	33	39.0	35.1	57.0					44.2	24.1			24.1	41.4	41.6	29.1					36.9	$15,828
Sunset Terrace Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1707 19th Ave NW	Rochester	55901	Olmsted County	Rochester Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(507) 328-3770	437	0	12.8	55.8%	184 (42.1%)	107 (24.5%)	47 (10.8%)	44 (10.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	54 (12.4%)	25.4	679^th of 869 public elementary schools	21.9%		37	589^th of 872 public elementary schools	32.5%	90	30.0	39.0	36.9					35.2	10.7			10.7	41.4	42.5	22.6					35.5	$12,381
Washington Elementary School	Public	K-5	1200 11th Ave NW	Rochester	55901	Olmsted County	Rochester Public School District	No	No	No	No	(507) 328-3800	334	0	15.5	19.8%	185 (55.4%)	21 (6.3%)	21 (6.3%)	70 (21.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (11.1%)	79.4	156^th of 869 public elementary schools	82.0%		84.6	99^th of 872 public elementary schools	88.6%	57	60.8	77.2	62.0					67.1	26.0			26.0	68.6	83.9	52.0					68.8	$12,463
John Marshall High School	Public	9-12	1510 14th St NW	Rochester	55901	Olmsted County	Rochester Public School District	No	No	No	No	(507) 328-5400	1,549	0	20.6	40.7%	729 (47.1%)	324 (20.9%)	151 (9.7%)	194 (12.5%)	8 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	143 (9.2%)	50	256^th of 473 public high schools	45.9%		53.4	236^th of 450 public high schools	47.6%	20							41.6	41.6			26.2	26.2							28.4	28.4	$12,155
John Adams Middle School	Public	6-8	1525 31st St NW	Rochester	55901	Olmsted County	Rochester Public School District	No	No	No	No	(507) 328-5700	867	0	19.4	37.4%	460 (53.1%)	152 (17.5%)	96 (11.1%)	87 (10.0%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	69 (8.0%)	59.8	200^th of 546 public middle schools	63.4%		45.4	285^th of 519 public middle schools	45.1%	85				54.3	39.8	49.8		48.0		23.4		23.4				35.7	31.1	37.7		34.9	$11,895
Early Childhood Year Round	Public	PK-K	369 Elton Hills Dr NW	Rochester	55901	Olmsted County	Rochester Public School District	No	No	No	No	(507) 328-3450	0				0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)																					$4,032
Gibbs Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	5525 56th St NW	Rochester	55901	Olmsted County	Rochester Public School District	No	No	No	No	(507) 328-4100	675	0	16.2	30.4%	352 (52.1%)	147 (21.8%)	46 (6.8%)	72 (10.7%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.3%)	55 (8.1%)	69	261^st of 869 public elementary schools	70.0%		68.5	286^th of 872 public elementary schools	67.2%	25	63.8	59.0	61.7					61.6	28.1			28.1	61.4	57.3	43.8					54.0	$10,777
PrairieCare	Public, Alternative	K-12	5255 Members Pkwy NW	Rochester	55901	Olmsted County	Rochester Public School District	No	No	No	No	(507) 328-4467	20	0	10.6	50.0%	14 (70.0%)	1 (5.0%)	3 (15.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (10.0%)								(n/a)																					$22,777
Overland Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2300 Overland Dr NW	Rochester	55901	Olmsted County	Rochester Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(507) 328-3050	549	0	14.0	45.9%	238 (43.4%)	143 (26.0%)	47 (8.6%)	59 (10.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	61 (11.1%)	58.2	375^th of 869 public elementary schools	56.8%		51.6	460^th of 872 public elementary schools	47.2%	85	47.9	51.8	57.5					52.6	29.7			29.7	52.1	51.8	41.6					48.3
Dakota Middle School	Public	6-8	5501 65th St NW	Rochester	55901	Olmsted County	Rochester Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(507) 328-4530	921	0	18.1	38.1%	452 (49.1%)	173 (18.8%)	80 (8.7%)	128 (13.9%)	5 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	83 (9.0%)	43.5	316^th of 546 public middle schools	42.1%		46.6	279^th of 519 public middle schools	46.2%	37				48.2	38.0	42.6		42.7		18.3		18.3				25.4	23.7	23.5		24.2

Cities Near Zip Code 55901

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Rochester	0.53 mi	53	248^th
Byron	6.83 mi	4	15^th
Pine Island	10.71 mi	5	125^th
Kasson	12.27 mi	7	23^rd
Elgin	12.94 mi	2	86^th

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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.

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMERS: Not all boundaries are included. We make every effort to ensure that boundaries are up-to-date. But it's important to note that these are approximations and are for general informational purposes only. To verify legal descriptions of boundaries or school locations, contact your local tax assessor's office and/or school district.