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Enrollment
467
Elementary
DISTRICT 393 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOPKINS PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 271426001886
ALICE SMITH ELEMENTARY
801 MINNETONKA MILLS RD, HOPKINS, MN 55343 · (952) 988-4200 · Hennepin County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL467 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 12% of Minnesota public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Minnesota public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.4:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
257 students
DISTRICT 41% · STATE 48%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 15 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 84 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 76 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 77 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 78 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 67 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 70 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (84) is 20% larger than its 5th grade class (70).
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 60% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
35.6%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
28.5%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Minnesota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 45.
Source: MCA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
28.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.5%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% typical for Minnesota schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Minnesota's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like ALICE SMITH ELEMENTARY
ALICE SMITH ELEMENTARY's state test result (28.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALICE SMITH ELEMENTARY this school | 467 | 55.0% | 28.7% |
| Rahn Elementary EAGAN | 383 | 58.5% | 41.9% |
| PILOT KNOB STEM MAGNET SCHOOL EAGAN | 387 | 54.8% | 49.8% |
| EISENHOWER ELEMENTARY HOPKINS | 504 | 47.4% | 31.0% |
| WESTWOOD ELEMENTARY SAINT CLOUD | 531 | 59.7% | 38.4% |
| GATEWOOD ELEMENTARY MINNETONKA | 351 | 57.0% | 21.6% |
Matched among Minnesota elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where ALICE SMITH ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Hennepin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.7% | #683 of 844 | #109 of 169 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.5% | #697 of 844 | #112 of 169 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.6% | #635 of 844 | #101 of 169 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 467 | #353 of 1,130 | #82 of 206 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #297 of 769 | #59 of 164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.0% | #67 of 796 | #21 of 165 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.0% | #272 of 942 | #72 of 183 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.5% | #397 of 499 | #72 of 99 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
467
-16 (-3%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 590
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 13.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 467 | 35.8 | 13.0:1 | 55% (257) |
| 2023-24 | 448 | 34 | 13.2:1 | 56% (252) |
| 2022-23 | 515 | 34.7 | 14.9:1 | 63% (324) |
| 2020-21 | 483 | 36 | 13.4:1 | 50% (243) |
| 2017-18 | 494 | 36 | 13.7:1 | 53% (263) |
| 2015-16 | 570 | 42 | 13.6:1 | 53% (304) |
| 2010-11 | 610 | 35 | 17.4:1 | 58% (351) |
| 2000-01 | 529 | 34 | 15.6:1 | 15% (77) |
| 1990-91 | 590 | 31 | 19.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ALICE SMITH ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (494 to 467); teachers unchanged (36 to 35.8).
About ALICE SMITH ELEMENTARY
ALICE SMITH ELEMENTARY is a mid-sized elementary school in HOPKINS, Minnesota, one of the schools in HOPKINS PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. It had 467 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 5. Elementary schools in Minnesota have about 344 students on average; enrollment here is 36% higher.
HOPKINS PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT is the district for ALICE SMITH ELEMENTARY. It has 14 schools and 7,129 students.
The biggest share of students at ALICE SMITH ELEMENTARY, 32%, is Black. The rest of enrollment is 30% White, 25% Hispanic, and 10% multiracial. Census estimates put the Black share of Hennepin County's population at about 13%. The diversity index for ALICE SMITH ELEMENTARY is 73%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school has 35.8 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 13.0 students per teacher. The average for elementary schools in Minnesota is about 13.7:1. The school reported 55% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. Public schools in Hennepin County average 43%.
ALICE SMITH ELEMENTARY holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 12% of Minnesota public elementary schools.
The model predicts 35.5% for a school in Minnesota with ALICE SMITH ELEMENTARY's free or reduced-price lunch share. ALICE SMITH ELEMENTARY posts 28.7%.
The county, Hennepin County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $97,653 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 54%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Hennepin County has 496 public schools with about 177,509 students, including ALICE SMITH ELEMENTARY.
Xinxing Academy is the nearest public school to ALICE SMITH ELEMENTARY, about 0.2 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, ALICE SMITH ELEMENTARY is 6th of 7 on proficiency.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's student count decreased 3% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
The discussion board for ALICE SMITH ELEMENTARY is open to topics like special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Hennepin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,269,496
Census ACS
Median income
$97,653
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
54%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
496
177,509 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in HOPKINS PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
- Hopkins High SchoolHigh · 2,003 students
- Hopkins North Middle SchoolMiddle · 866 students
- MEADOWBROOK ELEMENTARYElementary · 792 students
- Hopkins West Middle SchoolMiddle · 574 students
- L.H. TANGLEN ELEMENTARYElementary · 521 students
- EISENHOWER ELEMENTARYElementary · 504 students
Other schools in HOPKINS
- EISENHOWER ELEMENTARYElementary · 504 students
- Ubah AcademyHigh · 321 students
- Xinxing AcademyElementary · 238 students
- HARLEY HOPKINS FAMILY CENTERElementary · 174 students
- School #527High · 35 students
- Harley Hopkins Early ChildhoodElementary
Other Alice Smith Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Alice Smith Elementary. ALICE SMITH ELEMENTARY is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Alice Smith ElementaryRENO, NV · 512 students
Nearby schools
- Xinxing Academy0.2 mi · 238
- School #5270.2 mi · 35
- EISENHOWER ELEMENTARY0.2 mi · 504
- Ubah Academy0.8 mi · 321
- HARLEY HOPKINS FAMILY CENTER1.0 mi · 174
- Hopkins North Middle School1.5 mi · 866
Frequently asked questions
About ALICE SMITH ELEMENTARYWhat is the total enrollment at ALICE SMITH ELEMENTARY?
ALICE SMITH ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 467 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does ALICE SMITH ELEMENTARY serve?
ALICE SMITH ELEMENTARY serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does ALICE SMITH ELEMENTARY have?
ALICE SMITH ELEMENTARY employs 36 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.0:1.
What is the student diversity at ALICE SMITH ELEMENTARY?
Student demographics at ALICE SMITH ELEMENTARY are roughly 30% White, 25% Hispanic, 32% Black, 1% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is ALICE SMITH ELEMENTARY in?
ALICE SMITH ELEMENTARY is part of HOPKINS PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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