Enrollment
69
Elementary
DISTRICT 311 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·INVER GROVE HEIGHTS SCHOOLS·NCES 271503003184
ATHENEUM ELEMENTARY
5899 BABCOCK TR E, INVER GROVE HEIGHTS, MN 55077 · (651) 306-7300 · Dakota County
GRADES 02–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL69 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 99% of Minnesota public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats 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
23.0:1
3 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
14%
10 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 48%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 2 | 6 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 22 | 32% |
| Grade 4 | 18 | 26% |
| Grade 5 | 23 | 33% |
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
ATHENEUM ELEMENTARY→INVER GROVE HEIGHTS MIDDLE
Based on grade levels within INVER GROVE HEIGHTS SCHOOLS. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
98.4%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
93.5%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 98 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 94 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of MN schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
92.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.3%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+35.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 92% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 57% typical for Minnesota schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 35 points, placing it in Minnesota's top 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 ATHENEUM ELEMENTARY
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ATHENEUM ELEMENTARY this school | 69 | 14.5% | 92.3% |
| Notre Ecole Academy GOLDEN VALLEY | 75 | 21.3% | 59.0% |
| Edgewood School PRIOR LAKE | 60 | 30.0% | N/A |
| ECFC - VPK OAK GROVE | 60 | 28.3% | N/A |
| Waconia Early Learning Center WACONIA | 53 | 18.9% | N/A |
| Monticello Nature Based Education MONTICELLO | 65 | 23.1% | 66.3% |
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 ATHENEUM ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Dakota County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 69 | #985 of 1,130 | #68 of 73 |
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
69
-32 (-32%) vs 2020
-42% since 2010-11, when it was 119
Student : Teacher
23.0:1
was 20.2:1
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 | 69 | 3 | 23.0:1 | 14% (10) |
| 2023-24 | 80 | 4 | 20.0:1 | 23% (18) |
| 2022-23 | 85 | N/A | N/A | 22% (19) |
| 2020-21 | 101 | 5 | 20.2:1 | 20% (20) |
| 2017-18 | 119 | 5 | 23.8:1 | 15% (18) |
| 2015-16 | 101 | 1 | 101.0:1 | 8% (8) |
| 2010-11 | 119 | 4 | 29.8:1 | 3% (3) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ATHENEUM ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 42% (119 to 69); teachers down 40% (5 to 3).
About ATHENEUM ELEMENTARY
ATHENEUM ELEMENTARY is a very small elementary school serving families in INVER GROVE HEIGHTS, Minnesota. The school serves grades 2 through 5. Enrollment is 69 students. By comparison, elementary schools in Minnesota enroll about 344 students on average.
ATHENEUM ELEMENTARY sits within INVER GROVE HEIGHTS SCHOOLS, which has 8 schools and 3,427 students.
Federal enrollment data show ATHENEUM ELEMENTARY is 59% White. Next come 13% Hispanic, 13% Asian, 9% multiracial, and 6% Black. The county population is about 74% White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 60%.
The school lists 3 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 23.0:1. The average for elementary schools in Minnesota is 13.7:1, so this school has more students per teacher. A total of 10 students, or 14%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Dakota County, the average is 34%.
On the allk12 Grade, ATHENEUM ELEMENTARY lands at A+, ahead of 99% of Minnesota public elementary schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results, 92.3%, is 35.1 points above the 57.3% the model predicts from its free or reduced-price lunch share. That result is in the top 10% of Minnesota schools.
In the wider Dakota County area, the median household earns about $106,318 a year, about 45% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. Across Dakota County, 170 public schools serve about 74,687 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, SALEM HILLS ELEMENTARY, is less than a tenth of a mile. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. ATHENEUM ELEMENTARY is 1st of 4 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Locale data from NCES put ATHENEUM ELEMENTARY in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 69, compared with 101 in 2020-21. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio increased to 23.0:1, from 20.2:1.
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Dakota County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
445,771
Census ACS
Median income
$106,318
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
45%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
170
74,687 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in INVER GROVE HEIGHTS SCHOOLS
- SIMLEY SENIOR HIGHHigh · 1,030 students
- INVER GROVE HEIGHTS MIDDLEMiddle · 817 students
- HILLTOP ELEMENTARYElementary · 626 students
- PINE BEND ELEMENTARYElementary · 511 students
- SALEM HILLS ELEMENTARYElementary · 281 students
- IGH EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAMElementary · 68 students
Other schools in INVER GROVE HEIGHTS
- SIMLEY SENIOR HIGHHigh · 1,030 students
- INVER GROVE HEIGHTS MIDDLEMiddle · 817 students
- HILLTOP ELEMENTARYElementary · 626 students
- PINE BEND ELEMENTARYElementary · 511 students
- SALEM HILLS ELEMENTARYElementary · 281 students
- Discovery Charter Elementary SchoolElementary · 166 students
Nearby schools
- SALEM HILLS ELEMENTARY0.0 mi · 281
- IGH EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAM1.6 mi · 68
- Early Learning Resource Center1.6 mi · 187
- Early Learning and Family Resource1.6 mi · 31
- HILLTOP ELEMENTARY1.6 mi · 626
- Kaposia Education Center Elementary1.8 mi · 620
Frequently asked questions
About ATHENEUM ELEMENTARYHow large is ATHENEUM ELEMENTARY?
ATHENEUM ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 69 students in grades 02-05.
Is ATHENEUM ELEMENTARY an elementary, middle, or high school?
ATHENEUM ELEMENTARY is an elementary school covering grades 02-05.
How many students per teacher at ATHENEUM ELEMENTARY?
Approximately 23.0:1 students per teacher at ATHENEUM ELEMENTARY.
What is the racial breakdown of students at ATHENEUM ELEMENTARY?
At ATHENEUM ELEMENTARY, the student body is approximately 59% White, 13% Hispanic, 6% Black, 13% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees ATHENEUM ELEMENTARY?
ATHENEUM ELEMENTARY is overseen by INVER GROVE HEIGHTS SCHOOLS in Dakota County.
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