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What's one thing Bamber Valley Elementary School gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
599
Elementary
DISTRICT 336 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROCHESTER PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 273180000982
Bamber Valley Elementary School
2001 BAMBER VALLEY RD SW, ROCHESTER, MN 55902 · (507) 328-3030 · Olmsted County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL599 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 64% of Minnesota public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
,
0 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
21%
126 students
DISTRICT 46% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 91 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 87 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 108 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 100 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 97 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 116 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (91) is 22% smaller than its 5th grade class (116).
Student demographics
50%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
59.2%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
65.1%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 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
56.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.8%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 Bamber Valley Elementary School
Bamber Valley Elementary School's state test result (56.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bamber Valley Elementary School this school | 599 | 21.0% | 56.0% |
| THOMAS LAKE ELEMENTARY EAGAN | 575 | 21.4% | 59.9% |
| LILA Lower School FOREST LAKE | 607 | 20.8% | 41.3% |
| Pinewood Community Elementary EAGAN | 519 | 22.0% | 51.7% |
| OAK HILLS ELEMENTARY LAKEVILLE | 571 | 21.9% | 62.3% |
| EASTVIEW ELEMENTARY LAKEVILLE | 543 | 23.9% | 56.1% |
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 Bamber Valley Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Olmsted County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #222 of 844 | #6 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.1% | #184 of 844 | #7 of 21 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.2% | #218 of 844 | #5 of 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 599 | #166 of 1,130 | #4 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.4% | #371 of 796 | #17 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 21.0% | #812 of 942 | #20 of 27 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -33.0% | #54 of 499 | #4 of 17 |
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
599
-165 (-22%) vs 2020
-25% since 2000-01, when it was 804
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 | 599 | N/A | N/A | 21% (126) |
| 2023-24 | 613 | 39.9 | 15.4:1 | 23% (142) |
| 2022-23 | 633 | 36.7 | 17.3:1 | 26% (163) |
| 2020-21 | 764 | 46 | 16.6:1 | 28% (215) |
| 2017-18 | 894 | 57.5 | 15.6:1 | 34% (306) |
| 2015-16 | 857 | 55 | 15.6:1 | 34% (290) |
| 2010-11 | 921 | 50 | 18.4:1 | 36% (336) |
| 2000-01 | 804 | 44 | 18.3:1 | 6% (47) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bamber Valley Elementary School.
About Bamber Valley Elementary School
Bamber Valley Elementary School is an elementary school located in ROCHESTER, Minnesota, in Olmsted County. School enrollment was 599 students in 2024-25, in pre-K through 5. The average among elementary schools in Minnesota is roughly 344 students; this school is 74% above that.
District-wide, Rochester Public School District has 47 schools and 17,430 students.
Bamber Valley Elementary School is 68% White by enrollment. Other students are 12% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 7% Asian, and 5% Black. By comparison, Olmsted County residents are about 77% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 50% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Roughly 21% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Olmsted County is 35%.
allk12 grades Bamber Valley Elementary School a B. The grade compares the school only with Minnesota public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Bamber Valley Elementary School's average proficiency rate on state tests of 56.0% is 2.3 points above the 53.8% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
According to the American Community Survey, in Olmsted County, the median household income is $95,406, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Bamber Valley Elementary School is one of 72 public schools in the county.
Rochester Beacon Academy is the public school closest to Bamber Valley Elementary School, about 1.6 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Bamber Valley Elementary School is 2nd of 4 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Mid-size, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Federal data show a 22% enrollment decrease, from 764 in 2020-21 to 599 in 2024-25.
Community posts for Bamber Valley Elementary School can cover school safety, transportation, and start times. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Olmsted County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
164,498
Census ACS
Median income
$95,406
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
49%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
72
24,627 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Rochester Public School District
- Mayo High SchoolHigh · 1,787 students
- Century High SchoolHigh · 1,608 students
- John Marshall High SchoolHigh · 1,549 students
- Dakota Middle SchoolMiddle · 921 students
- John Adams Middle SchoolMiddle · 867 students
- Willow Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 864 students
Other schools in ROCHESTER
- Mayo High SchoolHigh · 1,787 students
- Century High SchoolHigh · 1,608 students
- John Marshall High SchoolHigh · 1,549 students
- Dakota Middle SchoolMiddle · 921 students
- John Adams Middle SchoolMiddle · 867 students
- Willow Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 864 students
Nearby schools
- Rochester Beacon Academy1.6 mi · 115
- Rochester Math & Science Elementary1.7 mi · 322
- Rochester Math & Science Secondary1.7 mi · 230
- ROCHESTER STEM ACADEMY1.7 mi · 116
- Folwell Elementary School1.9 mi · 352
- Middle School Right Fit2.1 mi · 27
Frequently asked questions
About Bamber Valley Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Bamber Valley Elementary School?
Bamber Valley Elementary School enrolls approximately 599 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Bamber Valley Elementary School serve?
Bamber Valley Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Bamber Valley Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Bamber Valley Elementary School is approximately not reported (0 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Bamber Valley Elementary School?
Student demographics at Bamber Valley Elementary School are roughly 68% White, 12% Hispanic, 5% Black, 7% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Bamber Valley Elementary School in?
Bamber Valley Elementary School is part of Rochester Public School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.