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What's the most underrated thing about Bel Air Elementary that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
729
Elementary
DISTRICT 461 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MOUNDS VIEW PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 272295001114
Bel Air Elementary
1800 5TH ST NW, NEW BRIGHTON, MN 55112 · (651) 621-6300 · Ramsey County
GRADES 01–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL729 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 70% 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
15.1:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
268 students
DISTRICT 40% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 1 | 132 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 169 | 23% |
| Grade 3 | 139 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 150 | 21% |
| Grade 5 | 139 | 19% |
This year's 1st grade class (132) is 5% smaller than its 5th grade class (139).
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
55.6%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
62.1%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 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
53.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.3%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 Bel Air Elementary
Bel Air Elementary's state test result (53.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bel Air Elementary this school | 729 | 36.8% | 53.0% |
| ELM CREEK ELEMENTARY MAPLE GROVE | 565 | 33.1% | 50.5% |
| Jackson Elementary SHAKOPEE | 683 | 34.3% | 51.4% |
| PARKVIEW ELEMENTARY ROSEMOUNT | 674 | 40.1% | 44.1% |
| Champlin/Brooklyn Pk Acd MathEnvSci CHAMPLIN | 727 | 38.5% | 50.8% |
| DIAMOND PATH EL SCH OF INTL STUDIES APPLE VALLEY | 686 | 30.5% | 56.0% |
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 Bel Air Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Ramsey County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #273 of 844 | #18 of 93 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.1% | #235 of 844 | #10 of 93 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.6% | #286 of 844 | #20 of 93 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 729 | #64 of 1,130 | #9 of 119 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.1:1 | #545 of 769 | #59 of 83 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.0% | #279 of 796 | #59 of 86 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 36.8% | #569 of 942 | #81 of 101 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.3% | #217 of 244 | #21 of 27 |
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
729
-3 (0%) vs 2020
+31% since 1990-91, when it was 556
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
was 16.3:1
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 | 729 | 48.4 | 15.1:1 | 37% (268) |
| 2023-24 | 723 | 49.8 | 14.5:1 | 36% (258) |
| 2022-23 | 722 | 51.6 | 14.0:1 | 37% (265) |
| 2020-21 | 732 | 45 | 16.3:1 | 33% (241) |
| 2017-18 | 720 | 46.3 | 15.5:1 | 38% (272) |
| 2015-16 | 692 | 47 | 14.7:1 | 41% (281) |
| 2010-11 | 675 | 42 | 16.1:1 | 39% (266) |
| 2000-01 | 655 | 39 | 16.8:1 | 35% (226) |
| 1990-91 | 556 | 35 | 15.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bel Air Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (720 to 729); teachers up 5% (46.3 to 48.4).
About Bel Air Elementary
Bel Air Elementary is a high-enrollment elementary school serving families in NEW BRIGHTON, Minnesota. Students in grades 1 through 5 attend the school, which enrolls 729 students. The average among elementary schools in Minnesota is roughly 344 students; this school is 112% bigger than that.
Bel Air Elementary is run by Mounds View Public School District, whose 23 schools enroll 11,934 students.
At Bel Air Elementary, White students make up 60% of the student body. After that, the student body is 12% Black, 10% multiracial, 9% Hispanic, and 9% Asian. For comparison, Ramsey County is about 59% White. The school's diversity index is 60%, meaning two students picked at random have a 60% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The teaching staff at Bel Air Elementary is 48.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 15.1:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 13.7:1 average for elementary schools in Minnesota. About 37% of students, or 268, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is lower than the 57% average for public schools in Ramsey County.
Measured against Minnesota public elementary schools, Bel Air Elementary receives a B+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Test results at Bel Air Elementary are 7.7 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (53.0% actual, 45.3% predicted).
Census estimates describe Ramsey County this way: the median household income is $81,568, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 46% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. In all, Ramsey County has 302 public schools and roughly 94,437 students.
Of nearby public schools, Highview Middle School is the closest, at about 0.4 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Bel Air Elementary. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Bel Air Elementary is 1st of 4 on proficiency.
Federal data place Bel Air Elementary in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 732 to 729, a small change. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 16.3:1; by 2024-25 it was 15.1:1.
The Bel Air Elementary community page is open for posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Ramsey County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
542,945
Census ACS
Median income
$81,568
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
302
94,437 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Mounds View Public School District
- Mounds View Senior HighHigh · 1,833 students
- Irondale Senior HighHigh · 1,812 students
- Chippewa Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,093 students
- Turtle Lake ElementaryElementary · 985 students
- Highview Middle SchoolMiddle · 823 students
- Valentine Hills ElementaryElementary · 750 students
Other schools in NEW BRIGHTON
- Irondale Senior HighHigh · 1,812 students
- Highview Middle SchoolMiddle · 823 students
- Pike Lake Kindergarten CenterElementary · 733 students
- Sunnyside ElementaryElementary · 498 students
- GLOBAL ACADEMYElementary · 447 students
- Birth to Two ECSEElementary · 93 students
Other Bel Air Elementary schools
7 other US public schools in 7 states are named Bel Air Elementary. Bel Air Elementary is the largest of the 8.
- Bel Air ElementaryBel Air, MD · 521 students
- Bel Air Elementary SchoolATHENS, TX · 465 students
- Bel Air ElementaryWoodbridge, VA · 391 students
- BEL AIR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLNORFOLK, NE · 333 students
- Bel Air ElementaryBay Point, CA · 328 students
Nearby schools
- Highview Middle School0.4 mi · 823
- GLOBAL ACADEMY0.7 mi · 447
- Pike Lake Kindergarten Center0.9 mi · 733
- Birth to Two ECSE1.0 mi · 93
- ECSE Program1.0 mi · 82
- Speech Program - Sp Ed Program1.0 mi · 35
Frequently asked questions
About Bel Air ElementaryHow large is Bel Air Elementary?
Bel Air Elementary enrolls approximately 729 students in grades 01-05.
What age range does Bel Air Elementary serve?
Bel Air Elementary serves students from grade 01 through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Bel Air Elementary?
Approximately 15.1:1 students per teacher at Bel Air Elementary.
How diverse is Bel Air Elementary?
Bel Air Elementary reports a student body of 60% White, 9% Hispanic, 12% Black, 9% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Bel Air Elementary?
Bel Air Elementary is overseen by Mounds View Public School District in Ramsey County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.