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Enrollment
460
Elementary
DISTRICT 511 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OSSEO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 272520001207
BIRCH GROVE SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS
4690 BROOKDALE DR N, BROOKLYN PARK, MN 55443 · (763) 561-1374 · Hennepin County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL460 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 13% of Minnesota public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
12.8:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
313 students
DISTRICT 52% · 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 | 50 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 51 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 64 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 70 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 78 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (51) is 35% smaller than its 5th grade class (78).
Student demographics
76%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · 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
30.6%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
24.9%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 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
24.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.5%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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 BIRCH GROVE SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS
BIRCH GROVE SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS's state test result (24.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BIRCH GROVE SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS this school | 460 | 68.0% | 24.6% |
| Stevenson Elementary FRIDLEY | 459 | 70.6% | 31.9% |
| Global Arts Plus Lower SAINT PAUL | 410 | 67.8% | 23.5% |
| Evergreen Park Elementary-STEM BROOKLYN CENTER | 422 | 72.7% | 22.3% |
| Harambee Elementary School MAPLEWOOD | 264 | 70.1% | 20.8% |
| EDINBROOK ELEMENTARY BROOKLYN PARK | 701 | 60.3% | 30.5% |
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 BIRCH GROVE SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Hennepin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.6% | #721 of 844 | #118 of 169 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.9% | #723 of 844 | #120 of 169 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.6% | #696 of 844 | #113 of 169 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 460 | #368 of 1,130 | #87 of 206 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #265 of 769 | #55 of 164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 76.0% | #20 of 796 | #5 of 165 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 68.0% | #173 of 942 | #63 of 183 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.5% | #212 of 244 | #46 of 50 |
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
460
+208 (+83%) vs 2020
-45% since 1990-91, when it was 834
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 10.5:1
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 | 460 | 35.9 | 12.8:1 | 68% (313) |
| 2023-24 | 464 | 33.5 | 13.9:1 | 78% (360) |
| 2022-23 | 431 | 30.2 | 14.3:1 | 75% (325) |
| 2020-21 | 252 | 24 | 10.5:1 | 38% (97) |
| 2017-18 | 453 | 33.8 | 13.4:1 | 64% (289) |
| 2015-16 | 457 | 28 | 16.3:1 | 61% (280) |
| 2010-11 | 556 | 32 | 17.4:1 | 63% (353) |
| 2000-01 | 686 | 40 | 17.1:1 | 33% (224) |
| 1990-91 | 834 | 37 | 22.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BIRCH GROVE SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (453 to 460); teachers up 6% (33.8 to 35.9).
About BIRCH GROVE SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS
BIRCH GROVE SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS is a mid-sized elementary school found in BROOKLYN PARK, Minnesota. Its grade span covers pre-K through 5, with 460 students on the rolls. On average, elementary schools in Minnesota enroll around 344, and this school is 34% above that mark.
A total of 31 schools make up OSSEO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 21,138 students enrolled.
The biggest share of students at BIRCH GROVE SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS, 38%, is Black. Next come 19% Asian, 16% Hispanic, 14% multiracial, and 12% White. That compares with about 13% Black among all Hennepin County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 76%.
Based on 35.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, BIRCH GROVE SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS has a ratio of 12.8:1. The gap from the 13.7:1 average for elementary schools in Minnesota is 0.9 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 68%. The gap from the 43% average for public schools in Hennepin County is 25 points.
BIRCH GROVE SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 13% of Minnesota public elementary schools.
BIRCH GROVE SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (24.6%) and its predicted rate (28.5%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Minnesota schools.
Census data for Hennepin County show median household income comes to about $97,653, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 54%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. The county has 496 public schools and about 177,509 students.
Brooklyn Middle STEAM School, about 0.7 miles away, is the closest public school. Within five miles of BIRCH GROVE SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 26.5%; BIRCH GROVE SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS's is 24.6%, ranking 4th of 7.
For locale, NCES codes BIRCH GROVE SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS as Suburb: Large.
The school counted 252 students in 2020-21 and 460 in 2024-25. A shift in the grades offered could account for part of the difference. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio increased to 12.8:1, from 10.5:1.
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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 OSSEO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
- MAPLE GROVE SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,453 students
- OSSEO SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,289 students
- PARK CENTER IB WORLD SCHOOLHigh · 2,061 students
- Maple Grove Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,598 students
- Osseo Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,128 students
- FERNBROOK ELEMENTARYElementary · 952 students
Other schools in BROOKLYN PARK
- PARK CENTER IB WORLD SCHOOLHigh · 2,061 students
- Brooklyn Middle STEAM SchoolMiddle · 931 students
- Athlos Leadership AcademyElementary · 807 students
- EDINBROOK ELEMENTARYElementary · 701 students
- WOODLAND ELEMENTARYElementary · 609 students
- Monroe Elementary School - MSEElementary · 553 students
Nearby schools
- Brooklyn Middle STEAM School0.7 mi · 931
- PARK CENTER IB WORLD SCHOOL0.7 mi · 2,061
- CREST VIEW ELEMENTARY0.8 mi · 193
- SAGE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL0.8 mi · 68
- PALMER LAKE ELEMENTARY1.1 mi · 493
- Early Childhood Special Education1.1 mi · 404
Frequently asked questions
About BIRCH GROVE SCHOOL FOR THE ARTSHow large is BIRCH GROVE SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS?
BIRCH GROVE SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS enrolls approximately 460 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does BIRCH GROVE SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS serve?
BIRCH GROVE SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at BIRCH GROVE SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS?
Approximately 12.8:1 students per teacher at BIRCH GROVE SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS.
How diverse is BIRCH GROVE SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS?
BIRCH GROVE SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS reports a student body of 12% White, 16% Hispanic, 38% Black, 19% Asian, 14% Two or more.
Who oversees BIRCH GROVE SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS?
BIRCH GROVE SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS is overseen by OSSEO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT in Hennepin County.
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