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How has BIRCHVIEW ELEMENTARY changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
441
Elementary
DISTRICT 600 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAYZATA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 274216001759
BIRCHVIEW ELEMENTARY
425 RANCHVIEW LN N, PLYMOUTH, MN 55447 · (763) 745-5300 · Hennepin County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL441 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 79% 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
13.1:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
141 students
DISTRICT 23% · STATE 48%
Community
1
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 | 62 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 85 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 77 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 76 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 71 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (62) is 13% smaller than its 5th grade class (71).
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · 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
63.5%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
63.9%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 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
57.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.9%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 BIRCHVIEW ELEMENTARY
BIRCHVIEW ELEMENTARY's state test result (57.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BIRCHVIEW ELEMENTARY this school | 441 | 32.0% | 57.6% |
| St. Anthony Park Elementary SAINT PAUL | 451 | 35.3% | 57.3% |
| HILLSIDE ELEMENTARY COTTAGE GROVE | 417 | 31.7% | 42.4% |
| ROYAL OAKS ELEMENTARY WOODBURY | 451 | 28.4% | 54.1% |
| Jefferson Elementary School ROCHESTER | 464 | 32.5% | 64.0% |
| Lino Lakes Elementary LINO LAKES | 501 | 32.1% | 46.5% |
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 BIRCHVIEW ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Hennepin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.6% | #185 of 844 | #50 of 169 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.9% | #199 of 844 | #48 of 169 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.5% | #127 of 844 | #43 of 169 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 441 | #404 of 1,130 | #92 of 206 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #307 of 769 | #62 of 164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.0% | #235 of 796 | #79 of 165 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 32.0% | #650 of 942 | #123 of 183 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.6% | #286 of 499 | #54 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
441
+28 (+7%) vs 2020
-37% since 1990-91, when it was 705
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 9.6:1
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 | 441 | 33.7 | 13.1:1 | 32% (141) |
| 2023-24 | 452 | 31.8 | 14.2:1 | 33% (148) |
| 2022-23 | 433 | 31.1 | 13.9:1 | 30% (131) |
| 2020-21 | 413 | 43 | 9.6:1 | 21% (86) |
| 2017-18 | 499 | 36.4 | 13.7:1 | 28% (141) |
| 2015-16 | 585 | 38 | 15.4:1 | 25% (144) |
| 2010-11 | 671 | 37 | 18.1:1 | 22% (148) |
| 2000-01 | 561 | 29 | 19.3:1 | 8% (47) |
| 1990-91 | 705 | 32 | 22.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BIRCHVIEW ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (499 to 441); teachers down 7% (36.4 to 33.7).
About BIRCHVIEW ELEMENTARY
BIRCHVIEW ELEMENTARY is a mid-sized elementary school in Minnesota, with an address in PLYMOUTH. There are 441 students enrolled, covering kindergarten through 5. Across elementary schools in Minnesota, the average enrollment is about 344.
WAYZATA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT is responsible for 16 schools, BIRCHVIEW ELEMENTARY included, with 12,951 students in all.
At BIRCHVIEW ELEMENTARY, 56% of students are White. Other students are 16% Black, 11% Asian, 9% Hispanic, and 8% multiracial. That is lower than the 66% White share among all Hennepin County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 64%.
There are 33.7 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 13.1:1. That is in line with the 13.7:1 average for elementary schools in Minnesota. On the income side, 32% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 43% average for public schools in Hennepin County, the school's rate is lower.
Among Minnesota public elementary schools, BIRCHVIEW ELEMENTARY outscored 79%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, BIRCHVIEW ELEMENTARY would score about 47.9%. It scores 57.6%, 9.7 points above that figure.
The school's county is Hennepin County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $97,653, 54% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Hennepin County's 496 public schools enroll about 177,509 students and include BIRCHVIEW ELEMENTARY.
WAYZATA CENTRAL MIDDLE is about 0.3 miles from BIRCHVIEW ELEMENTARY, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 5 closest schools with test data, this one included, BIRCHVIEW ELEMENTARY ranks 5th on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Small, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment increased by 7% across 4 years, from 413 in 2020-21 to 441 in 2024-25. Its ratio of students to teachers was 9.6:1 in 2020-21, and 13.1:1 in 2024-25.
BIRCHVIEW ELEMENTARY has a community page on allk12 for topics such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 WAYZATA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
- WAYZATA HIGHHigh · 3,781 students
- WAYZATA CENTRAL MIDDLEMiddle · 1,342 students
- WAYZATA WEST MIDDLEMiddle · 836 students
- WAYZATA EAST MIDDLEMiddle · 817 students
- North Woods Elementary SchoolElementary · 775 students
- GREENWOOD ELEMENTARYElementary · 762 students
Other schools in PLYMOUTH
- WAYZATA HIGHHigh · 3,781 students
- ROBBINSDALE ARMSTRONG SENIOR HIGHHigh · 1,840 students
- WAYZATA CENTRAL MIDDLEMiddle · 1,342 students
- WAYZATA EAST MIDDLEMiddle · 817 students
- North Woods Elementary SchoolElementary · 775 students
- GREENWOOD ELEMENTARYElementary · 762 students
Nearby schools
- WAYZATA CENTRAL MIDDLE0.3 mi · 1,342
- School #5190.5 mi · 1
- GLEASON LAKE ELEMENTARY1.1 mi · 604
- OAKWOOD ELEMENTARY1.4 mi · 545
- EARLY CHILDHOOD SPECIAL EDUCATION1.4 mi · 183
- SUNSET HILL ELEMENTARY1.6 mi · 712
Frequently asked questions
About BIRCHVIEW ELEMENTARYWhat is the total enrollment at BIRCHVIEW ELEMENTARY?
BIRCHVIEW ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 441 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does BIRCHVIEW ELEMENTARY serve?
BIRCHVIEW ELEMENTARY serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at BIRCHVIEW ELEMENTARY?
Approximately 13.1:1 students per teacher at BIRCHVIEW ELEMENTARY.
What is the racial breakdown of students at BIRCHVIEW ELEMENTARY?
At BIRCHVIEW ELEMENTARY, the student body is approximately 56% White, 9% Hispanic, 16% Black, 11% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees BIRCHVIEW ELEMENTARY?
BIRCHVIEW ELEMENTARY is overseen by WAYZATA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT in Hennepin County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.