BLUFF CREEK ELEMENTARY

As a medium-sized primary school in CHANHASSEN, Minnesota, BLUFF CREEK ELEMENTARY serves 462 students from grades K through 5, one of the schools within EASTERN CARVER COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL. Compared to the state average of about 344 students per school, that is 34% above typical.

Across the 19 schools in EASTERN CARVER COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL (9,274 students total), BLUFF CREEK ELEMENTARY accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, BLUFF CREEK ELEMENTARY logs that the largest single group is White, at 71% of enrollment; the rest consists of 14% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 5% Asian, 3% Black. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 87%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.0:1. The state averages around 13.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 21% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, BLUFF CREEK ELEMENTARY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 54.0%; this one delivers 61.1%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Carver County put the typical household earns roughly $125,946 per year, about 50% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Carver County runs 57 public schools (combined enrollment of about 18,076 students), of which BLUFF CREEK ELEMENTARY is one.

CHANHASSEN HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

BLUFF CREEK ELEMENTARY operates from a commuter-belt location.

Over the past 7-year window. BLUFF CREEK ELEMENTARY's enrollment has contracted 24% since 2018, when it stood at 606 (now 462). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.2:1 in 2018 to 15.0:1 today.

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