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BRIMHALL ELEMENTARY
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Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsWhat this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Minnesota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 45.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About BRIMHALL ELEMENTARY
As a substantial primary school in ROSEVILLE, Minnesota, BRIMHALL ELEMENTARY serves 569 students from grades K through 6, overseen by ROSEVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. By comparison, Minnesota's public schools average about 344 students each, so BRIMHALL ELEMENTARY sits 65% larger than that benchmark.
ROSEVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 12 schools with combined enrollment of 7,256 students; BRIMHALL ELEMENTARY is among them.
Looking at the student body, BRIMHALL ELEMENTARY lists that the most-represented group is White (43%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 24% Black, 14% Asian, 10% Hispanic, 9% multiracial. By comparison, Ramsey County as a whole is about 59% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.
In terms of school funding signals, On paper, BRIMHALL ELEMENTARY has 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.7:1 average. An estimated 48% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Ramsey County (around 57%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, BRIMHALL ELEMENTARY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 39.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 43.1%.
In the broader community, ACS estimates for Ramsey County put the typical household earns roughly $81,568 per year, about 46% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. BRIMHALL ELEMENTARY is one of 302 public schools in Ramsey County (combined enrollment of about 94,437 students).
The closest other public school is MN Virtual Secondary School, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts BRIMHALL ELEMENTARY at 3rd of 4; the average score across the group is 50.7%.
The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 13%: 654 students in 2018 compared to 569 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 53% to 43% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 15.1:1 in 2025.
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