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How has Carver Elementary changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
898
Elementary
DISTRICT 559 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTH ST. PAUL-MAPLEWOOD OAKDALE·NCES 272385001166
Carver Elementary
2680 UPPER AFTON RD, MAPLEWOOD, MN 55119 · (651) 702-8200 · Ramsey County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL898 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.7:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
585 students
DISTRICT 64% · 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 | 62 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 142 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 141 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 124 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 141 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 143 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 145 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (142) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (145).
Student demographics
79%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 78% · 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
39.5%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
34.4%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 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
33.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.1%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% 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 Carver Elementary
Carver Elementary's state test result (33.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carver Elementary this school | 898 | 65.1% | 33.0% |
| Castle Elementary OAKDALE | 630 | 64.8% | 32.3% |
| Justice Alan Page Elementary School MAPLEWOOD | 804 | 71.4% | 24.7% |
| Banfield Elementary AUSTIN | 574 | 61.1% | 27.8% |
| Eagle Point Elementary OAKDALE | 792 | 53.0% | 54.7% |
| CENTRAL PARK ELEMENTARY ROSEVILLE | 411 | 69.3% | 26.9% |
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 Carver Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Ramsey County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #636 of 844 | #39 of 93 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.4% | #643 of 844 | #37 of 93 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.5% | #585 of 844 | #37 of 93 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 898 | #17 of 1,130 | #4 of 119 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.7:1 | #727 of 769 | #74 of 83 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 78.7% | #2 of 796 | #2 of 86 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 65.1% | #188 of 942 | #58 of 101 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +61.2% | #10 of 244 | #3 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
898
+372 (+71%) vs 2020
+78% since 1990-91, when it was 504
Student : Teacher
17.7:1
was 17.0:1
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 | 898 | 50.6 | 17.7:1 | 65% (585) |
| 2023-24 | 886 | 65.3 | 13.6:1 | 68% (599) |
| 2022-23 | 878 | 54.3 | 16.2:1 | 65% (568) |
| 2020-21 | 526 | 31 | 17.0:1 | 36% (188) |
| 2017-18 | 557 | 30.5 | 18.3:1 | 57% (315) |
| 2015-16 | 488 | 31 | 15.7:1 | 58% (285) |
| 2010-11 | 519 | 31 | 16.7:1 | 45% (231) |
| 2000-01 | 614 | 25 | 24.6:1 | 18% (110) |
| 1990-91 | 504 | 21 | 24.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Carver Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 61% (557 to 898); teachers up 66% (30.5 to 50.6).
About Carver Elementary
In MAPLEWOOD, Minnesota, part of Ramsey County, Carver Elementary is an elementary school. It offers pre-K through 5 and has 898 students enrolled. It has 161% more students than the average for elementary schools in Minnesota (about 344).
North St. Paul-Maplewood Oakdale, which runs Carver Elementary, has 20 schools and 10,754 students.
The largest group at Carver Elementary is Asian students, at 26%. It is also 25% White, 20% Black, 19% Hispanic, and 9% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Ramsey County is roughly 15% Asian. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Carver Elementary scores 79%.
There are 50.6 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 17.7:1. The average for elementary schools in Minnesota, 13.7:1, is lower. Of all students at Carver Elementary, 65% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
After adjusting for student poverty, Carver Elementary lands between the top and bottom 10% of Minnesota schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 33.0%; the prediction is 30.1%.
In Ramsey County, the median household earns about $81,568 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 46%, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Ramsey County has 302 public schools with about 94,437 students, including Carver Elementary.
Carver Elementary's closest public school neighbor is E-STEM Middle School, about 0.8 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 6 schools in the immediate area with test results, Carver Elementary ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
Federal records list enrollment at Carver Elementary as 526 in 2020-21 and 898 in 2024-25. A change that size can reflect a shift in the grades the school serves as well as a change in students.
The allk12 page for Carver Elementary lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 North St. Paul-Maplewood Oakdale
- Tartan Senior HighHigh · 1,687 students
- North Senior HighHigh · 1,649 students
- John Glenn MiddleMiddle · 1,073 students
- Skyview Community MiddleMiddle · 1,029 students
- Justice Alan Page Elementary SchoolElementary · 804 students
- Eagle Point ElementaryElementary · 792 students
Other schools in MAPLEWOOD
- John Glenn MiddleMiddle · 1,073 students
- Justice Alan Page Elementary SchoolElementary · 804 students
- Weaver ElementaryElementary · 442 students
- EDGERTON ELEMENTARYElementary · 385 students
- Early Childhood Special EducationElementary · 373 students
- Harambee Elementary SchoolElementary · 264 students
Other Carver Elementary schools
25 other US public schools in 13 states are named Carver Elementary. Carver Elementary is the largest of the 26.
- Carver Elementary SchoolCARVER, MN · 782 students
- Carver Elementary SchoolCarver, MA · 788 students
- Carver ElementarySan Marino, CA · 777 students
- Carver Elementary SchoolGEORGETOWN, TX · 711 students
- Carver ElementaryNewport News, VA · 634 students
Nearby schools
- E-STEM Middle School0.8 mi · 512
- WOODBURY ELEMENTARY0.9 mi · 483
- WOODBURY MIDDLE SCHOOL1.0 mi · 1,160
- SoWashCo Online 9-121.2 mi · 47
- Battle Creek Middle1.3 mi · 619
- Aris1.3 mi · 22
Frequently asked questions
About Carver ElementaryHow many students attend Carver Elementary?
Carver Elementary enrolls approximately 898 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Carver Elementary serve?
Carver Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Carver Elementary?
Approximately 17.7:1 students per teacher at Carver Elementary.
How diverse is Carver Elementary?
Carver Elementary reports a student body of 25% White, 19% Hispanic, 20% Black, 26% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Carver Elementary public or private?
Carver Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by North St. Paul-Maplewood Oakdale.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.