CEDAR ISLAND ELEMENTARY

Located at 6777 HEMLOCK LN, in MAPLE GROVE, Minnesota, CEDAR ISLAND ELEMENTARY is a medium-sized elementary campus that enrolls 476 students (grades pre-K through 5), run under OSSEO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. By comparison, Minnesota's public schools average about 344 students each, so CEDAR ISLAND ELEMENTARY sits 38% above that benchmark.

OSSEO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 31 schools in total, collectively educating 21,138 students. CEDAR ISLAND ELEMENTARY is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, CEDAR ISLAND ELEMENTARY lists that 53% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest looks like 21% Black, 13% multiracial, 8% Hispanic, 4% Asian. By comparison, Hennepin County as a whole is about 66% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.7:1, putting CEDAR ISLAND ELEMENTARY higher than the state norm the norm. Around 33% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Hennepin County (around 43%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

With demographic context factored in, CEDAR ISLAND ELEMENTARY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 47.1%; this one delivers 55.5%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Hennepin County shows median household income runs about $97,653, about 54% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Hennepin County runs 496 public schools (combined enrollment of about 177,509 students), of which CEDAR ISLAND ELEMENTARY is one.

Nearest neighbor: OAK VIEW ELEMENTARY, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Trend over the last 7 years. CEDAR ISLAND ELEMENTARY's enrollment has climbed 7% since 2018, when it stood at 443 (now 476). Over the same period, the White share fell from 69% to 53%.

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