Cedar Park Elementary STEM School

Cedar Park Elementary STEM School is one of the sizable K-5 schools in APPLE VALLEY, Minnesota, run under ROSEMOUNT-APPLE VALLEY-EAGAN, with 722 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 344 students per school, that is 110% bigger than typical.

Cedar Park Elementary STEM School is one of 36 schools operated by ROSEMOUNT-APPLE VALLEY-EAGAN, a district that serves 29,224 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Cedar Park Elementary STEM School lists that the largest single group is White at 31%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school records 25% Black, 16% Hispanic, 16% Asian, 12% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 74% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Cedar Park Elementary STEM School has 55 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.1:1. The state averages about 13.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 43% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Dakota County's rate of about 34%.

With demographic context factored in, Cedar Park Elementary STEM School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 42.1%, the actual is 49.8%, a residual of +7.8 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Dakota County indicate median household income runs about $106,318, 45% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, Dakota County runs 170 public schools (combined enrollment of about 74,687 students), of which Cedar Park Elementary STEM School is one.

FIT Academy High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Cedar Park Elementary STEM School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Cedar Park Elementary STEM School at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 42.7%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Cedar Park Elementary STEM School has changed only slightly, going from 706 students in 2018 to 722 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 41% to 31% across the same window.

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