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Enrollment
722
Elementary
DISTRICT 640 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROSEMOUNT-APPLE VALLEY-EAGAN·NCES 273239001374
Cedar Park Elementary STEM School
7500 WHITNEY DR, APPLE VALLEY, MN 55124 · (952) 431-8360 · Dakota County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL722 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 65% of Minnesota public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Minnesota public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
55 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
309 students
DISTRICT 33% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 108 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 116 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 118 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 127 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 121 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 132 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (108) is 18% smaller than its 5th grade class (132).
Student demographics
78%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
56.6%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
51.9%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 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
49.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.1%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 Cedar Park Elementary STEM School
Cedar Park Elementary STEM School's state test result (49.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Park Elementary STEM School this school | 722 | 42.8% | 49.8% |
| Eagle Creek Elementary School SHAKOPEE | 625 | 40.8% | 46.7% |
| BRIMHALL ELEMENTARY ROSEVILLE | 569 | 47.6% | 43.1% |
| OAK RIDGE LEADERSHIPENVIRON/HEALTH EAGAN | 583 | 46.5% | 35.9% |
| Overland Elementary School ROCHESTER | 549 | 45.9% | 45.4% |
| Capitol Hill Magnet/Rondo SAINT PAUL | 1,066 | 41.6% | 59.6% |
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 Cedar Park Elementary STEM School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Dakota County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.8% | #342 of 844 | #28 of 60 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.9% | #408 of 844 | #31 of 60 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.6% | #272 of 844 | #20 of 60 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 722 | #68 of 1,130 | #7 of 73 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #304 of 769 | #20 of 58 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 77.7% | #5 of 796 | #1 of 59 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.8% | #442 of 942 | #22 of 66 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.3% | #196 of 244 | #15 of 19 |
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
722
+15 (+2%) vs 2020
+1% since 1990-91, when it was 716
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 722 | 55.2 | 13.1:1 | 43% (309) |
| 2023-24 | 725 | 56.8 | 12.8:1 | 44% (318) |
| 2022-23 | 729 | 55.3 | 13.2:1 | 48% (350) |
| 2020-21 | 707 | 55 | 12.8:1 | 29% (203) |
| 2017-18 | 706 | 51.7 | 13.7:1 | 42% (297) |
| 2015-16 | 696 | 49 | 14.2:1 | 45% (313) |
| 2010-11 | 629 | 45 | 14.0:1 | 48% (300) |
| 2000-01 | 558 | 39 | 14.3:1 | 27% (150) |
| 1990-91 | 716 | 37 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cedar Park Elementary STEM School.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (706 to 722); teachers up 7% (51.7 to 55.2).
About Cedar Park Elementary STEM School
Cedar Park Elementary STEM School is a large elementary school in APPLE VALLEY, Minnesota, under ROSEMOUNT-APPLE VALLEY-EAGAN. Enrollment is 722 students in 2024-25, and the school serves kindergarten through 5. Against the 344-student average for elementary schools in Minnesota, enrollment here is 110% higher.
Cedar Park Elementary STEM School is a school in ROSEMOUNT-APPLE VALLEY-EAGAN. The district has 36 schools and 29,224 students.
At Cedar Park Elementary STEM School, the largest share of students is White, at 31%. Next come 25% Black, 16% Hispanic, 16% Asian, and 12% multiracial. The county population is about 74% White. The school's diversity index is 78%, meaning two students picked at random have a 78% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school employs the equivalent of 55.2 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 13.1:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Minnesota average 13.7:1. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Cedar Park Elementary STEM School is 43%. For comparison, public schools in Dakota County average 34%.
Measured against Minnesota public elementary schools, Cedar Park Elementary STEM School receives a B+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Cedar Park Elementary STEM School is 7.8 points above the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 49.8% actual, 42.1% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Minnesota.
County data help place the school in context: in Dakota County, the median household income is $106,318, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 45%, and about 4% of people live in poverty. In all, Dakota County has 170 public schools and roughly 74,687 students.
Of nearby public schools, FIT Academy High School is the closest, at about 0.8 miles. Cedar Park Elementary STEM School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 42.7%, lower than Cedar Park Elementary STEM School's 49.8%.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
In 2020-21, Cedar Park Elementary STEM School enrolled 707; in 2024-25, 722.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at Cedar Park Elementary STEM School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Dakota County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
445,771
Census ACS
Median income
$106,318
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
45%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
170
74,687 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ROSEMOUNT-APPLE VALLEY-EAGAN
- ROSEMOUNT SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,364 students
- EASTVIEW SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,328 students
- EAGAN SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,274 students
- APPLE VALLEY SENIOR HIGHHigh · 1,999 students
- SCOTT HIGHLANDS MIDDLEMiddle · 1,228 students
- DAKOTA HILLS MIDDLEMiddle · 1,184 students
Other schools in APPLE VALLEY
- EASTVIEW SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,328 students
- APPLE VALLEY SENIOR HIGHHigh · 1,999 students
- SCOTT HIGHLANDS MIDDLEMiddle · 1,228 students
- Valley Middle School of STEMMiddle · 1,090 students
- FALCON RIDGE MIDDLEMiddle · 1,088 students
- GREENLEAF ELEMENTARYElementary · 747 students
Nearby schools
- FIT Academy High School0.8 mi · 194
- FIT Academy0.8 mi · 264
- SOUTHVIEW ELEMENTARY1.0 mi · 576
- Valley Middle School of STEM1.0 mi · 1,090
- PARKVIEW ELEMENTARY1.1 mi · 674
- WESTVIEW ELEMENTARY1.4 mi · 500
Frequently asked questions
About Cedar Park Elementary STEM SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Cedar Park Elementary STEM School?
Cedar Park Elementary STEM School enrolls approximately 722 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Cedar Park Elementary STEM School serve?
Cedar Park Elementary STEM School serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Cedar Park Elementary STEM School have?
Cedar Park Elementary STEM School employs 55 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Cedar Park Elementary STEM School?
Student demographics at Cedar Park Elementary STEM School are roughly 31% White, 16% Hispanic, 25% Black, 16% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Is Cedar Park Elementary STEM School public or private?
Cedar Park Elementary STEM School is a public K-12 school, overseen by ROSEMOUNT-APPLE VALLEY-EAGAN.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.