CEDAR RIDGE ELEMENTARY

CEDAR RIDGE ELEMENTARY is an elementary campus of expansive scale in EDEN PRAIRIE, Minnesota, one of the schools within EDEN PRAIRIE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, works with 557 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 62% above the state mean of about 344.

Across the 12 schools in EDEN PRAIRIE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT (9,292 students total), CEDAR RIDGE ELEMENTARY accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, CEDAR RIDGE ELEMENTARY logs that the largest single group is White at 46%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school shows 18% Black, 14% Hispanic, 13% Asian, 8% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 66% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 31% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is lower than Hennepin County's rate of about 43%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, CEDAR RIDGE ELEMENTARY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 48.7%; this one delivers 57.3%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Hennepin County put 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 RIDGE ELEMENTARY is one.

Eden Prairie Online Secondary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts CEDAR RIDGE ELEMENTARY at 3rd of 5; the average score across the group is 60.1%.

CEDAR RIDGE ELEMENTARY operates from a metropolitan location.

Looking at the recent track record. CEDAR RIDGE ELEMENTARY's enrollment has shrank 11% since 2018, when it stood at 628 (now 557). The White share of enrollment fell from 58% to 46% over that span.

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