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Alumni: what's one memory from CEDAR RIDGE ELEMENTARY that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
557
Elementary
DISTRICT 518 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EDEN PRAIRIE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 271422002241
CEDAR RIDGE ELEMENTARY
8905 BRAXTON DR, EDEN PRAIRIE, MN 55347 · (952) 975-7800 · Hennepin County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL557 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 76% of Minnesota public elementary schools
- A-Test 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
13.3:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
170 students
DISTRICT 36% · 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 | 57 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 64 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 91 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 84 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 84 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 80 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 97 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (64) is 34% smaller than its 5th grade class (97).
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within EDEN PRAIRIE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
62.5%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
66.8%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 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
57.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.7%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 RIDGE ELEMENTARY
CEDAR RIDGE ELEMENTARY's state test result (57.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CEDAR RIDGE ELEMENTARY this school | 557 | 30.5% | 57.3% |
| Jackson Elementary SHAKOPEE | 683 | 34.3% | 51.4% |
| Dayton Elementary DAYTON | 556 | 29.0% | 51.0% |
| CORNELIA ELEMENTARY EDINA | 617 | 26.6% | 60.4% |
| FOREST HILLS ELEMENTARY EDEN PRAIRIE | 603 | 35.8% | 68.6% |
| Bishop Elementary School ROCHESTER | 545 | 37.2% | 48.4% |
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 RIDGE ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Hennepin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.3% | #191 of 844 | #52 of 169 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.8% | #162 of 844 | #45 of 169 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.5% | #151 of 844 | #48 of 169 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 557 | #218 of 1,130 | #54 of 206 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #340 of 769 | #68 of 164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.1% | #107 of 796 | #36 of 165 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.5% | #676 of 942 | #128 of 183 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.3% | #295 of 499 | #56 of 99 |
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
557
+118 (+27%) vs 2020
-13% since 1990-91, when it was 642
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 8.8:1
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 | 557 | 41.8 | 13.3:1 | 31% (170) |
| 2023-24 | 490 | 45.1 | 10.9:1 | 30% (145) |
| 2022-23 | 471 | 31.4 | 15.0:1 | 30% (143) |
| 2020-21 | 439 | 50 | 8.8:1 | 22% (97) |
| 2017-18 | 628 | 45.7 | 13.7:1 | 17% (108) |
| 2015-16 | 723 | 47 | 15.4:1 | 20% (148) |
| 2010-11 | 914 | 55 | 16.6:1 | 12% (110) |
| 2000-01 | 773 | 41 | 18.9:1 | 2% (13) |
| 1990-91 | 642 | 36 | 17.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CEDAR RIDGE ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (628 to 557); teachers down 9% (45.7 to 41.8).
About CEDAR RIDGE ELEMENTARY
CEDAR RIDGE ELEMENTARY is a public elementary school in EDEN PRAIRIE, Minnesota. The latest federal count shows 557 students in pre-K through 5. Against the 344-student average for elementary schools in Minnesota, enrollment here is 62% higher.
District-wide, EDEN PRAIRIE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT has 12 schools and 9,292 students.
By race and ethnicity, the largest group at CEDAR RIDGE ELEMENTARY is White (46%). The remaining students are 18% Black, 14% Hispanic, 13% Asian, and 8% multiracial. Census figures show Hennepin County is about 66% White. By the diversity index, CEDAR RIDGE ELEMENTARY comes in at 71%.
Teacher staffing is 41.8 full-time equivalents, or about 13.3 students per teacher. Elementary schools in Minnesota average about 13.7:1, a similar figure. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 31%. Public schools in Hennepin County average 43%.
CEDAR RIDGE ELEMENTARY is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 76% of Minnesota public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
CEDAR RIDGE ELEMENTARY's average proficiency rate on state tests of 57.3% is 8.6 points above the 48.7% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Census estimates describe Hennepin County this way: median household income is about $97,653, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 54% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Federal data list 496 public schools in Hennepin County, with a combined enrollment of about 177,509.
Nearby, Eden Prairie Online Elementary is about 1.1 miles away. CEDAR RIDGE ELEMENTARY is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Local comparison: CEDAR RIDGE ELEMENTARY ranks 3rd of 5 nearby schools, at 57.3% versus a 60.1% average.
The federal government classifies CEDAR RIDGE ELEMENTARY's location as City: Small.
CEDAR RIDGE ELEMENTARY saw enrollment rise 27% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. The school's ratio rose from 8.8:1 to 13.3:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Discussions about CEDAR RIDGE ELEMENTARY may include school safety, transportation, and start times. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Hennepin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,269,496
Census ACS
Median income
$97,653
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
54%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
496
177,509 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in EDEN PRAIRIE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
- EDEN PRAIRIE SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,844 students
- CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,860 students
- EAGLE HEIGHTS SPANISH IMMERSIONElementary · 759 students
- Oak Point ElementaryElementary · 684 students
- EDEN LAKE ELEMENTARYElementary · 658 students
- PRAIRIE VIEW ELEMENTARYElementary · 628 students
Other schools in EDEN PRAIRIE
- EDEN PRAIRIE SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,844 students
- CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,860 students
- EAGLE HEIGHTS SPANISH IMMERSIONElementary · 759 students
- Oak Point ElementaryElementary · 684 students
- EDEN LAKE ELEMENTARYElementary · 658 students
- PRAIRIE VIEW ELEMENTARYElementary · 628 students
Other Cedar Ridge Elementary schools
10 other US public schools in 9 states are named Cedar Ridge Elementary. CEDAR RIDGE ELEMENTARY is the 2nd largest of the 11.
- Cedar Ridge Elementary SchoolGrovetown, GA · 1,060 students
- CEDAR RIDGE ELEMENTARYBRANSON, MO · 517 students
- Cedar Ridge Elementary SchoolPUEBLO WEST, CO · 458 students
- CEDAR RIDGE ELEM.COLUMBIA, MO · 453 students
- Cedar Ridge Elementary SchoolWACO, TX · 446 students
Nearby schools
- Eden Prairie Online Elementary1.1 mi · 153
- Eden Prairie Online Secondary1.1 mi · 389
- CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL1.2 mi · 1,860
- Early Childhood Special Ed.1.6 mi · 102
- EAGLE HEIGHTS SPANISH IMMERSION2.1 mi · 759
- Oak Point Elementary2.1 mi · 684
Frequently asked questions
About CEDAR RIDGE ELEMENTARYWhat is the total enrollment at CEDAR RIDGE ELEMENTARY?
CEDAR RIDGE ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 557 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does CEDAR RIDGE ELEMENTARY serve?
CEDAR RIDGE ELEMENTARY serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at CEDAR RIDGE ELEMENTARY?
The student-to-teacher ratio at CEDAR RIDGE ELEMENTARY is approximately 13.3:1 (42 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at CEDAR RIDGE ELEMENTARY?
At CEDAR RIDGE ELEMENTARY, the student body is approximately 46% White, 14% Hispanic, 18% Black, 13% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees CEDAR RIDGE ELEMENTARY?
CEDAR RIDGE ELEMENTARY is overseen by EDEN PRAIRIE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT in Hennepin County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.