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CENTRAL PARK ELEMENTARY
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Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsWhat this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Minnesota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 45.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About CENTRAL PARK ELEMENTARY
As a moderately sized K-5 school in ROSEVILLE, Minnesota, CENTRAL PARK ELEMENTARY educates 411 students from grades K through 6, overseen by ROSEVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT.
ROSEVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 12 schools in total, collectively educating 7,256 students. CENTRAL PARK ELEMENTARY is one of those campuses.
In terms of who attends, CENTRAL PARK ELEMENTARY lists that the largest single group is Asian at 31%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest comes out to 23% Black, 21% White, 17% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 15% Asian, putting the school's mix noticeably more Asian than the area baseline.
In terms of school funding signals, CENTRAL PARK ELEMENTARY logs 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 69% of students at CENTRAL PARK ELEMENTARY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Ramsey County runs at roughly 57%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, CENTRAL PARK ELEMENTARY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 27.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 26.9%.
Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Ramsey County) records that the typical household earns roughly $81,568 per year, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. CENTRAL PARK ELEMENTARY is one of 302 public schools in Ramsey County (combined enrollment of about 94,437 students).
The closest other public school is PARKVIEW CENTER SCHOOL, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), CENTRAL PARK ELEMENTARY ranks 4th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 35.6%.
CENTRAL PARK ELEMENTARY operates from a residential location.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CENTRAL PARK ELEMENTARY has contracted 9%, going from 451 students in 2018 to 411 in 2025. Over the same period, the Asian share edged down from 37% to 31%.
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