CLEAR SPRINGS ELEMENTARY

CLEAR SPRINGS ELEMENTARY is an elementary school of sizable scale in MINNETONKA, Minnesota, one of the schools within MINNETONKA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, serveing 849 students in grades K through 5. By comparison, Minnesota's public schools average about 344 students each, so CLEAR SPRINGS ELEMENTARY sits 147% bigger than that benchmark.

MINNETONKA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 13 schools with combined enrollment of 11,323 students; CLEAR SPRINGS ELEMENTARY is among them.

Looking at the student body, CLEAR SPRINGS ELEMENTARY lists that White students make up the majority at 76%; the rest is composed of 10% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 5% Black, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 66% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 58 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.7:1 average. About 13% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Hennepin County runs at roughly 43%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, CLEAR SPRINGS ELEMENTARY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 58.0%; this one delivers 63.0%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Hennepin County) logs that 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%. CLEAR SPRINGS ELEMENTARY is one of 496 public schools in Hennepin County (combined enrollment of about 177,509 students).

Nearest neighbor: Tonka Online K-5, around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts CLEAR SPRINGS ELEMENTARY at 5th of 5; the average score across the group is 69.3%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Over the past 7-year window. CLEAR SPRINGS ELEMENTARY's enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 863 (now 849). Over the same period, the White share fell from 84% to 76%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 today.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.