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Enrollment
432
Elementary
DISTRICT 532 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTH WASHINGTON COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 273381003169
COTTAGE GROVE ELEMENTARY
7447 65TH ST S, COTTAGE GROVE, MN 55016 · (651) 425-5801 · Washington County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL432 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 78% 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
14.2:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
22%
95 students
DISTRICT 28% · 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 | 68 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 52 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 74 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 82 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 75 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 81 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (68) is 16% smaller than its 5th grade class (81).
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
61.7%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
73.2%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 73 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
60.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.3%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 COTTAGE GROVE ELEMENTARY
COTTAGE GROVE ELEMENTARY's state test result (60.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| COTTAGE GROVE ELEMENTARY this school | 432 | 22.0% | 60.7% |
| Washington Elementary School ROCHESTER | 334 | 19.8% | 63.0% |
| CHERRY VIEW ELEMENTARY LAKEVILLE | 599 | 20.2% | 61.7% |
| Nova Classical Academy Lower School SAINT PAUL | 485 | 23.5% | 66.5% |
| OAKWOOD ELEMENTARY PLYMOUTH | 545 | 20.7% | 61.5% |
| PINE HILL ELEMENTARY COTTAGE GROVE | 502 | 27.3% | 35.2% |
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 COTTAGE GROVE ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Washington County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.7% | #131 of 844 | #7 of 35 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 73.2% | #76 of 844 | #6 of 35 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.7% | #167 of 844 | #9 of 35 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 432 | #422 of 1,130 | #24 of 42 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #451 of 769 | #13 of 36 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.1% | #244 of 796 | #13 of 36 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 22.0% | #800 of 942 | #20 of 38 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.6% | #213 of 499 | #6 of 17 |
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
432
+4 (+1%) vs 2020
-15% since 2010-11, when it was 510
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 432 | 30.5 | 14.2:1 | 22% (95) |
| 2023-24 | 421 | 30.2 | 13.9:1 | 27% (112) |
| 2022-23 | 424 | 28 | 15.2:1 | 25% (105) |
| 2020-21 | 428 | 31 | 13.8:1 | 9% (40) |
| 2017-18 | 512 | 34.8 | 14.7:1 | 16% (83) |
| 2015-16 | 527 | 36 | 14.6:1 | 14% (76) |
| 2010-11 | 510 | 32 | 15.9:1 | 13% (67) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for COTTAGE GROVE ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (512 to 432); teachers down 12% (34.8 to 30.5).
About COTTAGE GROVE ELEMENTARY
COTTAGE GROVE ELEMENTARY is a mid-sized elementary school in Minnesota, with an address in COTTAGE GROVE. Federal data show 432 students enrolled in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. That compares with an average of about 344 students for elementary schools in Minnesota.
South Washington County Schools is made up of 28 schools with 19,578 students in all.
Federal enrollment data show COTTAGE GROVE ELEMENTARY is 56% White. Enrollment also includes 19% Asian, 11% Black, 10% multiracial, and 4% Hispanic. The school's White share is 23 points below the 78% share among Washington County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 63%.
Based on 30.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, COTTAGE GROVE ELEMENTARY has a ratio of 14.2:1. The ratio is within a point of the 13.7:1 average for elementary schools in Minnesota. Income data for the school show 22% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
COTTAGE GROVE ELEMENTARY holds an A- allk12 Grade, placing it above 78% of Minnesota public elementary schools.
In Minnesota, COTTAGE GROVE ELEMENTARY is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 60.7% actual against a predicted 53.3%.
For the population of Washington County, the median household earns about $115,345 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 49% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. COTTAGE GROVE ELEMENTARY shares Washington County with 102 other public schools.
OLTMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL is about 1.0 miles from COTTAGE GROVE ELEMENTARY, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. COTTAGE GROVE ELEMENTARY comes in 1st of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
Federal data show 428 students in 2020-21 and 432 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%.
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Washington County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
276,238
Census ACS
Median income
$115,345
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
49%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
103
46,313 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in South Washington County Schools
- EAST RIDGE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,072 students
- Park High SchoolHigh · 1,992 students
- Woodbury High SchoolHigh · 1,943 students
- LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,165 students
- WOODBURY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,160 students
- COTTAGE GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,005 students
Other schools in COTTAGE GROVE
- Park High SchoolHigh · 1,992 students
- COTTAGE GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,005 students
- OLTMAN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 956 students
- GREY CLOUD ELEMENTARYElementary · 797 students
- Ages 3-5 Early Childhood Special EdElementary · 591 students
- PINE HILL ELEMENTARYElementary · 502 students
Other Cottage Grove Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Cottage Grove Elementary. COTTAGE GROVE ELEMENTARY is the largest of the 2.
- Cottage Grove ElementaryCottage Grove, WI · 307 students
Nearby schools
- OLTMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL1.0 mi · 956
- CRESTVIEW ELEMENTARY1.4 mi · 425
- Park High School1.5 mi · 1,992
- Next Step Transition Program1.5 mi · 86
- PULLMAN ELEMENTARY1.8 mi · 420
- HILLSIDE ELEMENTARY2.0 mi · 417
Frequently asked questions
About COTTAGE GROVE ELEMENTARYWhat is the total enrollment at COTTAGE GROVE ELEMENTARY?
COTTAGE GROVE ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 432 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does COTTAGE GROVE ELEMENTARY serve?
COTTAGE GROVE ELEMENTARY serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at COTTAGE GROVE ELEMENTARY?
Approximately 14.2:1 students per teacher at COTTAGE GROVE ELEMENTARY.
How diverse is COTTAGE GROVE ELEMENTARY?
COTTAGE GROVE ELEMENTARY reports a student body of 56% White, 4% Hispanic, 11% Black, 19% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is COTTAGE GROVE ELEMENTARY in?
COTTAGE GROVE ELEMENTARY is part of South Washington County Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.