COTTAGE GROVE ELEMENTARY

COTTAGE GROVE ELEMENTARY, a reasonably sized elementary campus in COTTAGE GROVE, Minnesota, overseen by South Washington County Schools, works with 432 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Minnesota's public schools average about 344 students each, so COTTAGE GROVE ELEMENTARY sits 26% bigger than that benchmark.

South Washington County Schools runs 28 schools in total, collectively educating 19,578 students. COTTAGE GROVE ELEMENTARY is one of those campuses.

On demographics, COTTAGE GROVE ELEMENTARY logs that 56% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder consists of 19% Asian, 11% Black, 10% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 78%.

Looking at school resources, COTTAGE GROVE ELEMENTARY logs 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.2:1. The state averages about 13.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 22% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, COTTAGE GROVE ELEMENTARY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 53.3%, the actual is 60.7%, a residual of +7.4 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Washington County) shows that median household income runs about $115,345, about 49% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Washington County's 103 public schools (combined enrollment of about 46,313 students), COTTAGE GROVE ELEMENTARY is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is OLTMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 1.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), COTTAGE GROVE ELEMENTARY ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 39.2%.

COTTAGE GROVE ELEMENTARY operates from a residential location.

Over the past 7-year window. COTTAGE GROVE ELEMENTARY's enrollment has declined 16% since 2018, when it stood at 512 (now 432). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 71% to 56%.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.