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What do you wish you knew before starting at Crooked Lake Elementary?
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Enrollment
438
Elementary
DISTRICT 599 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ANOKA-HENNEPIN SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 270318000101
Crooked Lake Elementary
2939 BUNKER LAKE BLVD NW, ANDOVER, MN 55304 · (763) 506-2100 · Anoka County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL438 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
144 students
DISTRICT 46% · 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 | 63 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 69 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 76 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 89 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 64 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 77 | 18% |
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
57.1%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
70.9%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 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
58.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.4%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 →
Where Crooked Lake Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Anoka County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.7% | #166 of 844 | #7 of 45 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.9% | #104 of 844 | #8 of 45 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.1% | #259 of 844 | #14 of 45 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 438 | #408 of 1,130 | #36 of 56 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #413 of 769 | #20 of 46 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.5% | #398 of 796 | #33 of 47 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 32.9% | #638 of 942 | #34 of 50 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.4% | #275 of 499 | #17 of 27 |
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.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
438
+37 (+9%) vs 2020
-53% since 1990-91, when it was 940
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 12.9:1
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 | 438 | 31.7 | 13.8:1 | 33% (144) |
| 2023-24 | 459 | 31.5 | 14.6:1 | 35% (159) |
| 2022-23 | 454 | 31 | 14.6:1 | 34% (154) |
| 2020-21 | 401 | 31 | 12.9:1 | 27% (108) |
| 2017-18 | 500 | 28.4 | 17.6:1 | 22% (108) |
| 2015-16 | 470 | 29 | 16.2:1 | 23% (110) |
| 2010-11 | 533 | 26 | 20.5:1 | 24% (127) |
| 2000-01 | 676 | 34 | 19.9:1 | 9% (60) |
| 1990-91 | 940 | 30 | 31.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Crooked Lake Elementary.
About Crooked Lake Elementary
At 2939 BUNKER LAKE BLVD NW in ANDOVER, Minnesota, Crooked Lake Elementary operates as a medium-sized elementary school. The school's 438 students are in kindergarten through 5. Enrollment is 27% higher than the average for elementary schools in Minnesota, which is about 344.
Enrollment across the 53 schools in Anoka-Hennepin School District totals 38,746 students.
At Crooked Lake Elementary, White students make up 71% of the student body. The next largest groups are 8% Black, 8% Asian, 6% Hispanic, and 6% multiracial. Pick two students at random and there is a 48% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal staffing data show 31.7 full-time-equivalent teachers at Crooked Lake Elementary and a ratio of 13.8:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Minnesota average 13.7:1. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 33% of enrollment. That is lower than the 42% average for public schools in Anoka County.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Crooked Lake Elementary, the prediction is 47.4% and the result is 58.7%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Anoka County show that the median household income is $101,869, about 32% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Besides Crooked Lake Elementary, Anoka County has 144 other public schools.
Nearby, BRIDGES is about 0.7 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Local comparison: Crooked Lake Elementary ranks 2nd of 7 nearby schools, at 58.7% versus a 49.2% average.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment has grown by 37 students since 2020-21, to 438.
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Anoka County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
370,349
Census ACS
Median income
$101,869
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
145
59,656 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Anoka-Hennepin School District
- Blaine High SchoolHigh · 3,157 students
- Champlin Park High SchoolHigh · 2,978 students
- Anoka High SchoolHigh · 2,348 students
- Jackson MiddleMiddle · 2,037 students
- Coon Rapids High SchoolHigh · 1,975 students
- Andover High SchoolHigh · 1,758 students
Other schools in ANDOVER
- Andover High SchoolHigh · 1,758 students
- Oak View MiddleMiddle · 1,282 students
- Andover ElementaryElementary · 1,165 students
- Rum River ElementaryElementary · 850 students
- BRIDGESHigh · 77 students
Nearby schools
- BRIDGES0.7 mi · 77
- Wilson Elementary1.4 mi · 576
- Andover High School1.7 mi · 1,758
- Anoka High School2.1 mi · 2,348
- Andover Elementary2.2 mi · 1,165
- Morris Bye Elementary2.3 mi · 472
Frequently asked questions
About Crooked Lake ElementaryHow large is Crooked Lake Elementary?
Crooked Lake Elementary enrolls approximately 438 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Crooked Lake Elementary serve?
Crooked Lake Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Crooked Lake Elementary?
Approximately 13.8:1 students per teacher at Crooked Lake Elementary.
How diverse is Crooked Lake Elementary?
Crooked Lake Elementary reports a student body of 71% White, 6% Hispanic, 8% Black, 8% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Crooked Lake Elementary?
Crooked Lake Elementary is overseen by Anoka-Hennepin School District in Anoka County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.