Enrollment
166
Elementary
STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DISCOVERY CHARTER SCHOOL·NCES 270039104764
Discovery Charter Elementary School
4100 66TH ST E, INVER GROVE HEIGHTS, MN 55076 · (651) 444-8464 · Dakota County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL166 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 27% of Minnesota public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
9.0:1
18 FTE teachers
STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
66 students
STATE 48%
Community
0
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 | 19 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 19 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 17 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 16 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 19 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 25 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 16 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 16 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 19 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (19) is about the same size as its 8th grade class (19).
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
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MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
49.5%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
37.1%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 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
39.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.7%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 Discovery Charter Elementary School
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Discovery Charter Elementary School this school | 166 | 39.8% | 39.4% |
| Hoover Elementary School ROCHESTER | 228 | 42.1% | 39.4% |
| Hiawatha Elementary MINNEAPOLIS | 201 | 34.8% | N/A |
| Lake Nokomis Wenonah Elementary MINNEAPOLIS | 152 | 33.6% | N/A |
| Mankato Schools Center for Learning MANKATO | 165 | 46.7% | N/A |
| Longfellow Elementary School ROCHESTER | 265 | 36.6% | 46.5% |
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 Discovery Charter Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Dakota County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.4% | #543 of 844 | #46 of 60 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.1% | #617 of 844 | #52 of 60 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.5% | #407 of 844 | #32 of 60 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 166 | #832 of 1,130 | #63 of 73 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 39.8% | #513 of 942 | #26 of 66 |
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
166
-57 (-26%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
9.0:1
was 10.1:1
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 | 166 | 18.4 | 9.0:1 | 40% (66) |
| 2023-24 | 175 | 17.1 | 10.3:1 | 51% (90) |
| 2022-23 | 202 | 15.5 | 13.0:1 | 54% (110) |
| 2020-21 | 223 | 22 | 10.1:1 | 35% (79) |
| 2017-18 | 180 | 17.5 | 10.3:1 | 43% (78) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Discovery Charter Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (180 to 166); teachers up 5% (17.5 to 18.4).
About Discovery Charter Elementary School
The public elementary school Discovery Charter Elementary School is located in INVER GROVE HEIGHTS, Minnesota. It enrolls 166 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are kindergarten through 8. That is 52% below the average of about 344 students for elementary schools in Minnesota.
Discovery Charter School is responsible for Discovery Charter Elementary School.
Federal enrollment data show Discovery Charter Elementary School is 54% White. Other groups include 17% Hispanic, 14% multiracial, 11% Black, and 4% Asian. The county population is about 74% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 65, compared with 70 nationally.
Discovery Charter Elementary School has 18.4 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.0:1. The gap from the 13.7:1 average for elementary schools in Minnesota is 4.7 students per teacher. At Discovery Charter Elementary School, 40% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25.
Among Minnesota public elementary schools, Discovery Charter Elementary School outscored 27%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
A school with Discovery Charter Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in Minnesota is predicted to score 43.7%. Discovery Charter Elementary School scores 39.4%, 4.3 points below that line.
Dakota County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $106,318, 45% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Dakota County's 170 public schools enroll about 74,687 students and include Discovery Charter Elementary School.
A public school less than a tenth of a mile away, STEAM Academy Charter School, is the closest to Discovery Charter Elementary School. Discovery Charter Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among 7 nearby schools that report test results, Discovery Charter Elementary School ranks 3rd on proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes Discovery Charter Elementary School as Suburb: Large. This is a charter school, which is a tuition-free public school operating under a charter.
A 26% decline took enrollment from 223 in 2020-21 to 166 in 2024-25. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (9.0:1) than in 2020-21 (10.1:1).
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Dakota County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
445,771
Census ACS
Median income
$106,318
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
45%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
170
74,687 students
Quick facts
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- STEAM Academy Charter School0.0 mi · 77
- HILLTOP ELEMENTARY0.9 mi · 626
- IGH EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAM1.0 mi · 68
- NEWPORT ELEMENTARY1.2 mi · 264
- Kaposia Education Center Elementary1.3 mi · 620
- Nuevas Fronteras Spanish Immersion1.6 mi · 561
Frequently asked questions
About Discovery Charter Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Discovery Charter Elementary School?
Discovery Charter Elementary School enrolls approximately 166 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does Discovery Charter Elementary School serve?
Discovery Charter Elementary School serves grades KG-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Discovery Charter Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Discovery Charter Elementary School is approximately 9.0:1 (18 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Discovery Charter Elementary School?
At Discovery Charter Elementary School, the student body is approximately 54% White, 17% Hispanic, 11% Black, 4% Asian, 14% Two or more.
Is Discovery Charter Elementary School public or private?
Discovery Charter Elementary School is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by Discovery Charter School.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.