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What's something Eagle Creek Elementary School does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
625
Elementary
DISTRICT 438 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SHAKOPEE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 273300003719
Eagle Creek Elementary School
6855 WOODWARD AVE, SHAKOPEE, MN 55379 · (952) 496-5922 · Scott County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL625 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 53% of Minnesota public elementary schools
- B-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
15.7:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.7:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
255 students
DISTRICT 48% · 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 | 97 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 99 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 119 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 90 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 114 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 106 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (97) is 8% smaller than its 5th grade class (106).
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
55.3%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
45.1%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 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
46.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.1%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 Eagle Creek Elementary School
Eagle Creek Elementary School's state test result (46.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eagle Creek Elementary School this school | 625 | 40.8% | 46.7% |
| Sun Path Elementary SHAKOPEE | 521 | 40.1% | 48.6% |
| OLSON ELEMENTARY BLOOMINGTON | 524 | 40.5% | 40.5% |
| Sweeney Elementary SHAKOPEE | 602 | 41.4% | 48.0% |
| Bishop Elementary School ROCHESTER | 545 | 37.2% | 48.4% |
| SOUTHVIEW ELEMENTARY APPLE VALLEY | 576 | 39.1% | 41.8% |
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 Eagle Creek Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Scott County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.7% | #404 of 844 | #15 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.1% | #504 of 844 | #17 of 21 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.3% | #292 of 844 | #8 of 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 625 | #140 of 1,130 | #4 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #608 of 769 | #13 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.9% | #92 of 796 | #4 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.8% | #477 of 942 | #7 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.4% | #102 of 499 | #4 of 16 |
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
625
-93 (-13%) vs 2020
-25% since 2010-11, when it was 836
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
was 14.1:1
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 | 625 | 39.9 | 15.7:1 | 41% (255) |
| 2023-24 | 630 | 48.5 | 13.0:1 | 40% (254) |
| 2022-23 | 643 | 49.9 | 12.9:1 | 43% (278) |
| 2020-21 | 718 | 51 | 14.1:1 | 32% (233) |
| 2017-18 | 827 | 52.7 | 15.7:1 | 42% (346) |
| 2015-16 | 829 | 53 | 15.6:1 | 38% (314) |
| 2010-11 | 836 | 44 | 19.0:1 | 15% (124) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Eagle Creek Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (827 to 625); teachers down 24% (52.7 to 39.9).
About Eagle Creek Elementary School
The public elementary school Eagle Creek Elementary School is located in SHAKOPEE, Minnesota. The school runs kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 625 students. Elementary schools in Minnesota average about 344 students, which makes this school 82% larger than average.
The 12 schools in Shakopee Public School District enroll 7,717 students altogether, Eagle Creek Elementary School among them.
The largest racial or ethnic group at Eagle Creek Elementary School is White, with 45% of students. Other groups include 18% Hispanic, 15% Black, 12% Asian, and 8% multiracial. The county population is about 77% White. The diversity index for Eagle Creek Elementary School is 72%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
For every teacher at Eagle Creek Elementary School, there are about 15.7 students; the school has 39.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Minnesota, 13.7:1, is lower. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 41%. Among public schools in Scott County, the average eligibility rate is 28%.
Eagle Creek Elementary School earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 53% of Minnesota public elementary schools.
On BeatsExpectations, Eagle Creek Elementary School is 3.5 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Minnesota schools.
In Scott County, the median household earns about $119,314 a year, about 44% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 3% of residents are in poverty. Scott County has 66 public schools with about 26,041 students, including Eagle Creek Elementary School.
Eagle Creek Elementary School is about 0.8 miles from Red Oak Elementary, its nearest public school. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 4 nearby schools with scores, Eagle Creek Elementary School ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
Federal enrollment counts fell from 718 (2020-21) to 625 (2024-25). There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (15.7:1) than in 2020-21 (14.1:1).
The discussion board for Eagle Creek Elementary School is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Scott County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
154,557
Census ACS
Median income
$119,314
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
44%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
66
26,041 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Shakopee Public School District
- Shakopee High SchoolHigh · 2,823 students
- Shakopee West Middle SchoolMiddle · 899 students
- Shakopee East Middle SchoolMiddle · 828 students
- Jackson ElementaryElementary · 683 students
- Sweeney ElementaryElementary · 602 students
- Sun Path ElementaryElementary · 521 students
Other schools in SHAKOPEE
- Shakopee High SchoolHigh · 2,823 students
- Shakopee West Middle SchoolMiddle · 899 students
- Shakopee East Middle SchoolMiddle · 828 students
- Jackson ElementaryElementary · 683 students
- Sweeney ElementaryElementary · 602 students
- Sun Path ElementaryElementary · 521 students
Other Eagle Creek Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Eagle Creek Elementary. Eagle Creek Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 4.
- EAGLE CREEK ELEMENTARYORLANDO, FL · 827 students
- Eagle Creek ElementaryArlington, WA · 665 students
- Eagle Creek Elementary SchoolIndianapolis, IN · 533 students
Nearby schools
- Red Oak Elementary0.8 mi · 452
- SWMetro Passageways1.4 mi · 1
- SWMetro Shakopee Transitions1.8 mi · 63
- SWMetro288 Elevate Online1.8 mi · 115
- SWMetro288 Elevate Online K-61.8 mi · 13
- SWMetro Reflections1.8 mi · 15
Frequently asked questions
About Eagle Creek Elementary SchoolHow large is Eagle Creek Elementary School?
Eagle Creek Elementary School enrolls approximately 625 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Eagle Creek Elementary School serve?
Eagle Creek Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Eagle Creek Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Eagle Creek Elementary School is approximately 15.7:1 (40 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Eagle Creek Elementary School?
At Eagle Creek Elementary School, the student body is approximately 45% White, 18% Hispanic, 15% Black, 12% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Eagle Creek Elementary School public or private?
Eagle Creek Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Shakopee Public School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.