EASTVIEW ELEMENTARY

As a heavily attended primary school in LAKEVILLE, Minnesota, EASTVIEW ELEMENTARY serves 543 students from grades K through 5, overseen by Lakeville Area Schools. By comparison, Minnesota's public schools average about 344 students each, so EASTVIEW ELEMENTARY sits 58% bigger than that benchmark.

Across the 21 schools in Lakeville Area Schools (12,025 students total), EASTVIEW ELEMENTARY accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, EASTVIEW ELEMENTARY lists that White students make up the majority at 65%; the rest is composed of 13% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 8% Asian, 5% Black. By comparison, Dakota County as a whole is about 74% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.7:1 average. Around 24% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is lower than Dakota County's rate of about 34%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, EASTVIEW ELEMENTARY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 52.2%; this one delivers 56.1%.

In the surrounding community, Dakota County reports that median household income runs about $106,318, about 45% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Dakota County's 170 public schools (combined enrollment of about 74,687 students), EASTVIEW ELEMENTARY is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: CENTURY MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts EASTVIEW ELEMENTARY at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 54.1%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Over the past 7-year window. EASTVIEW ELEMENTARY's enrollment has edged down 18% since 2018, when it stood at 663 (now 543). Over the same period, the White share declined from 80% to 65%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 18.1:1 in 2018 to 15.2:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the feed for EASTVIEW ELEMENTARY typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.