EDEN LAKE ELEMENTARY

EDEN LAKE ELEMENTARY is a roomy primary school in EDEN PRAIRIE, Minnesota, one of the schools within EDEN PRAIRIE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school caters to 658 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 91% above the typical public school in Minnesota, which averages around 344 students.

EDEN PRAIRIE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 12 schools with combined enrollment of 9,292 students; EDEN LAKE ELEMENTARY is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, EDEN LAKE ELEMENTARY lists that the largest single group is White at 51%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest consists of 23% Black, 11% Asian, 9% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. By comparison, Hennepin County as a whole is about 66% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, EDEN LAKE ELEMENTARY has 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.3:1. The state averages about 13.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 31% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Hennepin County (around 43%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, EDEN LAKE ELEMENTARY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 48.6%; this one delivers 57.3%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Hennepin County) records that median household earnings sit near $97,653, about 54% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Hennepin County runs 496 public schools (combined enrollment of about 177,509 students), of which EDEN LAKE ELEMENTARY is one.

EAGLE HEIGHTS SPANISH IMMERSION is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around EDEN LAKE ELEMENTARY. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts EDEN LAKE ELEMENTARY at 3rd of 5; the average score across the group is 60.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Over the past 7-year window. EDEN LAKE ELEMENTARY's enrollment has declined 20% since 2018, when it stood at 824 (now 658). White enrollment moved from 46% to 51% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 today.

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