Eisenhower Elementary

As a reasonably sized elementary school in COON RAPIDS, Minnesota, Eisenhower Elementary teaches 491 students from grades K through 5, one of the schools within Anoka-Hennepin School District. Enrollment runs roughly 43% above the state mean of about 344.

Anoka-Hennepin School District comprises 53 schools with combined enrollment of 38,746 students; Eisenhower Elementary is among them.

On the student-mix side, Eisenhower Elementary logs that 49% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 16% Hispanic, 13% multiracial, 12% Asian, 9% Black. By comparison, Anoka County as a whole is about 75% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.7:1 average. Around 54% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Anoka County runs at roughly 42%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Eisenhower Elementary ranks in the top 10% of Minnesota public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 36.2%; Eisenhower Elementary posts 51.8%, +15.6 points above that line.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Anoka County indicate the typical household earns roughly $101,869 per year, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Anoka County's 145 public schools (combined enrollment of about 59,656 students), Eisenhower Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Northdale Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Eisenhower Elementary ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 40.9%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Eisenhower Elementary has contracted 32%, going from 719 students in 2018 to 491 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 63% to 49% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 18.2:1 in 2018 to 11.9:1 today.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.