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Eisenhower Elementary
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 60 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 73 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 63 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 87 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 102 | 21% |
| Grade 5 | 106 | 22% |
This year's kindergarten class (60) is 43% smaller than its 5th grade class (106).
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsWhat this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Minnesota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 45.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 36% typical for Minnesota schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 16 points, placing it in Minnesota's top 10%.
Schools most like Eisenhower Elementary
Eisenhower Elementary's state test result (51.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eisenhower Elementary this school | 491 | 53.8% | 51.8% |
| Sunnyside Elementary NEW BRIGHTON | 498 | 52.4% | 41.1% |
| Pinewood Elementary MOUNDS VIEW | 523 | 52.2% | 39.7% |
| Hoover Elementary BioMed Sci Egng COON RAPIDS | 469 | 55.2% | 51.7% |
| CRESTVIEW ELEMENTARY COTTAGE GROVE | 425 | 48.0% | 33.1% |
| Southview Elementary MARSHALL | 524 | 58.6% | 44.3% |
Where Eisenhower Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Anoka County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.8% | #300 of 844 | #14 of 45 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.2% | #418 of 844 | #21 of 45 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.1% | #257 of 844 | #13 of 45 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 491 | #310 of 1,130 | #27 of 56 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.9:1 | #172 of 769 | #8 of 46 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.1% | #146 of 796 | #11 of 47 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.8% | #285 of 942 | #18 of 50 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -31.7% | #59 of 499 | #2 of 27 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 491 | 41.4 | 11.9:1 | 54% (264) |
| 2023-24 | 483 | 36.2 | 13.3:1 | 57% (274) |
| 2022-23 | 473 | 36 | 13.1:1 | 60% (286) |
| 2020-21 | 469 | 34 | 13.8:1 | 40% (189) |
| 2017-18 | 719 | 39.5 | 18.2:1 | 48% (345) |
| 2015-16 | 645 | 37 | 17.4:1 | 45% (290) |
| 2010-11 | 608 | 31 | 19.6:1 | 51% (312) |
| 2000-01 | 554 | 31 | 17.9:1 | 23% (129) |
| 1990-91 | 667 | 34 | 19.6:1 | N/A |
Since 2017-18: students down 32% (719 to 491); teachers up 5% (39.5 to 41.4).
About Eisenhower Elementary
Eisenhower Elementary, a medium-sized elementary school, is located in COON RAPIDS, Minnesota. It serves 491 students in kindergarten through 5. For comparison, elementary schools in Minnesota average about 344 students.
Eisenhower Elementary is among 53 schools run by Anoka-Hennepin School District, which serves 38,746 students.
White students are the largest group at Eisenhower Elementary, with 49% of enrollment. Other reported shares: 16% Hispanic, 13% multiracial, 12% Asian, and 9% Black. Anoka County's residents are about 75% White, 26 points above the school's share. The chance that two students picked at random at Eisenhower Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 69%.
At Eisenhower Elementary, 41.4 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 11.9:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Minnesota average 13.7:1. Roughly 54% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. The 42% average for public schools in Anoka County is 12 points lower.
Schools in Minnesota with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to post an average proficiency rate on state tests near 36.2%. Eisenhower Elementary posts 51.8%, 15.6 points above that, which places it in the top 10% statewide on BeatsExpectations.
Among Anoka County residents, median household income is about $101,869, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 145 public schools in Anoka County, with a combined enrollment of about 59,656.
The closest other public school is Northdale Middle, about 0.2 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: Eisenhower Elementary ranks 2nd of 8 nearby schools, at 51.8% versus a 40.9% average.
NCES assigns Eisenhower Elementary the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Eisenhower Elementary had 469 students in 2020-21 and 491 in 2024-25, a 5% gain. Its ratio of students to teachers was 13.8:1 in 2020-21, and 11.9:1 in 2024-25.
Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Anoka County at a glance
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