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Enrollment
565
Elementary
DISTRICT 511 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OSSEO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 272520001939
ELM CREEK ELEMENTARY
9830 REVERE LN N, MAPLE GROVE, MN 55369 · (763) 425-0577 · Hennepin County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL565 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
187 students
DISTRICT 52% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 28 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 101 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 83 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 94 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 80 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 94 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 85 | 15% |
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · 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
54.1%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
60.7%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 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
50.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.3%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 →
Where ELM CREEK ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Hennepin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.5% | #330 of 844 | #65 of 169 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.7% | #255 of 844 | #56 of 169 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.1% | #316 of 844 | #65 of 169 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 565 | #207 of 1,130 | #52 of 206 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.1:1 | #638 of 769 | #130 of 164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.6% | #260 of 796 | #84 of 165 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 33.1% | #634 of 942 | #119 of 183 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.8% | #129 of 244 | #24 of 50 |
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.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
565
+199 (+54%) vs 2020
-29% since 1990-91, when it was 793
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
was 13.6:1
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 | 565 | 35.1 | 16.1:1 | 33% (187) |
| 2023-24 | 508 | 35.2 | 14.4:1 | 41% (210) |
| 2022-23 | 521 | 32.2 | 16.2:1 | 41% (212) |
| 2020-21 | 366 | 27 | 13.6:1 | 22% (81) |
| 2017-18 | 524 | 31.5 | 16.6:1 | 35% (183) |
| 2015-16 | 503 | 31 | 16.2:1 | 30% (153) |
| 2010-11 | 657 | 33 | 19.9:1 | 29% (193) |
| 2000-01 | 837 | 41 | 20.4:1 | 9% (73) |
| 1990-91 | 793 | 39 | 20.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ELM CREEK ELEMENTARY.
About ELM CREEK ELEMENTARY
As a large elementary school, ELM CREEK ELEMENTARY serves students in MAPLE GROVE, Minnesota. There are 565 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 5. Across elementary schools in Minnesota, the average enrollment is about 344.
OSSEO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT is responsible for 31 schools, ELM CREEK ELEMENTARY included, with 21,138 students in all.
Of every 100 students at ELM CREEK ELEMENTARY, about 58 are White. It is also 14% Black, 12% multiracial, 10% Hispanic, and 6% Asian. Hennepin County's residents are about 66% White, 8 points above the school's share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, ELM CREEK ELEMENTARY scores 62%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 16.1:1. The school has 35.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 13.7:1 average for elementary schools in Minnesota is 2.4 students per teacher. In all, 33% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 10 points below the 43% average for public schools in Hennepin County.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 47.3% for ELM CREEK ELEMENTARY. The school posts 50.5%, 3.2 points above the prediction.
For the population of Hennepin County, median household income comes to about $97,653, roughly 54% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Hennepin County counts 496 public schools with about 177,509 students.
ELM CREEK ELEMENTARY is about 0.6 miles from Noble Academy Elementary, its nearest public school. ELM CREEK ELEMENTARY has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 41.1% on proficiency, and ELM CREEK ELEMENTARY is above that at 50.5%.
For locale, NCES codes ELM CREEK ELEMENTARY as Suburb: Large.
The school's enrollment figures are 366 for 2020-21 and 565 for 2024-25. Differences this large can reflect a change in grade levels, a boundary change, or a merger. The number of students per teacher increased from 13.6 to 16.1 over 4 years.
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Hennepin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,269,496
Census ACS
Median income
$97,653
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
54%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
496
177,509 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in OSSEO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
- MAPLE GROVE SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,453 students
- OSSEO SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,289 students
- PARK CENTER IB WORLD SCHOOLHigh · 2,061 students
- Maple Grove Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,598 students
- Osseo Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,128 students
- FERNBROOK ELEMENTARYElementary · 952 students
Other schools in MAPLE GROVE
- MAPLE GROVE SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,453 students
- Maple Grove Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,598 students
- FERNBROOK ELEMENTARYElementary · 952 students
- BASSWOOD ELEMENTARYElementary · 848 students
- RUSH CREEK ELEMENTARYElementary · 762 students
- Weaver Lake Science Math & Tech SchElementary · 668 students
Nearby schools
- Noble Academy Elementary0.6 mi · 395
- Noble Academy Middle School0.6 mi · 138
- Osseo Middle School0.7 mi · 1,128
- Parnassus Preparatory School-Logic0.8 mi · 471
- Parnassus Prep School-Rhetoric0.8 mi · 258
- Parnassus Prep Sch-Grammar0.8 mi · 623
Frequently asked questions
About ELM CREEK ELEMENTARYWhat is the total enrollment at ELM CREEK ELEMENTARY?
ELM CREEK ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 565 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does ELM CREEK ELEMENTARY serve?
ELM CREEK ELEMENTARY serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at ELM CREEK ELEMENTARY?
The student-to-teacher ratio at ELM CREEK ELEMENTARY is approximately 16.1:1 (35 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at ELM CREEK ELEMENTARY?
Student demographics at ELM CREEK ELEMENTARY are roughly 58% White, 10% Hispanic, 14% Black, 6% Asian, 12% Two or more.
What district is ELM CREEK ELEMENTARY in?
ELM CREEK ELEMENTARY is part of OSSEO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.