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Best kept secret at Evergreen Park Elementary-STEM?
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Enrollment
422
Elementary
DISTRICT 599 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ANOKA-HENNEPIN SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 270318000104
Evergreen Park Elementary-STEM
7020 DUPONT AVE N, BROOKLYN CENTER, MN 55430 · (763) 506-2500 · Hennepin County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL422 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 12% of Minnesota public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Minnesota public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
307 students
DISTRICT 46% · 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 | 35 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 92 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 57 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 61 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 57 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 59 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 61 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (92) is 51% larger than its 5th grade class (61).
Student demographics
75%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
21.7%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
27.2%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 22 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 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
22.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.0%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% 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 →
Schools most like Evergreen Park Elementary-STEM
Evergreen Park Elementary-STEM's state test result (22.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evergreen Park Elementary-STEM this school | 422 | 72.7% | 22.3% |
| GARDEN CITY ELEMENTARY BROOKLYN CENTER | 366 | 77.0% | 19.7% |
| PARK BROOK ELEMENTARY BROOKLYN PARK | 298 | 74.8% | 35.8% |
| CENTRAL PARK ELEMENTARY ROSEVILLE | 411 | 69.3% | 26.9% |
| FAIR OAKS ELEMENTARY BROOKLYN PARK | 396 | 72.7% | 29.8% |
| Community of Peace Academy Elem SAINT PAUL | 326 | 81.6% | 12.6% |
Matched among Minnesota elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Evergreen Park Elementary-STEM ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Hennepin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.3% | #740 of 844 | #123 of 169 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.2% | #708 of 844 | #116 of 169 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 21.7% | #772 of 844 | #136 of 169 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 422 | #438 of 1,130 | #100 of 206 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.3:1 | #121 of 769 | #30 of 164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 75.1% | #32 of 796 | #11 of 165 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 72.7% | #141 of 942 | #55 of 183 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.5% | #253 of 499 | #49 of 99 |
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. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
422
-39 (-8%) vs 2020
-39% since 1990-91, when it was 689
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
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 | 422 | 37.3 | 11.3:1 | 73% (307) |
| 2023-24 | 456 | 40 | 11.4:1 | 75% (342) |
| 2022-23 | 462 | 36.4 | 12.7:1 | 83% (385) |
| 2020-21 | 461 | 34 | 13.6:1 | 64% (296) |
| 2017-18 | 488 | 33.2 | 14.7:1 | 74% (359) |
| 2015-16 | 426 | 30 | 14.2:1 | 76% (325) |
| 2010-11 | 470 | 33 | 14.2:1 | 68% (320) |
| 2000-01 | 582 | 37 | 15.7:1 | 33% (192) |
| 1990-91 | 689 | 31 | 22.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Evergreen Park Elementary-STEM.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (488 to 422); teachers up 12% (33.2 to 37.3).
About Evergreen Park Elementary-STEM
Families in BROOKLYN CENTER, Minnesota, are served by Evergreen Park Elementary-STEM, a mid-sized elementary school. It teaches 422 students in pre-K through 5. It has 23% more students than the average for elementary schools in Minnesota (about 344).
The 53 schools of Anoka-Hennepin School District, including Evergreen Park Elementary-STEM, enroll 38,746 students.
The largest group at Evergreen Park Elementary-STEM is Black students, at 32%. The school is also 29% Asian, 22% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, and 7% White. That is higher than the 13% Black share among all Hennepin County residents. The diversity index for Evergreen Park Elementary-STEM is 75%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Staffing at Evergreen Park Elementary-STEM comes to 37.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 11.3:1. Elementary schools in Minnesota average 13.7:1, 2.4 more students per teacher than here. Evergreen Park Elementary-STEM counts 73% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 43% average among public schools in Hennepin County.
On the allk12 Grade, Evergreen Park Elementary-STEM lands at D, ahead of 12% of Minnesota public elementary schools.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Evergreen Park Elementary-STEM is 3.7 points below its prediction. Actual: 22.3%. Predicted: 26.0%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Hennepin County show that the median household earns about $97,653 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 54%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Hennepin County has 496 public schools with about 177,509 students, including Evergreen Park Elementary-STEM.
Spero Academy Brooklyn Park is the nearest public school to Evergreen Park Elementary-STEM, about 0.6 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 20.0% proficiency; Evergreen Park Elementary-STEM posts 22.3%.
NCES assigns Evergreen Park Elementary-STEM 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.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Evergreen Park Elementary-STEM had a net loss of 39 students, or 8%. By 2024-25, the school had 11.3 students per teacher, compared with 13.6 in 2020-21.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Evergreen Park Elementary-STEM. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 Anoka-Hennepin School District
- Blaine High SchoolHigh · 3,157 students
- Champlin Park High SchoolHigh · 2,978 students
- Anoka High SchoolHigh · 2,348 students
- Jackson MiddleMiddle · 2,037 students
- Coon Rapids High SchoolHigh · 1,975 students
- Andover High SchoolHigh · 1,758 students
Other schools in BROOKLYN CENTER
- New Millennium Academy CharterElementary · 845 students
- Brooklyn Center Elementary SchoolElementary · 708 students
- Brooklyn Center High SchoolHigh · 539 students
- INSIGHT SCHOOL OF MINNESOTAHigh · 509 students
- NORTHPORT ELEMENTARYElementary · 488 students
- Early Childhood Special EducationElementary · 404 students
Nearby schools
- Spero Academy Brooklyn Park0.6 mi · 127
- Brooklyn Center High School0.7 mi · 539
- Brooklyn Center Middle School0.7 mi · 334
- Monroe Elementary School - MSE0.7 mi · 553
- Stevenson Elementary1.0 mi · 459
- Brooklyn Center Elementary School1.4 mi · 708
Frequently asked questions
About Evergreen Park Elementary-STEMHow large is Evergreen Park Elementary-STEM?
Evergreen Park Elementary-STEM enrolls approximately 422 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Evergreen Park Elementary-STEM serve?
Evergreen Park Elementary-STEM serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Evergreen Park Elementary-STEM have?
Evergreen Park Elementary-STEM employs 37 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.3:1.
How diverse is Evergreen Park Elementary-STEM?
Evergreen Park Elementary-STEM reports a student body of 7% White, 22% Hispanic, 32% Black, 29% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is Evergreen Park Elementary-STEM in?
Evergreen Park Elementary-STEM is part of Anoka-Hennepin School District.
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