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Enrollment
707
Elementary
DISTRICT 633 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MINNETONKA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 271167000543
EXCELSIOR ELEMENTARY
441 OAK ST, EXCELSIOR, MN 55331 · (952) 401-5650 · Hennepin County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL707 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
56 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.5:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
9%
65 students
DISTRICT 15% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 86 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 100 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 121 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 133 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 133 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 134 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (86) is 36% smaller than its 5th grade class (134).
Student demographics
45%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 40% · 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
75.9%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
81.3%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 81 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of MN schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
73.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.1%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 74% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 60% 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 14 points, placing it in Minnesota's top 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 EXCELSIOR ELEMENTARY
EXCELSIOR ELEMENTARY's state test result (73.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| EXCELSIOR ELEMENTARY this school | 707 | 9.2% | 73.8% |
| CONCORD ELEMENTARY EDINA | 741 | 9.0% | 71.9% |
| NORMANDALE ELEMENTARY EDINA | 652 | 6.0% | 72.7% |
| Rice Lake Elementary LINO LAKES | 687 | 11.8% | 74.1% |
| WOODLAND ELEMENTARY EAGAN | 720 | 14.3% | 66.4% |
| Centerville Elementary CENTERVILLE | 607 | 14.7% | 58.2% |
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 EXCELSIOR ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Hennepin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 73.8% | #15 of 844 | #10 of 169 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 81.3% | #22 of 844 | #13 of 169 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.9% | #23 of 844 | #17 of 169 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 707 | #75 of 1,130 | #23 of 206 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #254 of 769 | #53 of 164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.7% | #429 of 796 | #123 of 165 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 9.2% | #931 of 942 | #176 of 183 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.5% | #272 of 499 | #51 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
707
-93 (-12%) vs 2020
+74% since 1990-91, when it was 407
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 707 | 55.6 | 12.7:1 | 9% (65) |
| 2023-24 | 734 | 55.9 | 13.1:1 | 9% (65) |
| 2022-23 | 739 | 59.4 | 12.4:1 | 8% (60) |
| 2020-21 | 800 | 58 | 13.8:1 | 4% (32) |
| 2017-18 | 808 | 54.9 | 14.7:1 | 8% (68) |
| 2015-16 | 757 | 55 | 13.8:1 | 8% (60) |
| 2010-11 | 771 | 50 | 15.4:1 | 9% (73) |
| 2000-01 | 613 | 36 | 17.0:1 | 4% (26) |
| 1990-91 | 407 | 21 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for EXCELSIOR ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (808 to 707); teachers up 1% (54.9 to 55.6).
About EXCELSIOR ELEMENTARY
Families in EXCELSIOR, Minnesota, are served by EXCELSIOR ELEMENTARY, a large elementary school. The school serves 707 students in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25. The average among elementary schools in Minnesota is roughly 344 students; this school is 106% above that.
MINNETONKA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT serves 11,323 students across 13 schools.
At 73%, White students outnumber all other groups at EXCELSIOR ELEMENTARY combined. The school is also 11% multiracial, 9% Asian, and 6% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at EXCELSIOR ELEMENTARY belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 45%.
Teachers at the school number 55.6 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 12.7:1. The 13.7:1 average for elementary schools in Minnesota is higher than this school's figure. Roughly 9% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Hennepin County average 43%.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate on state tests for EXCELSIOR ELEMENTARY is 60.1%. It actually posts 73.8%, which is 13.7 points higher and in the top 10% of Minnesota schools.
Within Hennepin County, median household income is about $97,653, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 54% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Federal data list 496 public schools in Hennepin County, with a combined enrollment of about 177,509.
The next-closest public school is MINNETONKA WEST MIDDLE, about 1.1 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of EXCELSIOR ELEMENTARY. On proficiency, EXCELSIOR ELEMENTARY is ahead of the 65.0% nearby average, ranking 1st of 7.
Federal data place EXCELSIOR ELEMENTARY in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is 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, the student count declined from 800 to 707. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 13.8:1; by 2024-25 it was 12.7:1.
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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 MINNETONKA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
- MINNETONKA SENIOR HIGHHigh · 3,514 students
- MINNETONKA EAST MIDDLEMiddle · 1,320 students
- MINNETONKA WEST MIDDLEMiddle · 1,297 students
- SCENIC HEIGHTS ELEMENTARYElementary · 930 students
- GROVELAND ELEMENTARYElementary · 903 students
- MINNEWASHTA ELEMENTARYElementary · 880 students
Other schools in EXCELSIOR
- MINNETONKA WEST MIDDLEMiddle · 1,297 students
- MINNEWASHTA ELEMENTARYElementary · 880 students
- DEEPHAVEN EDUCATION CENTERElementary · 85 students
Other Excelsior Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 3 states are named Excelsior Elementary. EXCELSIOR ELEMENTARY is the largest of the 4.
- Excelsior ElementaryRoseville, CA · 469 students
- Excelsior ElementaryGarden Grove, CA · 426 students
- Excelsior Elementary SchoolCENTER, TX · 86 students
Nearby schools
- MINNETONKA WEST MIDDLE1.1 mi · 1,297
- Shorewood Education Center2.0 mi · 35
- MINNEWASHTA ELEMENTARY2.3 mi · 880
- DEEPHAVEN EDUCATION CENTER2.6 mi · 85
- BLUFF CREEK ELEMENTARY2.7 mi · 462
- DEEPHAVEN ELEMENTARY2.7 mi · 681
Frequently asked questions
About EXCELSIOR ELEMENTARYHow large is EXCELSIOR ELEMENTARY?
EXCELSIOR ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 707 students in grades KG-05.
Is EXCELSIOR ELEMENTARY an elementary, middle, or high school?
EXCELSIOR ELEMENTARY is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does EXCELSIOR ELEMENTARY have?
EXCELSIOR ELEMENTARY employs 56 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.7:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at EXCELSIOR ELEMENTARY?
At EXCELSIOR ELEMENTARY, the student body is approximately 73% White, 6% Hispanic, 1% Black, 9% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Is EXCELSIOR ELEMENTARY public or private?
EXCELSIOR ELEMENTARY is a public K-12 school, overseen by MINNETONKA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.