EXCELSIOR ELEMENTARY

EXCELSIOR ELEMENTARY, an expansive elementary school in EXCELSIOR, Minnesota, run under MINNETONKA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, educates 707 students, covering grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 344 students per school, that is 106% above typical.

MINNETONKA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 13 schools with combined enrollment of 11,323 students; EXCELSIOR ELEMENTARY is among them.

In terms of who attends, EXCELSIOR ELEMENTARY records that the largest single group is White, at 73% of enrollment; the rest breaks down as 11% multiracial, 9% Asian, 6% Hispanic.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 56 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.7:1 average. Roughly 9% of students at EXCELSIOR ELEMENTARY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Hennepin County (around 43%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, EXCELSIOR ELEMENTARY sits in the top 10% of Minnesota schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 60.1%; actual is 73.8%, +13.7 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Hennepin County indicate the typical household earns roughly $97,653 per year, about 54% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Hennepin County runs 496 public schools (combined enrollment of about 177,509 students), of which EXCELSIOR ELEMENTARY is one.

Nearest neighbor: MINNETONKA WEST MIDDLE, around 1.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts EXCELSIOR ELEMENTARY at 1st of 7; the average score across the group is 65.0%.

EXCELSIOR ELEMENTARY operates from a suburban location.

Trend over the last 7 years. EXCELSIOR ELEMENTARY's enrollment has shrank 12% since 2018, when it stood at 808 (now 707). White enrollment moved from 81% to 73% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 12.7:1 in 2025.

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