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Enrollment
519
Elementary
DISTRICT 423 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW PRAGUE AREA SCHOOLS·NCES 272343001144
FALCON RIDGE
1200 COLUMBUS AVE N, NEW PRAGUE, MN 56071 · (952) 758-1600 · Scott County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL519 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 31% of Minnesota public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
15.9:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
18%
93 students
DISTRICT 22% · 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 | 71 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 80 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 82 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 89 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 95 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 102 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (71) is 30% smaller than its 5th grade class (102).
Student demographics
13%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 16% · 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
45.4%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
59.7%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 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
46.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.4%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 FALCON RIDGE
FALCON RIDGE's state test result (46.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| FALCON RIDGE this school | 519 | 17.9% | 46.3% |
| HAWLEY ELEMENTARY HAWLEY | 579 | 16.9% | 68.4% |
| RANDOLPH ELEMENTARY RANDOLPH | 445 | 17.8% | 41.5% |
| RAVEN STREAM ELEMENTARY NEW PRAGUE | 542 | 20.7% | 44.9% |
| DOVER-EYOTA ELEMENTARY EYOTA | 509 | 21.0% | 56.0% |
| EAGLE VIEW ELKO NEW MARKET | 527 | 15.2% | 51.1% |
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 FALCON RIDGE ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Scott County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.3% | #413 of 844 | #16 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.7% | #282 of 844 | #7 of 21 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.4% | #481 of 844 | #16 of 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 519 | #268 of 1,130 | #12 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.9:1 | #624 of 769 | #14 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 13.2% | #735 of 796 | #21 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 17.9% | #857 of 942 | #21 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.5% | #215 of 499 | #10 of 16 |
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
519
-64 (-11%) vs 2020
-29% since 1990-91, when it was 736
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
was 15.8:1
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 | 519 | 32.7 | 15.9:1 | 18% (93) |
| 2023-24 | 518 | 37.7 | 13.7:1 | 23% (117) |
| 2022-23 | 554 | 36.7 | 15.1:1 | 21% (116) |
| 2020-21 | 583 | 37 | 15.8:1 | 11% (67) |
| 2017-18 | 614 | 37.1 | 16.6:1 | 17% (103) |
| 2015-16 | 648 | 41 | 15.8:1 | 20% (131) |
| 2010-11 | 499 | 29 | 17.2:1 | 18% (91) |
| 2000-01 | 522 | 27 | 19.3:1 | 9% (49) |
| 1990-91 | 736 | 32 | 23.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for FALCON RIDGE.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (614 to 519); teachers down 12% (37.1 to 32.7).
About FALCON RIDGE
FALCON RIDGE is a large elementary school in NEW PRAGUE, Minnesota, under NEW PRAGUE AREA SCHOOLS. The school reports 519 students in pre-K through 5. The typical figure for elementary schools in Minnesota is about 344 students.
FALCON RIDGE is part of NEW PRAGUE AREA SCHOOLS, where 8 schools serve 3,980 students.
At FALCON RIDGE, White students make up 93% of the student body. Smaller groups are 3% multiracial and 2% Hispanic. County-wide, 77% of Scott County residents are White. The chance that two students picked at random at FALCON RIDGE belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 13%.
With 32.7 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at FALCON RIDGE was 15.9:1. The 13.7:1 average for elementary schools in Minnesota is lower than this school's figure. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 18%. For comparison, public schools in Scott County average 28%.
FALCON RIDGE is graded C by allk12, scoring above 31% of Minnesota public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Schools in Minnesota with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 55.4%. FALCON RIDGE scores 46.3%.
County data help place the school in context: in Scott County, median household income is about $119,314, roughly 44% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 3%. The public schools of Scott County number 66 and enroll about 26,041.
Compass Learning Center is the public school closest to FALCON RIDGE, less than a tenth of a mile away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 6 other public schools. On average proficiency, FALCON RIDGE is 3rd of 5 nearby schools with test data.
FALCON RIDGE has an NCES locale of Town: Distant.
FALCON RIDGE had 583 students in 2020-21 and 519 in 2024-25, an 11% decrease.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for FALCON RIDGE covering things like enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Scott County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
154,557
Census ACS
Median income
$119,314
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
44%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
66
26,041 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in NEW PRAGUE AREA SCHOOLS
- NEW PRAGUE SENIOR HIGHHigh · 1,315 students
- NEW PRAGUE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 926 students
- RAVEN STREAM ELEMENTARYElementary · 542 students
- EAGLE VIEWElementary · 527 students
- CENTRAL EDUCATION CAMPUSElementary · 105 students
- Compass Learning CenterHigh · 42 students
Other schools in NEW PRAGUE
- NEW PRAGUE SENIOR HIGHHigh · 1,315 students
- NEW PRAGUE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 926 students
- RAVEN STREAM ELEMENTARYElementary · 542 students
- CENTRAL EDUCATION CAMPUSElementary · 105 students
- Compass Learning CenterHigh · 42 students
- NEW PRAGUE CREDIT RECOVERYHigh · 4 students
Other Falcon Ridge schools
One other US public school is named Falcon Ridge. FALCON RIDGE is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Falcon Ridge SchoolWEST JORDAN, UT · 674 students
Nearby schools
- Compass Learning Center0.1 mi · 42
- NEW PRAGUE CREDIT RECOVERY0.1 mi · 4
- NEW PRAGUE SENIOR HIGH0.3 mi · 1,315
- NEW PRAGUE MIDDLE SCHOOL0.4 mi · 926
- CENTRAL EDUCATION CAMPUS0.6 mi · 105
- RAVEN STREAM ELEMENTARY1.4 mi · 542
Frequently asked questions
About FALCON RIDGEHow large is FALCON RIDGE?
FALCON RIDGE enrolls approximately 519 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does FALCON RIDGE serve?
FALCON RIDGE serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at FALCON RIDGE?
The student-to-teacher ratio at FALCON RIDGE is approximately 15.9:1 (33 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at FALCON RIDGE?
Student demographics at FALCON RIDGE are roughly 93% White, 2% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is FALCON RIDGE in?
FALCON RIDGE is part of NEW PRAGUE AREA SCHOOLS.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.