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Enrollment
454
Elementary
DISTRICT 417 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PRIOR LAKE-SAVAGE AREA SCHOOLS·NCES 273006001275
Five Hawks Elementary
16620 FIVE HAWKS AVE SE, PRIOR LAKE, MN 55372 · (952) 226-0100 · Scott County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL454 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 64% of Minnesota public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
16.9:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
21%
95 students
DISTRICT 24% · 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 | 74 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 65 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 78 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 79 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 79 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (74) is 6% smaller than its 5th grade class (79).
Student demographics
31%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Five Hawks Elementary→Prior Lake-Savage Middle School
Based on grade levels within Prior Lake-Savage Area Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
55.1%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
70.8%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 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
56.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.8%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 Five Hawks Elementary
Five Hawks Elementary's state test result (56.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Five Hawks Elementary this school | 454 | 20.9% | 56.2% |
| CONGDON ELEMENTARY DULUTH | 474 | 20.7% | 64.7% |
| Shirley Hills Primary School MOUND | 447 | 20.4% | 84.0% |
| Great Oaks Academy - Grammar FARMINGTON | 430 | 17.7% | 55.4% |
| LESTER PARK ELEMENTARY DULUTH | 510 | 21.2% | 60.3% |
| Byron Primary School BYRON | 519 | 18.1% | N/A |
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 Five Hawks Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Scott County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.2% | #218 of 844 | #6 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.8% | #108 of 844 | #1 of 21 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.1% | #296 of 844 | #9 of 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 454 | #376 of 1,130 | #18 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.9:1 | #694 of 769 | #18 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 31.3% | #570 of 796 | #18 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 20.9% | #815 of 942 | #17 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.6% | #134 of 499 | #5 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
454
-31 (-6%) vs 2020
-37% since 1990-91, when it was 726
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
was 15.7:1
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 | 454 | 26.9 | 16.9:1 | 21% (95) |
| 2023-24 | 477 | 30.5 | 15.6:1 | 22% (103) |
| 2022-23 | 471 | 28.3 | 16.6:1 | 26% (122) |
| 2020-21 | 485 | 31 | 15.7:1 | 13% (64) |
| 2017-18 | 579 | 33.8 | 17.1:1 | 13% (77) |
| 2015-16 | 556 | 30 | 18.5:1 | 15% (81) |
| 2010-11 | 440 | 25 | 17.6:1 | 16% (72) |
| 2000-01 | 515 | 30 | 17.2:1 | 0% (0) |
| 1990-91 | 726 | 27 | 26.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Five Hawks Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (579 to 454); teachers down 20% (33.8 to 26.9).
About Five Hawks Elementary
Five Hawks Elementary is an elementary school located in PRIOR LAKE, Minnesota, in Scott County. The school counted 454 students in 2024-25, covering kindergarten through 5. That puts enrollment 32% larger than the 344-student average for elementary schools in Minnesota.
Five Hawks Elementary sits within Prior Lake-Savage Area Schools, which has 14 schools and 8,788 students.
Roughly 82% of students at Five Hawks Elementary are White. Other groups make up 6% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, and 3% Black. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 31%.
There are about 16.9 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Five Hawks Elementary, which has 26.9. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Minnesota is 13.7:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Five Hawks Elementary is about 21%.
Among Minnesota public elementary schools, Five Hawks Elementary outscored 64%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
A school with Five Hawks Elementary's lunch-eligibility share in Minnesota is predicted to score 53.8%. Five Hawks Elementary scores 56.2%, 2.4 points above that line.
American Community Survey estimates for Scott County show that the median household earns about $119,314 a year, about 44% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 3%. Across Scott County, 66 public schools serve about 26,041 students.
La Ola Del Lago at Grainwood is about 1.0 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Within five miles of Five Hawks Elementary, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Five Hawks Elementary is 3rd of 4 nearby schools with test data.
In the federal locale system, Five Hawks Elementary is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 6%, from 485 to 454. Students per teacher increased from 15.7 in 2020-21 to 16.9 in 2024-25.
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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 Prior Lake-Savage Area Schools
- Prior Lake High SchoolHigh · 2,856 students
- Prior Lake-Savage Middle SchoolMiddle · 2,025 students
- Hamilton Ridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 586 students
- Redtail Ridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 556 students
- Glendale ElementaryElementary · 522 students
- WestWood ElementaryElementary · 505 students
Other schools in PRIOR LAKE
- Prior Lake-Savage Middle SchoolMiddle · 2,025 students
- WestWood ElementaryElementary · 505 students
- Jeffers Pond ElementaryElementary · 487 students
- La Ola Del Lago at GrainwoodElementary · 463 students
- Edgewood ECSEElementary · 116 students
- Prior Lake-Savage Area ALCHigh · 75 students
Nearby schools
- La Ola Del Lago at Grainwood1.0 mi · 463
- Edgewood School1.4 mi · 60
- Edgewood ECSE1.4 mi · 116
- WestWood Elementary1.4 mi · 505
- ALC Independent Study1.7 mi · 34
- Prior Lake-Savage Area ALC1.7 mi · 75
Frequently asked questions
About Five Hawks ElementaryHow many students attend Five Hawks Elementary?
Five Hawks Elementary enrolls approximately 454 students in grades KG-05.
Is Five Hawks Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Five Hawks Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Five Hawks Elementary have?
Five Hawks Elementary employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Five Hawks Elementary?
Student demographics at Five Hawks Elementary are roughly 82% White, 5% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Five Hawks Elementary?
Five Hawks Elementary is overseen by Prior Lake-Savage Area Schools in Scott County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.