Enrollment
366
Elementary
DISTRICT 511 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OSSEO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 272520001213
GARDEN CITY ELEMENTARY
3501 65TH AVE N, BROOKLYN CENTER, MN 55429 · (763) 561-9768 · Hennepin County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL366 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 10% 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
11.4:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
282 students
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 48%
Community
0
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 | 45 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 55 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 58 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 50 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 58 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 53 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 47 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (55) is 17% larger than its 5th grade class (47).
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · 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
19.1%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
31.1%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 19 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 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
19.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.6%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 24% 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 GARDEN CITY ELEMENTARY
GARDEN CITY ELEMENTARY's state test result (19.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| GARDEN CITY ELEMENTARY this school | 366 | 77.0% | 19.7% |
| Evergreen Park Elementary-STEM BROOKLYN CENTER | 422 | 72.7% | 22.3% |
| PARK BROOK ELEMENTARY BROOKLYN PARK | 298 | 74.8% | 35.8% |
| Community of Peace Academy Elem SAINT PAUL | 326 | 81.6% | 12.6% |
| Cowern Elementary NORTH SAINT PAUL | 413 | 71.9% | 27.9% |
| CENTRAL PARK ELEMENTARY ROSEVILLE | 411 | 69.3% | 26.9% |
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 GARDEN CITY ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Hennepin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.7% | #765 of 844 | #132 of 169 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.1% | #672 of 844 | #105 of 169 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 19.1% | #791 of 844 | #143 of 169 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 366 | #547 of 1,130 | #121 of 206 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.4:1 | #129 of 769 | #33 of 164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.9% | #71 of 796 | #23 of 165 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.0% | #118 of 942 | #44 of 183 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.2% | #406 of 499 | #75 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
366
+143 (+64%) vs 2020
-7% since 1990-91, when it was 395
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
was 9.7:1
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 | 366 | 32 | 11.4:1 | 77% (282) |
| 2023-24 | 355 | 32 | 11.1:1 | 82% (292) |
| 2022-23 | 335 | 27.7 | 12.1:1 | 80% (269) |
| 2020-21 | 223 | 23 | 9.7:1 | 77% (172) |
| 2017-18 | 386 | 28.7 | 13.5:1 | 76% (294) |
| 2015-16 | 308 | 26 | 11.8:1 | 84% (258) |
| 2010-11 | 325 | 27 | 12.0:1 | 79% (257) |
| 2000-01 | 317 | 22 | 14.4:1 | 49% (154) |
| 1990-91 | 395 | 20 | 19.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for GARDEN CITY ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (386 to 366); teachers up 12% (28.7 to 32).
About GARDEN CITY ELEMENTARY
GARDEN CITY ELEMENTARY is a mid-sized elementary school located in BROOKLYN CENTER, Minnesota. The school has 366 students in 2024-25 across pre-K through 5.
Federal data list 31 schools in OSSEO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 21,138 students enrolled.
Of every 100 students at GARDEN CITY ELEMENTARY, about 33 are Black, the largest group. The school is also 33% Asian, 20% Hispanic, 6% White, and 6% multiracial. That is higher than the 13% Black share among all Hennepin County residents. A diversity index of 73% means there is a 73% chance two randomly chosen students at GARDEN CITY ELEMENTARY are from different groups.
Classroom staffing at GARDEN CITY ELEMENTARY totals 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 11.4:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Minnesota average 13.7:1. Federal data show 77% of students (282) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Hennepin County average 43%.
GARDEN CITY ELEMENTARY holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 10% of Minnesota public elementary schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for GARDEN CITY ELEMENTARY is -4.0 points: 19.7% actual, 23.6% predicted.
American Community Survey estimates for Hennepin County show that median household income comes to about $97,653, roughly 54% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. The county's public schools total 496, with about 177,509 students.
GARDEN CITY ELEMENTARY is about 0.6 miles from Progeny Academy Charter School, its nearest public school. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, GARDEN CITY ELEMENTARY is behind the 22.4% nearby average, ranking 4th of 6.
The NCES locale for GARDEN CITY ELEMENTARY is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 223 in 2020-21 and 366 in 2024-25. Large swings like this can come from changes to the grades a school serves. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 9.7:1 to 11.4:1.
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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 OSSEO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
- MAPLE GROVE SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,453 students
- OSSEO SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,289 students
- PARK CENTER IB WORLD SCHOOLHigh · 2,061 students
- Maple Grove Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,598 students
- Osseo Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,128 students
- FERNBROOK ELEMENTARYElementary · 952 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
- Evergreen Park Elementary-STEMElementary · 422 students
Other Garden City Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 6 states are named Garden City Elementary. GARDEN CITY ELEMENTARY is the 4th largest of the 6.
- Garden City Elementary SchoolIndianapolis, IN · 727 students
- Garden City Elementary SchoolGarden City, GA · 597 students
- GARDEN CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLJACKSONVILLE, FL · 390 students
- Garden City ElementaryRoanoke, VA · 302 students
- Garden City Elementary SchoolGARDEN CITY, TX · 136 students
Nearby schools
- Progeny Academy Charter School0.6 mi · 92
- Twin Lakes STEM Academy0.7 mi · 217
- Brooklyn Center Early College Acad1.0 mi · 60
- INSIGHT SCHOOL OF MINNESOTA1.0 mi · 509
- Early Childhood Special Education1.1 mi · 404
- PALMER LAKE ELEMENTARY1.1 mi · 493
Frequently asked questions
About GARDEN CITY ELEMENTARYHow large is GARDEN CITY ELEMENTARY?
GARDEN CITY ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 366 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does GARDEN CITY ELEMENTARY serve?
GARDEN CITY ELEMENTARY serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does GARDEN CITY ELEMENTARY have?
GARDEN CITY ELEMENTARY employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.4:1.
What is the student diversity at GARDEN CITY ELEMENTARY?
Student demographics at GARDEN CITY ELEMENTARY are roughly 6% White, 20% Hispanic, 33% Black, 33% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is GARDEN CITY ELEMENTARY public or private?
GARDEN CITY ELEMENTARY is a public K-12 school, overseen by OSSEO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.