Gideon Pond Elementary

As a medium-sized K-5 school in BURNSVILLE, Minnesota, Gideon Pond Elementary teaches 361 students from grades pre-K through 5, overseen by Burnsville-Eagan-Savage Schools.

Gideon Pond Elementary is one of 19 schools operated by Burnsville-Eagan-Savage Schools, a district that serves 7,663 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Gideon Pond Elementary records that the largest single group is Black at 43%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder looks like 33% White, 11% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 8% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Gideon Pond Elementary has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.0:1. The state averages about 13.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 53% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Dakota County runs at roughly 34%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Gideon Pond Elementary ranks in the top 10% of Minnesota public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 36.5%; Gideon Pond Elementary posts 53.4%, +16.9 points above that line.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Dakota County put median household income runs about $106,318, 45% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Dakota County's 170 public schools (combined enrollment of about 74,687 students), Gideon Pond Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Joseph Nicollet Middle School, roughly 0.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Gideon Pond Elementary.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Gideon Pond Elementary has ticked down 25%, going from 483 students in 2018 to 361 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share contracted from 48% to 43%. Class-load math has tightened: from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 in 2025.

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