Glendale Elementary

Glendale Elementary, a substantial primary school in SAVAGE, Minnesota, run under Prior Lake-Savage Area Schools, teaches 522 students, covering grades K through 5. By comparison, Minnesota's public schools average about 344 students each, so Glendale Elementary sits 52% above that benchmark.

Across the 14 schools in Prior Lake-Savage Area Schools (8,788 students total), Glendale Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Glendale Elementary reports that White students make up the majority at 63%. Beyond that, the school lists 15% Black, 8% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 7% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 77%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.7:1 average. Roughly 25% of students at Glendale Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Glendale Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 51.7%; this one delivers 58.7%.

Across the wider county, Scott County reports that median household income runs about $119,314, 44% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 3%. In all, Scott County runs 66 public schools (combined enrollment of about 26,041 students), of which Glendale Elementary is one.

Harriet Bishop Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Glendale Elementary comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 44.1%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Glendale Elementary has ticked down 11%, going from 589 students in 2018 to 522 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 78% to 63% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 15.0:1 today.

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