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Enrollment
747
Elementary
DISTRICT 640 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROSEMOUNT-APPLE VALLEY-EAGAN·NCES 273239001376
GREENLEAF ELEMENTARY
13333 GALAXIE AVE, APPLE VALLEY, MN 55124 · (952) 431-8270 · Dakota County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL747 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
54 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
299 students
DISTRICT 33% · 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 | 106 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 131 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 121 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 134 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 128 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 127 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (106) is 17% smaller than its 5th grade class (127).
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
51.9%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
48.2%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 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
46.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.5%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 GREENLEAF ELEMENTARY
GREENLEAF ELEMENTARY's state test result (46.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| GREENLEAF ELEMENTARY this school | 747 | 40.0% | 46.5% |
| Sweeney Elementary SHAKOPEE | 602 | 41.4% | 48.0% |
| SOUTHVIEW ELEMENTARY APPLE VALLEY | 576 | 39.1% | 41.8% |
| RICHFIELD STEM SCHOOL RICHFIELD | 604 | 45.7% | 32.7% |
| WESTVIEW ELEMENTARY APPLE VALLEY | 500 | 38.8% | 46.8% |
| Eagle Creek Elementary School SHAKOPEE | 625 | 40.8% | 46.7% |
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 GREENLEAF ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Dakota County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.5% | #406 of 844 | #32 of 60 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.2% | #467 of 844 | #36 of 60 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.9% | #353 of 844 | #28 of 60 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 747 | #53 of 1,130 | #3 of 73 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #401 of 769 | #26 of 58 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.3% | #163 of 796 | #19 of 59 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.0% | #500 of 942 | #25 of 66 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.5% | #184 of 499 | #11 of 36 |
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
747
-38 (-5%) vs 2020
-13% since 1990-91, when it was 854
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 13.5:1
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 | 747 | 54.3 | 13.8:1 | 40% (299) |
| 2023-24 | 759 | 64 | 11.9:1 | 44% (334) |
| 2022-23 | 785 | 58.8 | 13.3:1 | 48% (377) |
| 2020-21 | 785 | 58 | 13.5:1 | 28% (220) |
| 2017-18 | 906 | 61.3 | 14.8:1 | 38% (347) |
| 2015-16 | 947 | 60 | 15.8:1 | 39% (366) |
| 2010-11 | 903 | 49 | 18.4:1 | 24% (219) |
| 2000-01 | 995 | 55 | 18.1:1 | 3% (34) |
| 1990-91 | 854 | 38 | 22.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for GREENLEAF ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (906 to 747); teachers down 12% (61.3 to 54.3).
About GREENLEAF ELEMENTARY
GREENLEAF ELEMENTARY is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in APPLE VALLEY, Minnesota. It reported 747 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. That compares with an average of about 344 students for elementary schools in Minnesota.
In ROSEMOUNT-APPLE VALLEY-EAGAN, 36 schools enroll a combined 29,224 students.
White students make up 47% of enrollment at GREENLEAF ELEMENTARY, the largest share of any group. Next come 24% Hispanic, 14% Black, 12% multiracial, and 3% Asian. That compares with about 74% White among all Dakota County residents. A diversity index of 68% means there is a 68% chance two randomly chosen students at GREENLEAF ELEMENTARY are from different groups.
The school's 54.3 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.8:1. The average for elementary schools in Minnesota is about 13.7:1. At GREENLEAF ELEMENTARY, 40% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25.
GREENLEAF ELEMENTARY posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 46.5%, compared with a predicted 43.5%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Minnesota schools on BeatsExpectations.
In Dakota County, the median household earns about $106,318 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 45%, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. Across Dakota County, 170 public schools serve about 74,687 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, EASTVIEW SENIOR HIGH, is about 1.1 miles. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 45.3%; GREENLEAF ELEMENTARY's is 46.5%, ranking 5th of 8.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 747, down from 785 in 2020-21.
GREENLEAF ELEMENTARY has a community page on allk12 for topics such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Dakota County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
445,771
Census ACS
Median income
$106,318
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
45%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
170
74,687 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ROSEMOUNT-APPLE VALLEY-EAGAN
- ROSEMOUNT SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,364 students
- EASTVIEW SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,328 students
- EAGAN SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,274 students
- APPLE VALLEY SENIOR HIGHHigh · 1,999 students
- SCOTT HIGHLANDS MIDDLEMiddle · 1,228 students
- DAKOTA HILLS MIDDLEMiddle · 1,184 students
Other schools in APPLE VALLEY
- EASTVIEW SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,328 students
- APPLE VALLEY SENIOR HIGHHigh · 1,999 students
- SCOTT HIGHLANDS MIDDLEMiddle · 1,228 students
- Valley Middle School of STEMMiddle · 1,090 students
- FALCON RIDGE MIDDLEMiddle · 1,088 students
- Cedar Park Elementary STEM SchoolElementary · 722 students
Other Greenleaf Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Greenleaf Elementary. GREENLEAF ELEMENTARY is the largest of the 2.
- Greenleaf Elementary SchoolSPLENDORA, TX · 689 students
Nearby schools
- EASTVIEW SENIOR HIGH1.1 mi · 2,328
- FALCON RIDGE MIDDLE1.3 mi · 1,088
- APPLE VALLEY SENIOR HIGH1.4 mi · 1,999
- FIT Academy1.4 mi · 264
- FIT Academy High School1.4 mi · 194
- SCHOOL OF ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES1.5 mi · 334
Frequently asked questions
About GREENLEAF ELEMENTARYWhat is the total enrollment at GREENLEAF ELEMENTARY?
GREENLEAF ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 747 students in grades PK-05.
Is GREENLEAF ELEMENTARY an elementary, middle, or high school?
GREENLEAF ELEMENTARY is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at GREENLEAF ELEMENTARY?
Approximately 13.8:1 students per teacher at GREENLEAF ELEMENTARY.
How diverse is GREENLEAF ELEMENTARY?
GREENLEAF ELEMENTARY reports a student body of 47% White, 24% Hispanic, 14% Black, 3% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Who oversees GREENLEAF ELEMENTARY?
GREENLEAF ELEMENTARY is overseen by ROSEMOUNT-APPLE VALLEY-EAGAN in Dakota County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.