GREENLEAF ELEMENTARY

GREENLEAF ELEMENTARY is one of the roomy elementary campuss in APPLE VALLEY, Minnesota, one of the schools within ROSEMOUNT-APPLE VALLEY-EAGAN, with 747 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 117% above the typical public school in Minnesota, which averages around 344 students.

Across the 36 schools in ROSEMOUNT-APPLE VALLEY-EAGAN (29,224 students total), GREENLEAF ELEMENTARY accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, GREENLEAF ELEMENTARY logs that the largest single group is White at 47%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest reads as 24% Hispanic, 14% Black, 12% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Dakota County as a whole is about 74% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 40% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, GREENLEAF ELEMENTARY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 43.5%; this one delivers 46.5%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Dakota County) reports that median household income runs about $106,318, about 45% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Dakota County's 170 public schools (combined enrollment of about 74,687 students), GREENLEAF ELEMENTARY is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is EASTVIEW SENIOR HIGH, roughly 1.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around GREENLEAF ELEMENTARY. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), GREENLEAF ELEMENTARY ranks 5th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 45.3%.

GREENLEAF ELEMENTARY operates from an outer-ring location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at GREENLEAF ELEMENTARY has contracted 18%, going from 906 students in 2018 to 747 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 55% to 47%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 today.

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