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What's the biggest difference between Hamilton Ridge Elementary School and what you expected?
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Enrollment
586
Elementary
DISTRICT 417 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PRIOR LAKE-SAVAGE AREA SCHOOLS·NCES 273006005244
Hamilton Ridge Elementary School
8100 157TH ST, SAVAGE, MN 55378 · (952) 226-0000 · Scott County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL586 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 36% of Minnesota public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
15.2:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
19%
114 students
DISTRICT 24% · 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 | 91 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 101 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 96 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 99 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 95 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 104 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (91) is 13% smaller than its 5th grade class (104).
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Hamilton Ridge Elementary School→Prior Lake-Savage Middle School
Based on grade levels within Prior Lake-Savage Area Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
53.4%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
55.3%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 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
47.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.6%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 Hamilton Ridge Elementary School
Hamilton Ridge Elementary School's state test result (47.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton Ridge Elementary School this school | 586 | 19.5% | 47.9% |
| WestWood Elementary PRIOR LAKE | 505 | 19.6% | 60.1% |
| OTSEGO ELEMENTARY OTSEGO | 536 | 21.5% | 58.3% |
| RIVERVIEW ELEMENTARY FARMINGTON | 573 | 20.2% | 43.6% |
| THOMAS LAKE ELEMENTARY EAGAN | 575 | 21.4% | 59.9% |
| LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARY LAKEVILLE | 588 | 17.5% | 66.1% |
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 Hamilton Ridge Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Scott County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.9% | #374 of 844 | #12 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.3% | #354 of 844 | #13 of 21 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.4% | #338 of 844 | #12 of 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 586 | #176 of 1,130 | #6 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #562 of 769 | #12 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.3% | #400 of 796 | #11 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 19.5% | #837 of 942 | #20 of 25 |
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
586
+76 (+15%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 18.9:1
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 | 586 | 38.5 | 15.2:1 | 19% (114) |
| 2023-24 | 596 | 40.7 | 14.6:1 | 20% (120) |
| 2022-23 | 586 | 33.5 | 17.5:1 | 20% (120) |
| 2020-21 | 510 | 27 | 18.9:1 | 11% (54) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hamilton Ridge Elementary School.
About Hamilton Ridge Elementary School
Hamilton Ridge Elementary School is a large elementary school in Minnesota, located in SAVAGE. Classes run from kindergarten through 5, and the school has 586 students. The average for elementary schools in Minnesota is about 344 students, so this school is 70% above average.
Hamilton Ridge Elementary School is run by Prior Lake-Savage Area Schools, whose 14 schools enroll 8,788 students.
By race and ethnicity, Hamilton Ridge Elementary School is 71% White. The rest of enrollment is 8% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 6% Asian, and 6% Black. The chance that two students picked at random at Hamilton Ridge Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 47%.
The count of teachers at Hamilton Ridge Elementary School is 38.5 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 15.2:1. Among elementary schools in Minnesota, the typical ratio is 13.7:1. The school counts 114 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 19%. The rate at public schools in Scott County averages 28%, higher than here.
Measured against Minnesota public elementary schools, Hamilton Ridge Elementary School receives a C+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 54.6% at Hamilton Ridge Elementary School; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 47.9%.
Census Bureau estimates for Scott County show that median household income is about $119,314, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 44%, and about 3% of people live in poverty. A total of 66 public schools operate in Scott County, serving about 26,041 students.
The closest other public school is Prior Lake High School, about 0.4 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: Hamilton Ridge Elementary School ranks 6th of 6 nearby schools, at 47.9% versus a 53.8% average.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
Federal counts put enrollment at 510 in 2020-21 and 586 in 2024-25, a 15% gain. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 18.9:1 in 2020-21 to 15.2:1 in 2024-25.
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Scott County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
154,557
Census ACS
Median income
$119,314
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
44%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
66
26,041 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Prior Lake-Savage Area Schools
- Prior Lake High SchoolHigh · 2,856 students
- Prior Lake-Savage Middle SchoolMiddle · 2,025 students
- Redtail Ridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 556 students
- Glendale ElementaryElementary · 522 students
- WestWood ElementaryElementary · 505 students
- Jeffers Pond ElementaryElementary · 487 students
Other schools in SAVAGE
- Prior Lake High SchoolHigh · 2,856 students
- ASPEN ACADEMYElementary · 641 students
- Redtail Ridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 556 students
- Glendale ElementaryElementary · 522 students
- Harriet Bishop ElementaryElementary · 511 students
- Hidden Valley ElementaryElementary · 472 students
Nearby schools
- Prior Lake High School0.4 mi · 2,856
- ASPEN ACADEMY0.8 mi · 641
- Redtail Ridge Elementary School0.8 mi · 556
- Prior Lake-Savage Middle School1.1 mi · 2,025
- Laker Online1.3 mi · 49
- ALC Independent Study1.3 mi · 34
Frequently asked questions
About Hamilton Ridge Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Hamilton Ridge Elementary School?
Hamilton Ridge Elementary School enrolls approximately 586 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Hamilton Ridge Elementary School serve?
Hamilton Ridge Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Hamilton Ridge Elementary School have?
Hamilton Ridge Elementary School employs 39 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Hamilton Ridge Elementary School?
Student demographics at Hamilton Ridge Elementary School are roughly 71% White, 8% Hispanic, 6% Black, 6% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Hamilton Ridge Elementary School public or private?
Hamilton Ridge Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Prior Lake-Savage Area Schools.
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