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What advice would you give to incoming students at Harriet Bishop Elementary?
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Enrollment
511
Elementary
DISTRICT 345 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BURNSVILLE-EAGAN-SAVAGE SCHOOLS·NCES 270729002641
Harriet Bishop Elementary
14400 O'CONNELL RD, SAVAGE, MN 55378 · (952) 707-3900 · Scott County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL511 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
268 students
DISTRICT 61% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 29 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 69 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 81 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 74 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 86 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 85 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 87 | 17% |
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · 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
48.6%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
41.5%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 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
40.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.9%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 →
Where Harriet Bishop Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Scott County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.8% | #513 of 844 | #18 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.5% | #560 of 844 | #18 of 21 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.6% | #420 of 844 | #15 of 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 511 | #279 of 1,130 | #13 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #318 of 769 | #3 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.6% | #76 of 796 | #3 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.4% | #299 of 942 | #4 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.8% | #206 of 244 | N/A |
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.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
511
-102 (-17%) vs 2020
-36% since 2000-01, when it was 795
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 15.7:1
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 | 511 | 38.8 | 13.2:1 | 52% (268) |
| 2023-24 | 550 | 40.8 | 13.5:1 | 66% (362) |
| 2022-23 | 581 | 37 | 15.7:1 | 65% (375) |
| 2020-21 | 613 | 39 | 15.7:1 | 36% (222) |
| 2017-18 | 502 | 31.3 | 16.1:1 | 28% (139) |
| 2015-16 | 616 | 38 | 16.2:1 | 24% (150) |
| 2010-11 | 661 | 39 | 16.9:1 | 19% (128) |
| 2000-01 | 795 | 42 | 18.9:1 | 6% (47) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Harriet Bishop Elementary.
About Harriet Bishop Elementary
Harriet Bishop Elementary is an elementary school located in SAVAGE, Minnesota, in Scott County. Students in pre-K through 5 attend, and enrollment is 511 students. The typical figure for elementary schools in Minnesota is about 344 students.
Burnsville-Eagan-Savage Schools enrolls 7,663 students, and its 19 schools include Harriet Bishop Elementary.
Harriet Bishop Elementary has no majority group; Hispanic students are the largest, at 39%. The rest of enrollment is 29% White, 16% Black, 9% multiracial, and 7% Asian. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Scott County's population at about 6%. Harriet Bishop Elementary's diversity index is 73%, against a US figure of 70%.
Harriet Bishop Elementary's 38.8 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 13.2:1. That matches the 13.7:1 average for elementary schools in Minnesota fairly closely. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 52%. The rate at public schools in Scott County averages 28%, lower than here.
The model predicts 36.9% for a school in Minnesota with Harriet Bishop Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch share. Harriet Bishop Elementary posts 40.8%.
Harriet Bishop Elementary is located in Scott County, where the median household income is $119,314, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 44%, and roughly 3% of residents are in poverty. Besides Harriet Bishop Elementary, Scott County has 65 other public schools.
The nearest other public school, Glendale Elementary, is about 0.8 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 46.3%; Harriet Bishop Elementary's is 40.8%, ranking 7th of 9.
Harriet Bishop Elementary is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
Enrollment is down 17% from 2020-21, when Harriet Bishop Elementary had 613 students, to 2024-25, when it had 511. Students per teacher fell from 15.7 in 2020-21 to 13.2 in 2024-25.
Posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs are welcome on this page. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 Burnsville-Eagan-Savage Schools
- Burnsville High SchoolHigh · 2,029 students
- Burnsville Area Learning CenterHigh · 1,350 students
- William Byrne ElementaryElementary · 569 students
- Sky Oaks ElementaryElementary · 524 students
- Hidden Valley ElementaryElementary · 472 students
- Rahn ElementaryElementary · 383 students
Other schools in SAVAGE
- Prior Lake High SchoolHigh · 2,856 students
- ASPEN ACADEMYElementary · 641 students
- Hamilton Ridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 586 students
- Redtail Ridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 556 students
- Glendale ElementaryElementary · 522 students
- Hidden Valley ElementaryElementary · 472 students
Nearby schools
- Glendale Elementary0.8 mi · 522
- Eagle Ridge Middle School1.2 mi · 46
- Hidden Valley Elementary1.2 mi · 472
- Redtail Ridge Elementary School1.3 mi · 556
- Prior Lake High School1.6 mi · 2,856
- ASPEN ACADEMY1.7 mi · 641
Frequently asked questions
About Harriet Bishop ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Harriet Bishop Elementary?
Harriet Bishop Elementary enrolls approximately 511 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Harriet Bishop Elementary serve?
Harriet Bishop Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Harriet Bishop Elementary?
Approximately 13.2:1 students per teacher at Harriet Bishop Elementary.
How diverse is Harriet Bishop Elementary?
Harriet Bishop Elementary reports a student body of 29% White, 39% Hispanic, 16% Black, 7% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Harriet Bishop Elementary?
Harriet Bishop Elementary is overseen by Burnsville-Eagan-Savage Schools in Scott County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.