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Hidden Valley Elementary
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Hidden Valley Elementary
Hidden Valley Elementary operates as a mid-tier elementary campus in SAVAGE, Minnesota, one of the schools within Burnsville-Eagan-Savage Schools. Current enrollment sits at 472 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 37% above the state mean of about 344.
Burnsville-Eagan-Savage Schools runs 19 schools in total, collectively educating 7,663 students. Hidden Valley Elementary is one of those campuses.
In terms of who attends, Hidden Valley Elementary shows that the most-represented group is Black (38%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school shows 25% Hispanic, 19% White, 9% multiracial, 8% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 6% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.
Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 13.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 64% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Scott County's rate of about 28%.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Hidden Valley Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 30.6%, the actual is 29.2%, a residual of -1.4 points.
In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Scott County put the typical household earns roughly $119,314 per year, roughly 44% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Scott County's 66 public schools (combined enrollment of about 26,041 students), Hidden Valley Elementary is one campus in the mix.
Eagle Ridge Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Hidden Valley Elementary at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 35.1%.
The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 7%: 508 students in 2018 compared to 472 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share decreased from 38% to 25%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 in 2025.
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