IGH EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAM

Located at 2990 80TH ST E, in INVER GROVE HEIGHTS, Minnesota, IGH EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAM is a very small K-5 school that enrolls 68 students (grade pre-K), run under INVER GROVE HEIGHTS SCHOOLS. Enrollment runs roughly 80% smaller than the state mean of about 344.

INVER GROVE HEIGHTS SCHOOLS runs 8 schools in total, collectively educating 3,427 students. IGH EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAM is one of those campuses.

Demographically, IGH EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAM shows that 59% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder looks like 24% Hispanic, 13% Black, 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, Roughly 57% of students at IGH EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAM qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Dakota County's rate of about 34%.

In the broader community, census data for Dakota County shows the typical household earns roughly $106,318 per year, about 45% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, Dakota County runs 170 public schools (combined enrollment of about 74,687 students), of which IGH EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAM is one.

The closest other public school is HILLTOP ELEMENTARY, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around IGH EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAM.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at IGH EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAM has ticked up 33%, going from 51 students in 2018 to 68 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 8% to 13% across the same window.

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