La Ola Del Lago at Grainwood

As a reasonably sized elementary school in PRIOR LAKE, Minnesota, La Ola Del Lago at Grainwood instructs 463 students from grades K through 5, one of the schools within Prior Lake-Savage Area Schools. That puts it 35% bigger than the typical public school in Minnesota, which averages around 344 students.

Prior Lake-Savage Area Schools comprises 14 schools with combined enrollment of 8,788 students; La Ola Del Lago at Grainwood is among them.

Looking at the student body, La Ola Del Lago at Grainwood records that 68% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder consists of 21% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 77% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, La Ola Del Lago at Grainwood records 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.0:1. The state averages around 13.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 14% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Scott County runs at roughly 28%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), La Ola Del Lago at Grainwood performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 57.4%, the actual is 57.0%, a residual of -0.4 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Scott County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $119,314 per year, 44% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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), La Ola Del Lago at Grainwood is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: WestWood Elementary, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around La Ola Del Lago at Grainwood. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), La Ola Del Lago at Grainwood ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 55.9%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at La Ola Del Lago at Grainwood has expanded 9%, going from 426 students in 2018 to 463 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 80% to 68% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 13.2:1 in 2018 to 17.0:1 today.

On the community side, the feed for La Ola Del Lago at Grainwood typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.