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Enrollment
727
Elementary
DISTRICT 492 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAKEVILLE AREA SCHOOLS·NCES 271778002273
LAKE MARION ELEMENTARY
19875 DODD BLVD, LAKEVILLE, MN 55044 · (952) 232-2700 · Dakota County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL727 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 85% of Minnesota public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats 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
15.8:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.8:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
22%
160 students
DISTRICT 26% · 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 | 120 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 112 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 117 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 127 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 121 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 130 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (120) is 8% smaller than its 5th grade class (130).
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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
68.6%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
67.7%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 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
62.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.2%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 LAKE MARION ELEMENTARY
LAKE MARION ELEMENTARY's state test result (62.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAKE MARION ELEMENTARY this school | 727 | 22.0% | 62.2% |
| Carver Elementary School CARVER | 782 | 22.5% | 49.3% |
| ST. MICHAEL ELEMENTARY SAINT MICHAEL | 654 | 21.3% | 62.1% |
| RED PINE ELEMENTARY EAGAN | 740 | 20.5% | 58.8% |
| KENNEDY ELEMENTARY LAKEVILLE | 638 | 24.5% | 54.8% |
| MEADOWBROOK ELEMENTARY GOLDEN VALLEY | 792 | 21.0% | 49.9% |
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 LAKE MARION ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Dakota County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.2% | #108 of 844 | #6 of 60 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.7% | #151 of 844 | #11 of 60 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.6% | #66 of 844 | #4 of 60 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 727 | #66 of 1,130 | #6 of 73 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #621 of 769 | #52 of 58 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.9% | #412 of 796 | #48 of 59 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 22.0% | #799 of 942 | #52 of 66 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +17.1% | #72 of 244 | #3 of 19 |
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
727
+113 (+18%) vs 2020
+34% since 1990-91, when it was 544
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 727 | 45.9 | 15.8:1 | 22% (160) |
| 2023-24 | 790 | 53.9 | 14.7:1 | 27% (214) |
| 2022-23 | 751 | 51.8 | 14.5:1 | 27% (201) |
| 2020-21 | 614 | 42 | 14.6:1 | 16% (99) |
| 2017-18 | 621 | 35.8 | 17.4:1 | 20% (123) |
| 2015-16 | 562 | 29 | 19.4:1 | 21% (120) |
| 2010-11 | 596 | 30 | 19.9:1 | 21% (125) |
| 2000-01 | 664 | 36 | 18.4:1 | 8% (51) |
| 1990-91 | 544 | 32 | 17.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LAKE MARION ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students up 17% (621 to 727); teachers up 28% (35.8 to 45.9).
About LAKE MARION ELEMENTARY
LAKE MARION ELEMENTARY is a public large elementary school in LAKEVILLE, Minnesota. Students in kindergarten through 5 make up the school's enrollment of 727 students. Elementary schools in Minnesota average about 344 students, which makes this school 111% above average.
Lakeville Area Schools is the local district for LAKE MARION ELEMENTARY. It runs 21 schools with 12,025 students.
The largest group at LAKE MARION ELEMENTARY is White students, at 72%. The remaining students are 8% multiracial, 7% Black, 7% Hispanic, and 4% Asian. Dakota County residents are about 74% White, a similar share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, LAKE MARION ELEMENTARY scores 46%.
Teacher count: 45.9 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 15.8:1. The average for elementary schools in Minnesota, 13.7:1, is lower. Roughly 22% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is lower than the 34% average for public schools in Dakota County.
On the allk12 Grade, LAKE MARION ELEMENTARY lands at A, ahead of 85% of Minnesota public elementary schools.
LAKE MARION ELEMENTARY scores 62.2% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 53.2%.
American Community Survey estimates for Dakota County show that median household income comes to about $106,318, roughly 45% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Dakota County counts 170 public schools with about 74,687 students.
LAKEVILLE NORTH HIGH, about 0.4 miles away, is the closest public school. Within five miles of LAKE MARION ELEMENTARY, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, LAKE MARION ELEMENTARY places 2nd out of 8 schools in its immediate area.
LAKE MARION ELEMENTARY falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 727, compared with 614 in 2020-21. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio increased from 14.6:1 to 15.8:1.
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Dakota County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
445,771
Census ACS
Median income
$106,318
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
45%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
170
74,687 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lakeville Area Schools
- LAKEVILLE NORTH HIGHHigh · 1,871 students
- LAKEVILLE SOUTH HIGHHigh · 1,816 students
- CENTURY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 950 students
- KENWOOD TRAIL MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 854 students
- MCGUIRE MIDDLEMiddle · 844 students
- Highview Elementary SchoolElementary · 658 students
Other schools in LAKEVILLE
- LAKEVILLE NORTH HIGHHigh · 1,871 students
- LAKEVILLE SOUTH HIGHHigh · 1,816 students
- CENTURY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 950 students
- KENWOOD TRAIL MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 854 students
- East Lake Elementary SchoolElementary · 844 students
- MCGUIRE MIDDLEMiddle · 844 students
Nearby schools
- LAKEVILLE NORTH HIGH0.4 mi · 1,871
- LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARY0.7 mi · 588
- KENWOOD TRAIL MIDDLE SCHOOL1.0 mi · 854
- Lakeville Pathways Academy1.0 mi · 58
- CENTURY MIDDLE SCHOOL1.4 mi · 950
- MCGUIRE MIDDLE1.4 mi · 844
Frequently asked questions
About LAKE MARION ELEMENTARYHow many students attend LAKE MARION ELEMENTARY?
LAKE MARION ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 727 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does LAKE MARION ELEMENTARY serve?
LAKE MARION ELEMENTARY serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at LAKE MARION ELEMENTARY?
Approximately 15.8:1 students per teacher at LAKE MARION ELEMENTARY.
What is the racial breakdown of students at LAKE MARION ELEMENTARY?
At LAKE MARION ELEMENTARY, the student body is approximately 72% White, 7% Hispanic, 7% Black, 4% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is LAKE MARION ELEMENTARY public or private?
LAKE MARION ELEMENTARY is a public K-12 school, overseen by Lakeville Area Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.