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Enrollment
501
Elementary
DISTRICT 364 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FOREST LAKE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 271227000597
Lino Lakes Elementary
725 MAIN STREET, LINO LAKES, MN 55014 · (651) 982-8850 · Anoka County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL501 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 43% of Minnesota public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
16.5:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.9:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
161 students
DISTRICT 32% · 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 | 31 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 57 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 81 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 63 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 70 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 62 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 71 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 66 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (57) is 14% smaller than its 6th grade class (66).
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · 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
51.5%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
47.0%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 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
46.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.8%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 Lino Lakes Elementary
Lino Lakes Elementary's state test result (46.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lino Lakes Elementary this school | 501 | 32.1% | 46.5% |
| Jefferson Elementary School ROCHESTER | 464 | 32.5% | 64.0% |
| Crooked Lake Elementary ANDOVER | 438 | 32.9% | 58.7% |
| BIRCHVIEW ELEMENTARY PLYMOUTH | 441 | 32.0% | 57.6% |
| ROYAL OAKS ELEMENTARY WOODBURY | 451 | 28.4% | 54.1% |
| HILLSIDE ELEMENTARY COTTAGE GROVE | 417 | 31.7% | 42.4% |
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 Lino Lakes Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Anoka County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.5% | #407 of 844 | #24 of 45 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #485 of 844 | #31 of 45 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.5% | #364 of 844 | #21 of 45 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 501 | #297 of 1,130 | #26 of 56 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.5:1 | #671 of 769 | #39 of 46 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.4% | #306 of 796 | #28 of 47 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 32.1% | #648 of 942 | #35 of 50 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.6% | #236 of 244 | #14 of 14 |
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
501
+37 (+8%) vs 2020
-3% since 1990-91, when it was 519
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
was 116.0:1
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 | 501 | 30.3 | 16.5:1 | 32% (161) |
| 2023-24 | 475 | 28.4 | 16.7:1 | 35% (166) |
| 2022-23 | 444 | 28.2 | 15.8:1 | 35% (155) |
| 2020-21 | 464 | 4 | 116.0:1 | 22% (101) |
| 2017-18 | 498 | 27 | 18.4:1 | 25% (124) |
| 2015-16 | 504 | 32 | 15.8:1 | 20% (101) |
| 2010-11 | 410 | 23 | 17.8:1 | 23% (96) |
| 2000-01 | 432 | 24 | 18.0:1 | 7% (32) |
| 1990-91 | 519 | 21 | 24.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lino Lakes Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (498 to 501); teachers up 12% (27 to 30.3).
About Lino Lakes Elementary
Lino Lakes Elementary is an elementary school located in LINO LAKES, Minnesota, in Anoka County. It has an enrollment of 501 students in pre-K through 6. Elementary schools in Minnesota average about 344 students, which makes this school 46% larger than average.
Forest Lake Public School District includes 14 schools. Together they enroll 5,776 students.
The share of White students at Lino Lakes Elementary is 63%, a majority. Other students are 11% Asian, 10% multiracial, 10% Black, and 6% Hispanic. That is lower than the 75% White share among all Anoka County residents. A diversity index of 56% means there is a 56% chance two randomly chosen students at Lino Lakes Elementary are from different groups.
With 30.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 16.5:1. Elementary schools in Minnesota have an average ratio of 13.7:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Lino Lakes Elementary, 32% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Anoka County average 42%.
On the allk12 Grade, Lino Lakes Elementary lands at C+, ahead of 43% of Minnesota public elementary schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Lino Lakes Elementary, the prediction is 47.8% and the result is 46.5%.
In the surrounding county, Anoka County, the median household earns about $101,869 a year, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Lino Lakes Elementary, Anoka County has 145 public schools.
Pines School - RJC sits about 1.5 miles from Lino Lakes Elementary. Lino Lakes Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Lino Lakes Elementary comes in 4th of 4 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Its location is classified as Rural: Fringe by the National Center for Education Statistics.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was an 8% rise, from 464 to 501. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 116.0:1 to 16.5:1.
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Anoka County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
370,349
Census ACS
Median income
$101,869
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
145
59,656 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Forest Lake Public School District
- Forest Lake Area High SchoolHigh · 1,805 students
- Forest Lake Area Middle SchoolMiddle · 916 students
- Wyoming ElementaryElementary · 447 students
- Columbus ElementaryElementary · 441 students
- Linwood ElementaryElementary · 400 students
- Forest View ElementaryElementary · 345 students
Other schools in LINO LAKES
- Centennial MiddleMiddle · 1,595 students
- Blue Heron ElementaryElementary · 707 students
- Rice Lake ElementaryElementary · 687 students
- Early Childhood CenterElementary · 109 students
- Pines School - ACSHigh · 22 students
- Pines School - RJCHigh · 21 students
Nearby schools
- Pines School - RJC1.5 mi · 21
- Pines School Day Program1.5 mi · 9
- Pines School - NSP1.5 mi · 20
- MN CORRECTIONAL FACILITY-LINO LAKES1.6 mi · 7
- Pines School - ACS1.6 mi · 22
- Blue Heron Elementary2.0 mi · 707
Frequently asked questions
About Lino Lakes ElementaryHow large is Lino Lakes Elementary?
Lino Lakes Elementary enrolls approximately 501 students in grades PK-06.
Is Lino Lakes Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Lino Lakes Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many teachers does Lino Lakes Elementary have?
Lino Lakes Elementary employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Lino Lakes Elementary?
Student demographics at Lino Lakes Elementary are roughly 63% White, 6% Hispanic, 10% Black, 11% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is Lino Lakes Elementary in?
Lino Lakes Elementary is part of Forest Lake Public School District.
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