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Enrollment
792
Elementary
DISTRICT 393 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOPKINS PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 271426001884
MEADOWBROOK ELEMENTARY
5430 GLENWOOD AVE, GOLDEN VALLEY, MN 55422 · (952) 988-5100 · Hennepin County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL792 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.4:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
21%
166 students
DISTRICT 41% · 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 | 37 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 114 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 140 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 121 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 127 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 127 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 126 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (114) is 10% smaller than its 5th grade class (126).
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
56.2%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
53.6%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 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
49.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.8%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 MEADOWBROOK ELEMENTARY
MEADOWBROOK ELEMENTARY's state test result (49.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MEADOWBROOK ELEMENTARY this school | 792 | 21.0% | 49.9% |
| Carver Elementary School CARVER | 782 | 22.5% | 49.3% |
| FERNBROOK ELEMENTARY MAPLE GROVE | 952 | 22.5% | 59.6% |
| RED PINE ELEMENTARY EAGAN | 740 | 20.5% | 58.8% |
| Prairie View Elementary School OTSEGO | 755 | 19.5% | 64.5% |
| LAKE MARION ELEMENTARY LAKEVILLE | 727 | 22.0% | 62.2% |
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 MEADOWBROOK ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Hennepin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.9% | #340 of 844 | #67 of 169 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.6% | #383 of 844 | #69 of 169 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.2% | #274 of 844 | #62 of 169 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 792 | #40 of 1,130 | #12 of 206 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #567 of 769 | #114 of 164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.2% | #353 of 796 | #110 of 165 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 21.0% | #814 of 942 | #144 of 183 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.8% | #207 of 244 | #44 of 50 |
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
792
-45 (-5%) vs 2020
+23% since 1990-91, when it was 646
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 16.7:1
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 | 792 | 52 | 15.2:1 | 21% (166) |
| 2023-24 | 777 | 52.4 | 14.8:1 | 23% (178) |
| 2022-23 | 854 | 46 | 18.6:1 | 22% (191) |
| 2020-21 | 837 | 50 | 16.7:1 | 14% (120) |
| 2017-18 | 778 | 46 | 16.9:1 | 11% (88) |
| 2015-16 | 763 | 44 | 17.3:1 | 13% (97) |
| 2010-11 | 638 | 34 | 18.8:1 | 19% (123) |
| 2000-01 | 532 | 31 | 17.2:1 | 4% (22) |
| 1990-91 | 646 | 29 | 22.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MEADOWBROOK ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (778 to 792); teachers up 13% (46 to 52).
About MEADOWBROOK ELEMENTARY
MEADOWBROOK ELEMENTARY is an elementary school in GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, and it is part of HOPKINS PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. It serves 792 students in pre-K through 5. For comparison, elementary schools in Minnesota average about 344 students.
HOPKINS PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT includes 14 schools. Together they enroll 7,129 students.
At MEADOWBROOK ELEMENTARY, White students make up 67% of the student body. The school is also 14% Black, 11% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, and 3% Asian. For comparison, Hennepin County is about 66% White. MEADOWBROOK ELEMENTARY's diversity index is 52%, against a US figure of 70%.
At MEADOWBROOK ELEMENTARY, 52 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 15.2:1. On average, elementary schools in Minnesota have 13.7:1, compared with 15.2:1 here. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 21% of enrollment. The 43% average for public schools in Hennepin County is 22 points higher.
Schools in Minnesota with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 53.8%. MEADOWBROOK ELEMENTARY scores 49.9%.
Among Hennepin County residents, the median household income is $97,653, about 54% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Besides MEADOWBROOK ELEMENTARY, Hennepin County has 495 other public schools.
VirtualEDU ELementary is located about 0.1 miles from MEADOWBROOK ELEMENTARY. The five-mile area around MEADOWBROOK ELEMENTARY holds at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 37.7%, lower than MEADOWBROOK ELEMENTARY's 49.9%.
The NCES locale for MEADOWBROOK ELEMENTARY is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
MEADOWBROOK ELEMENTARY's enrollment declined from 837 in 2020-21 to 792 in 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 16.7:1 to 15.2:1.
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Hennepin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,269,496
Census ACS
Median income
$97,653
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
54%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
496
177,509 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in HOPKINS PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
- Hopkins High SchoolHigh · 2,003 students
- Hopkins North Middle SchoolMiddle · 866 students
- Hopkins West Middle SchoolMiddle · 574 students
- L.H. TANGLEN ELEMENTARYElementary · 521 students
- EISENHOWER ELEMENTARYElementary · 504 students
- ALICE SMITH ELEMENTARYElementary · 467 students
Other schools in GOLDEN VALLEY
- SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING-ARTS AT OLSONElementary · 432 students
- Sandburg Middle SchoolMiddle · 341 students
- HIGHVIEW ALCHigh · 277 students
- NOBLE ELEMENTARYElementary · 262 students
- Robbinsdale Virtual AcademyHigh · 170 students
- PERPICH CENTER FOR ARTS EDUCATIONHigh · 154 students
Other Meadowbrook Elementary schools
12 other US public schools in 11 states are named Meadowbrook Elementary. MEADOWBROOK ELEMENTARY is the largest of the 13.
- MEADOWBROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLGAINESVILLE, FL · 791 students
- MEADOWBROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLFORT LAUDERDALE, FL · 693 students
- MEADOWBROOK ELEMENTARYGLADSTONE, MO · 529 students
- Meadowbrook Elementary SchoolNOVI, MI · 518 students
- Meadowbrook Elementary SchoolNorthbrook, IL · 497 students
Nearby schools
- VirtualEDU ELementary0.1 mi · 24
- VirtualEDU Secondary0.1 mi · 112
- PERPICH CENTER FOR ARTS EDUCATION0.6 mi · 154
- Notre Ecole Academy1.0 mi · 75
- Bryn Mawr Elementary1.6 mi · 431
- PETER HOBART ELEMENTARY1.6 mi · 435
Frequently asked questions
About MEADOWBROOK ELEMENTARYHow large is MEADOWBROOK ELEMENTARY?
MEADOWBROOK ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 792 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does MEADOWBROOK ELEMENTARY serve?
MEADOWBROOK ELEMENTARY serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at MEADOWBROOK ELEMENTARY?
Approximately 15.2:1 students per teacher at MEADOWBROOK ELEMENTARY.
How diverse is MEADOWBROOK ELEMENTARY?
MEADOWBROOK ELEMENTARY reports a student body of 67% White, 6% Hispanic, 14% Black, 3% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Who oversees MEADOWBROOK ELEMENTARY?
MEADOWBROOK ELEMENTARY is overseen by HOPKINS PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT in Hennepin County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.