MEADOWVALE ELEMENTARY

MEADOWVALE ELEMENTARY is an elementary school of sizable scale in ELK RIVER, Minnesota, operated by Elk River Public School District, instructing 554 students in grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 61% above the state mean of about 344.

Elk River Public School District comprises 29 schools with combined enrollment of 14,633 students; MEADOWVALE ELEMENTARY is among them.

On the student-mix side, MEADOWVALE ELEMENTARY logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (84%); the rest is composed of 8% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Sherburne County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, MEADOWVALE ELEMENTARY has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.3:1. The state averages around 13.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 16% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Sherburne County (around 29%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

With demographic context factored in, MEADOWVALE ELEMENTARY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 56.3%; this one delivers 62.5%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Sherburne County indicate the typical household earns roughly $105,466 per year, about 30% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 3%. MEADOWVALE ELEMENTARY is one of 45 public schools in Sherburne County (combined enrollment of about 16,306 students).

SALK MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), MEADOWVALE ELEMENTARY ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 44.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Looking at the recent track record. MEADOWVALE ELEMENTARY's enrollment has edged down 7% since 2018, when it stood at 597 (now 554). The White share of enrollment ticked down from 90% to 84% over that span.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.