MORELAND ART/HEALTH SCIENCE MAGNET

MORELAND ART/HEALTH SCIENCE MAGNET operates as a moderately sized K-5 school in WEST SAINT PAUL, Minnesota, run under West St. Paul-Mendota Heights-Eagan. Current enrollment sits at 369 students spanning grades pre-K through 4.

West St. Paul-Mendota Heights-Eagan runs 13 schools in total, collectively educating 5,452 students. MORELAND ART/HEALTH SCIENCE MAGNET is one of those campuses.

On demographics, MORELAND ART/HEALTH SCIENCE MAGNET records that 41% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 29% White, 15% Black, 9% multiracial, 5% Asian. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 9%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, MORELAND ART/HEALTH SCIENCE MAGNET has 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.7:1, putting MORELAND ART/HEALTH SCIENCE MAGNET tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 64% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Dakota County's rate of about 34%.

After controlling for student poverty, MORELAND ART/HEALTH SCIENCE MAGNET sits in the top 10% of Minnesota schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 30.4%; actual is 43.1%, +12.7 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Dakota County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $106,318 per year, 45% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Dakota County's 170 public schools (combined enrollment of about 74,687 students), MORELAND ART/HEALTH SCIENCE MAGNET is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is HERITAGE E-STEM MAGNET SCHOOL, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), MORELAND ART/HEALTH SCIENCE MAGNET ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 39.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MORELAND ART/HEALTH SCIENCE MAGNET has fell 10%, going from 409 students in 2018 to 369 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment grew from 9% to 15% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 12.1:1 in 2018 to 10.8:1 today.

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