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Enrollment
652
Elementary
DISTRICT 567 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EDINA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 271125000709
NORMANDALE ELEMENTARY
5701 NORMANDALE RD, EDINA, MN 55424 · (952) 848-4100 · Hennepin County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL652 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.0:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
6%
39 students
DISTRICT 24% · 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 | 2 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 105 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 103 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 100 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 123 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 115 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 104 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (105) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (104).
Student demographics
44%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
77.1%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
81.5%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 77 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 81 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
72.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.9%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 NORMANDALE ELEMENTARY
NORMANDALE ELEMENTARY's state test result (72.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| NORMANDALE ELEMENTARY this school | 652 | 6.0% | 72.7% |
| CONCORD ELEMENTARY EDINA | 741 | 9.0% | 71.9% |
| EXCELSIOR ELEMENTARY EXCELSIOR | 707 | 9.2% | 73.8% |
| SCHUMANN ELEMENTARY LONG LAKE | 611 | 6.9% | N/A |
| Rice Lake Elementary LINO LAKES | 687 | 11.8% | 74.1% |
| GROVELAND ELEMENTARY MINNETONKA | 903 | 5.9% | 73.4% |
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 NORMANDALE ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Hennepin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.7% | #20 of 844 | #14 of 169 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 81.5% | #21 of 844 | #12 of 169 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 77.1% | #16 of 844 | #13 of 169 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 652 | #121 of 1,130 | #35 of 206 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.0:1 | #703 of 769 | #147 of 164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.5% | #436 of 796 | #126 of 165 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 6.0% | #938 of 942 | #181 of 183 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.8% | #228 of 244 | #48 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
652
+1 (+0%) vs 2020
+14% since 2000-01, when it was 571
Student : Teacher
17.0:1
was 26.0:1
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 | 652 | 38.3 | 17.0:1 | 6% (39) |
| 2023-24 | 652 | 39 | 16.7:1 | 8% (51) |
| 2022-23 | 657 | 38.1 | 17.2:1 | 7% (46) |
| 2020-21 | 651 | 25 | 26.0:1 | 3% (19) |
| 2017-18 | 647 | 29.6 | 21.9:1 | 2% (14) |
| 2015-16 | 648 | 34 | 19.1:1 | 2% (16) |
| 2010-11 | 612 | 31 | 19.7:1 | 1% (5) |
| 2000-01 | 571 | 31 | 18.4:1 | 1% (7) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for NORMANDALE ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (647 to 652); teachers up 29% (29.6 to 38.3).
About NORMANDALE ELEMENTARY
Students in EDINA, Minnesota, attend NORMANDALE ELEMENTARY, a large elementary school. The school serves 652 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. The average among elementary schools in Minnesota is roughly 344 students; this school is 90% larger than that.
Across its 14 schools, EDINA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT enrolls 8,794 students. NORMANDALE ELEMENTARY is one of those schools.
White students account for 73% of enrollment at NORMANDALE ELEMENTARY. Smaller groups are 11% multiracial, 8% Hispanic, 6% Asian, and 3% Black. NORMANDALE ELEMENTARY has a diversity index of 44%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school reports 38.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 17.0 students per teacher. For comparison, elementary schools in Minnesota average 13.7:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 6% of students. The average for public schools in Hennepin County is 43%.
On BeatsExpectations, NORMANDALE ELEMENTARY is 10.8 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Minnesota schools.
Census Bureau estimates for Hennepin County show that median household income is about $97,653, 54% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 496 public schools operate in Hennepin County, serving about 177,509 students.
The nearest other public school, Edina Virtual Pathway, is less than a tenth of a mile away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of NORMANDALE ELEMENTARY. By average proficiency, NORMANDALE ELEMENTARY is 1st among 6 schools close by.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Small: inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment went from 651 in 2020-21 to 652 in 2024-25, a change of 1 student. The ratio of students to teachers went from 26.0:1 to 17.0:1 over the same years.
Community posts for NORMANDALE ELEMENTARY can cover sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 EDINA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
- EDINA SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,641 students
- SOUTH VIEW MIDDLEMiddle · 1,021 students
- VALLEY VIEW MIDDLEMiddle · 1,003 students
- CONCORD ELEMENTARYElementary · 741 students
- COUNTRYSIDE ELEMENTARYElementary · 665 students
- CORNELIA ELEMENTARYElementary · 617 students
Other schools in EDINA
- EDINA SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,641 students
- SOUTH VIEW MIDDLEMiddle · 1,021 students
- VALLEY VIEW MIDDLEMiddle · 1,003 students
- CONCORD ELEMENTARYElementary · 741 students
- COUNTRYSIDE ELEMENTARYElementary · 665 students
- CORNELIA ELEMENTARYElementary · 617 students
Nearby schools
- Edina Virtual Pathway0.1 mi · 75
- SPECIAL ED-NON PUBLIC0.1 mi · 7
- EARLY CHILDHOOD SPECIAL ED0.1 mi · 146
- SOUTH VIEW MIDDLE0.1 mi · 1,021
- CONCORD ELEMENTARY0.2 mi · 741
- HIGHLANDS ELEMENTARY0.9 mi · 564
Frequently asked questions
About NORMANDALE ELEMENTARYHow many students attend NORMANDALE ELEMENTARY?
NORMANDALE ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 652 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does NORMANDALE ELEMENTARY serve?
NORMANDALE ELEMENTARY serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does NORMANDALE ELEMENTARY have?
NORMANDALE ELEMENTARY employs 38 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.0:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at NORMANDALE ELEMENTARY?
At NORMANDALE ELEMENTARY, the student body is approximately 73% White, 8% Hispanic, 3% Black, 6% Asian, 11% Two or more.
What district is NORMANDALE ELEMENTARY in?
NORMANDALE ELEMENTARY is part of EDINA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.