NORMANDALE ELEMENTARY

NORMANDALE ELEMENTARY is an expansive K-5 school in EDINA, Minnesota, operated by EDINA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school caters to 652 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 90% above the typical public school in Minnesota, which averages around 344 students.

EDINA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 14 schools in total, collectively educating 8,794 students. NORMANDALE ELEMENTARY is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, NORMANDALE ELEMENTARY reports that the largest single group is White, at 73% of enrollment. Other groups include 11% multiracial, 8% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 3% Black.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.7:1 average. Roughly 6% of students at NORMANDALE ELEMENTARY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Hennepin County (around 43%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

With demographic context factored in, NORMANDALE ELEMENTARY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 61.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 72.7%.

Around the school, census data for Hennepin County shows median household earnings sit near $97,653, about 54% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Hennepin County runs 496 public schools (combined enrollment of about 177,509 students), of which NORMANDALE ELEMENTARY is one.

Nearest neighbor: Edina Virtual Pathway, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around NORMANDALE ELEMENTARY. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts NORMANDALE ELEMENTARY at 1st of 6; the average score across the group is 64.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Five-year trend. NORMANDALE ELEMENTARY's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 647 (now 652). Over the same period, the White share decreased from 84% to 73%. Class-load math has fell: from 21.9:1 in 2018 to 17.0:1 in 2025.

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