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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the North Park School for Innovation administration to hear?
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Enrollment
433
Elementary
DISTRICT 402 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COLUMBIA HEIGHTS PUBLIC SCHOOL DIST·NCES 270951000400
North Park School for Innovation
5575 FILLMORE ST NE, FRIDLEY, MN 55432 · (763) 528-4305 · Anoka County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL433 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 8% of Minnesota public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Minnesota public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
81%
350 students
DISTRICT 75% · STATE 48%
Community
4
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 | 51 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 65 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 66 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 59 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 60 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 51 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 81 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (65) is 20% smaller than its 5th grade class (81).
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
20.9%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
14.3%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 21 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 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
17.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
21.6%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 22% 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 North Park School for Innovation
North Park School for Innovation's state test result (17.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Park School for Innovation this school | 433 | 80.8% | 17.5% |
| Lyndale Elementary MINNEAPOLIS | 466 | 79.2% | 27.9% |
| VALLEY VIEW ELEMENTARY BLOOMINGTON | 487 | 83.4% | 11.8% |
| Whittier Elementary MINNEAPOLIS | 491 | 85.3% | 11.0% |
| Highland Elementary COLUMBIA HEIGHTS | 534 | 78.3% | 17.9% |
| Ella Baker Elementary MINNEAPOLIS | 512 | 82.6% | 11.0% |
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 North Park School for Innovation ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Anoka County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 17.5% | #780 of 844 | #44 of 45 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.3% | #793 of 844 | #44 of 45 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 20.9% | #777 of 844 | #42 of 45 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 433 | #417 of 1,130 | #37 of 56 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #431 of 769 | #21 of 46 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.9% | #111 of 796 | #8 of 47 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 80.8% | #100 of 942 | #5 of 50 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.3% | #189 of 244 | #12 of 14 |
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
433
+42 (+11%) vs 2020
-22% since 1990-91, when it was 558
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 15.0:1
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 | 433 | 31.1 | 13.9:1 | 81% (350) |
| 2023-24 | 401 | 26.9 | 14.9:1 | 74% (297) |
| 2022-23 | 372 | 23.1 | 16.1:1 | 78% (289) |
| 2020-21 | 391 | 26 | 15.0:1 | 79% (310) |
| 2017-18 | 419 | 30.1 | 13.9:1 | 77% (324) |
| 2015-16 | 477 | 36 | 13.3:1 | 77% (367) |
| 2010-11 | 425 | 36 | 11.8:1 | 67% (283) |
| 2000-01 | 473 | 27 | 17.5:1 | 30% (140) |
| 1990-91 | 558 | 30 | 18.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for North Park School for Innovation.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (419 to 433); teachers up 3% (30.1 to 31.1).
About North Park School for Innovation
North Park School for Innovation is a medium-sized elementary school with an address in FRIDLEY, Minnesota. The latest federal count shows 433 students in pre-K through 5. Against the 344-student average for elementary schools in Minnesota, enrollment here is 26% higher.
Columbia Heights Public School Dist, which runs North Park School for Innovation, has 10 schools and 3,516 students.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at North Park School for Innovation. The largest is Hispanic students, at 44%. The next largest groups are 24% Black, 16% White, 13% multiracial, and 4% Asian. In Anoka County overall, about 6% of residents are Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 71%, meaning two students picked at random have a 71% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
North Park School for Innovation's 31.1 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 13.9:1. That is close to the 13.7:1 average for elementary schools in Minnesota. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 81%. The 42% average for public schools in Anoka County is 39 points lower.
Measured against Minnesota public elementary schools, North Park School for Innovation receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, North Park School for Innovation would be expected to post about 21.6%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 17.5%.
In Anoka County (population about 370,349), the median household income is $101,869, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 32%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. North Park School for Innovation is one of 145 public schools in the county.
The closest public school, Fridley Senior High, is about 0.8 miles from North Park School for Innovation. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. On state test proficiency, North Park School for Innovation ranks 4th in a group of 4 nearby schools.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment climbed 11% from its 2020-21 level of 391. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.0:1 in 2020-21 to 13.9:1 in 2024-25.
Topics for discussion here include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Anoka County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
370,349
Census ACS
Median income
$101,869
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
145
59,656 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Columbia Heights Public School Dist
- Columbia Heights Senior HighHigh · 1,141 students
- Columbia AcademyMiddle · 719 students
- Valley View ElementaryElementary · 568 students
- Highland ElementaryElementary · 534 students
- Early ChildhoodElementary · 74 students
- Virtual Heights SecondaryHigh · 19 students
Other schools in FRIDLEY
- Fridley Senior HighHigh · 796 students
- Fridley MiddleMiddle · 694 students
- Woodcrest El. Spanish ImmersionElementary · 558 students
- Stevenson ElementaryElementary · 459 students
- Hayes ElementaryElementary · 432 students
- Metro Heights AcademyHigh · 198 students
Nearby schools
- Fridley Senior High0.8 mi · 796
- Fridley Moore Lk Area Learning Ctr0.8 mi · 121
- Transitions School0.8 mi · 4
- Anchor0.9 mi · 11
- Columbia Heights Senior High0.9 mi · 1,141
- Columbia Heights Transition Program0.9 mi · 11
Frequently asked questions
About North Park School for InnovationHow many students attend North Park School for Innovation?
North Park School for Innovation enrolls approximately 433 students in grades PK-05.
Is North Park School for Innovation an elementary, middle, or high school?
North Park School for Innovation is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at North Park School for Innovation?
Approximately 13.9:1 students per teacher at North Park School for Innovation.
How diverse is North Park School for Innovation?
North Park School for Innovation reports a student body of 16% White, 44% Hispanic, 24% Black, 4% Asian, 13% Two or more.
Who oversees North Park School for Innovation?
North Park School for Innovation is overseen by Columbia Heights Public School Dist in Anoka County.
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