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What's one thing NORTH TRAIL ELEMENTARY gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
612
Elementary
DISTRICT 551 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FARMINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 271182002642
NORTH TRAIL ELEMENTARY
5580 170TH ST W, FARMINGTON, MN 55024 · (651) 460-1800 · Dakota County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL612 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 22% of Minnesota public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
15.2:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
193 students
DISTRICT 28% · 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 | 27 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 76 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 89 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 105 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 98 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 104 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 113 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (76) is 33% smaller than its 5th grade class (113).
Student demographics
64%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
42.7%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
46.5%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 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
40.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.1%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 TRAIL ELEMENTARY
NORTH TRAIL ELEMENTARY's state test result (40.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| NORTH TRAIL ELEMENTARY this school | 612 | 31.5% | 40.1% |
| Dayton Elementary DAYTON | 556 | 29.0% | 51.0% |
| DEERWOOD ELEMENTARY EAGAN | 528 | 29.4% | 51.9% |
| ELM CREEK ELEMENTARY MAPLE GROVE | 565 | 33.1% | 50.5% |
| DIAMOND PATH EL SCH OF INTL STUDIES APPLE VALLEY | 686 | 30.5% | 56.0% |
| HIGHLAND ELEMENTARY APPLE VALLEY | 662 | 26.9% | 50.4% |
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 NORTH TRAIL ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Dakota County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.1% | #529 of 844 | #45 of 60 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.5% | #492 of 844 | #41 of 60 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.7% | #545 of 844 | #48 of 60 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 612 | #148 of 1,130 | #18 of 73 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #564 of 769 | #45 of 58 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.0% | #232 of 796 | #27 of 59 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.5% | #660 of 942 | #37 of 66 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.2% | #242 of 244 | #18 of 19 |
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
612
+4 (+1%) vs 2020
-21% since 2000-01, when it was 778
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 612 | 40.2 | 15.2:1 | 32% (193) |
| 2023-24 | 609 | 39.8 | 15.3:1 | 33% (200) |
| 2022-23 | 639 | 40.7 | 15.7:1 | 34% (218) |
| 2020-21 | 608 | 40 | 15.2:1 | 17% (103) |
| 2017-18 | 611 | 42.6 | 14.3:1 | 18% (110) |
| 2015-16 | 633 | 36 | 17.6:1 | 17% (109) |
| 2010-11 | 654 | 36 | 18.2:1 | 15% (99) |
| 2000-01 | 778 | 40 | 19.4:1 | 11% (86) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for NORTH TRAIL ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (611 to 612); teachers down 6% (42.6 to 40.2).
About NORTH TRAIL ELEMENTARY
A high-enrollment elementary school in FARMINGTON, Minnesota, NORTH TRAIL ELEMENTARY is part of FARMINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. Enrolled students number 612 students, in pre-K through 5. Statewide, elementary schools in Minnesota average about 344 students each.
NORTH TRAIL ELEMENTARY belongs to FARMINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district of 9 schools and 6,458 students.
NORTH TRAIL ELEMENTARY's enrollment is 54% White. Enrollment also includes 21% Black, 15% Hispanic, 6% Asian, and 5% multiracial. Among people living in Dakota County, the White share is about 74%. The chance that two students picked at random at NORTH TRAIL ELEMENTARY belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 64%.
A ratio of 15.2:1 comes from the school's 40.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 13.7:1 average for elementary schools in Minnesota is lower than this school's figure. The lunch program counts 32% of students at NORTH TRAIL ELEMENTARY as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Across public schools in Dakota County, the average is about the same, 34%.
Measured against Minnesota public elementary schools, NORTH TRAIL ELEMENTARY receives a C-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The model predicts 48.1% for a school in Minnesota with NORTH TRAIL ELEMENTARY's free or reduced-price lunch share. NORTH TRAIL ELEMENTARY posts 40.1%.
Federal survey data for Dakota County show that median household income is about $106,318, 45% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. NORTH TRAIL ELEMENTARY is among the 170 public schools in Dakota County.
Nearby, East Lake Elementary School is about 1.4 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, NORTH TRAIL ELEMENTARY places 5th out of 7 schools in its immediate area.
NCES assigns NORTH TRAIL ELEMENTARY the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 608 in 2020-21, 612 in 2024-25.
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Dakota County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
445,771
Census ACS
Median income
$106,318
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
45%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
170
74,687 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in FARMINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
- FARMINGTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,153 students
- ROBERT BOECKMAN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 855 students
- LEVI P. DODGE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 692 students
- MEADOWVIEW ELEMENTARYElementary · 600 students
- RIVERVIEW ELEMENTARYElementary · 573 students
- FARMINGTON ELEMENTARYElementary · 493 students
Other schools in FARMINGTON
- FARMINGTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,153 students
- ROBERT BOECKMAN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 855 students
- LEVI P. DODGE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 692 students
- MEADOWVIEW ELEMENTARYElementary · 600 students
- RIVERVIEW ELEMENTARYElementary · 573 students
- FARMINGTON ELEMENTARYElementary · 493 students
Nearby schools
- East Lake Elementary School1.4 mi · 844
- PARKVIEW ELEMENTARY1.4 mi · 674
- TRANSITION PLUS2.1 mi · 154
- 917 TEA2.2 mi · 41
- AKIN ROAD ELEMENTARY2.3 mi · 479
- Cedar Park Elementary STEM School2.5 mi · 722
Frequently asked questions
About NORTH TRAIL ELEMENTARYHow many students attend NORTH TRAIL ELEMENTARY?
NORTH TRAIL ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 612 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does NORTH TRAIL ELEMENTARY serve?
NORTH TRAIL ELEMENTARY serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at NORTH TRAIL ELEMENTARY?
Approximately 15.2:1 students per teacher at NORTH TRAIL ELEMENTARY.
How diverse is NORTH TRAIL ELEMENTARY?
NORTH TRAIL ELEMENTARY reports a student body of 54% White, 15% Hispanic, 21% Black, 6% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees NORTH TRAIL ELEMENTARY?
NORTH TRAIL ELEMENTARY is overseen by FARMINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT in Dakota County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.