Enrollment
396
Elementary
DISTRICT 640 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROSEMOUNT-APPLE VALLEY-EAGAN·NCES 273239001377
NORTHVIEW ELEMENTARY
965 DIFFLEY RD, EAGAN, MN 55123 · (651) 683-6820 · Dakota County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL396 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
22%
88 students
DISTRICT 33% · STATE 48%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 56 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 60 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 70 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 60 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 81 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (56) is 31% smaller than its 5th grade class (81).
Student demographics
55%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
62.2%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
67.9%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 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
60.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.1%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 NORTHVIEW ELEMENTARY
NORTHVIEW ELEMENTARY's state test result (60.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| NORTHVIEW ELEMENTARY this school | 396 | 22.2% | 60.8% |
| RIDGEVIEW ELEMENTARY BLOOMINGTON | 390 | 23.8% | 68.9% |
| FALCON HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY FALCON HEIGHTS | 442 | 26.2% | 67.1% |
| Armatage Elementary MINNEAPOLIS | 377 | 20.2% | 71.3% |
| HILLCREST ELEMENTARY BLOOMINGTON | 373 | 20.9% | 45.5% |
| Randolph Heights Elementary SAINT PAUL | 448 | 25.9% | 70.6% |
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 NORTHVIEW ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Dakota County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.8% | #124 of 844 | #11 of 60 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.9% | #148 of 844 | #10 of 60 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.2% | #153 of 844 | #14 of 60 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 396 | #487 of 1,130 | #47 of 73 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #237 of 769 | #11 of 58 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.8% | #321 of 796 | #39 of 59 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 22.2% | #796 of 942 | #51 of 66 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.0% | #279 of 499 | #21 of 36 |
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
396
-56 (-12%) vs 2020
-30% since 1990-91, when it was 568
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 13.7:1
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 | 396 | 31.5 | 12.6:1 | 22% (88) |
| 2023-24 | 385 | 29.7 | 13.0:1 | 24% (93) |
| 2022-23 | 391 | 28.1 | 13.9:1 | 24% (93) |
| 2020-21 | 452 | 33 | 13.7:1 | 15% (67) |
| 2017-18 | 450 | 33 | 13.7:1 | 18% (79) |
| 2015-16 | 422 | 29 | 14.6:1 | 21% (87) |
| 2010-11 | 444 | 26 | 17.1:1 | 15% (67) |
| 2000-01 | 675 | 33 | 20.4:1 | 5% (35) |
| 1990-91 | 568 | 26 | 21.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for NORTHVIEW ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (450 to 396); teachers down 5% (33 to 31.5).
About NORTHVIEW ELEMENTARY
NORTHVIEW ELEMENTARY is a medium-sized elementary school for students in EAGAN, Minnesota. The student body numbers 396 students, from kindergarten through 5.
ROSEMOUNT-APPLE VALLEY-EAGAN has 29,224 students spread across 36 schools.
White students account for 65% of enrollment at NORTHVIEW ELEMENTARY. Other students are 13% Black, 10% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, and 6% Asian. That is lower than the 74% White share among all Dakota County residents. NORTHVIEW ELEMENTARY has a diversity index of 55%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Teachers at NORTHVIEW ELEMENTARY total 31.5 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 12.6:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Minnesota average 13.7:1. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 22%. Across public schools in Dakota County, the average is 34%.
In Minnesota, NORTHVIEW ELEMENTARY is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 60.8% actual against a predicted 53.1%.
County data help place the school in context: in Dakota County, median household income is about $106,318, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 45%, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. NORTHVIEW ELEMENTARY is among the 170 public schools in Dakota County.
The closest other public school is DAKOTA HILLS MIDDLE, about 0.2 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. NORTHVIEW ELEMENTARY's average proficiency of 60.8% compares with 57.4% for its nearest scored neighbors.
NCES describes the area around NORTHVIEW ELEMENTARY as City: Small, meaning inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
The student count in 2024-25 was 396, 12% below the 452 of 2020-21. Students per teacher fell from 13.7 in 2020-21 to 12.6 in 2024-25.
Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 ROSEMOUNT-APPLE VALLEY-EAGAN
- ROSEMOUNT SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,364 students
- EASTVIEW SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,328 students
- EAGAN SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,274 students
- APPLE VALLEY SENIOR HIGHHigh · 1,999 students
- SCOTT HIGHLANDS MIDDLEMiddle · 1,228 students
- DAKOTA HILLS MIDDLEMiddle · 1,184 students
Other schools in EAGAN
- EAGAN SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,274 students
- DAKOTA HILLS MIDDLEMiddle · 1,184 students
- BLACK HAWK MIDDLEMiddle · 889 students
- RED PINE ELEMENTARYElementary · 740 students
- WOODLAND ELEMENTARYElementary · 720 students
- GLACIER HILLS SCHOOL - ARTS/SCIENCEElementary · 707 students
Other Northview Elementary schools
11 other US public schools in 8 states are named Northview Elementary. NORTHVIEW ELEMENTARY is the 7th largest of the 12.
- Northview Elementary SchoolGas City, IN · 673 students
- NORTHVIEW ELEMENTARYKANSAS CITY, MO · 656 students
- Northview Elementary SchoolPeru, IL · 594 students
- Northview ElementaryBowie, MD · 587 students
- NORTHVIEW ELEM.JENNINGS, MO · 540 students
Nearby schools
- DAKOTA HILLS MIDDLE0.2 mi · 1,184
- EAGAN SENIOR HIGH0.2 mi · 2,274
- WOODLAND ELEMENTARY1.1 mi · 720
- Pinewood Community Elementary1.1 mi · 519
- GLACIER HILLS SCHOOL - ARTS/SCIENCE1.2 mi · 707
- DEERWOOD ELEMENTARY1.8 mi · 528
Frequently asked questions
About NORTHVIEW ELEMENTARYHow large is NORTHVIEW ELEMENTARY?
NORTHVIEW ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 396 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does NORTHVIEW ELEMENTARY serve?
NORTHVIEW ELEMENTARY serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at NORTHVIEW ELEMENTARY?
The student-to-teacher ratio at NORTHVIEW ELEMENTARY is approximately 12.6:1 (31 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at NORTHVIEW ELEMENTARY?
At NORTHVIEW ELEMENTARY, the student body is approximately 65% White, 7% Hispanic, 13% Black, 6% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees NORTHVIEW ELEMENTARY?
NORTHVIEW ELEMENTARY is overseen by ROSEMOUNT-APPLE VALLEY-EAGAN in Dakota County.
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