NORTHVIEW ELEMENTARY

NORTHVIEW ELEMENTARY, a mid-sized elementary school in EAGAN, Minnesota, part of ROSEMOUNT-APPLE VALLEY-EAGAN, serves 396 students, covering grades K through 5.

ROSEMOUNT-APPLE VALLEY-EAGAN comprises 36 schools with combined enrollment of 29,224 students; NORTHVIEW ELEMENTARY is among them.

Looking at the student body, NORTHVIEW ELEMENTARY reports that 65% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school lists 13% Black, 10% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, 6% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 74% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.6:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.7:1, putting NORTHVIEW ELEMENTARY tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 22% of students at NORTHVIEW ELEMENTARY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Dakota County (around 34%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, NORTHVIEW ELEMENTARY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 53.1%; this one delivers 60.8%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Dakota County put median household earnings sit near $106,318, roughly 45% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Dakota County runs 170 public schools (combined enrollment of about 74,687 students), of which NORTHVIEW ELEMENTARY is one.

DAKOTA HILLS MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts NORTHVIEW ELEMENTARY at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 57.4%.

NORTHVIEW ELEMENTARY operates from a metropolitan location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 12%: 450 students in 2018 compared to 396 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 71% to 65% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 13.7:1 in 2018 to 12.6:1 in 2025.

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