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Nuevas Fronteras Spanish Immersion
- B-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
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 96 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 101 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 98 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 91 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 88 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 87 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (96) is 10% larger than its 5th grade class (87).
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsWhat this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Minnesota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 45.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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%.
Schools most like Nuevas Fronteras Spanish Immersion
Nuevas Fronteras Spanish Immersion's state test result (47.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nuevas Fronteras Spanish Immersion this school | 561 | 18.4% | 47.3% |
| International Spanish Language Acad EDINA | 447 | 26.2% | 52.4% |
| LA ACADEMIA CHASKA | 443 | 26.0% | 50.4% |
| Morris Area Elementary MORRIS | 557 | 29.3% | 50.5% |
| La Ola Del Lago at Grainwood PRIOR LAKE | 463 | 14.3% | 57.0% |
| LAKE ELMO ELEMENTARY LAKE ELMO | 697 | 23.0% | 52.4% |
Where Nuevas Fronteras Spanish Immersion ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Washington County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.3% | #388 of 844 | #20 of 35 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.9% | #342 of 844 | #20 of 35 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.8% | #384 of 844 | #22 of 35 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 561 | #213 of 1,130 | #15 of 42 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.6:1 | #747 of 769 | #35 of 36 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.6% | #289 of 796 | #18 of 36 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 18.4% | #853 of 942 | #25 of 38 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +41.7% | #18 of 244 | #4 of 16 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 561 | 30.1 | 18.6:1 | 18% (103) |
| 2023-24 | 533 | 30.1 | 17.7:1 | 15% (81) |
| 2022-23 | 499 | 23.8 | 21.0:1 | 16% (81) |
| 2020-21 | 466 | 24 | 19.4:1 | 10% (47) |
| 2017-18 | 396 | 16.3 | 24.3:1 | 15% (58) |
| 2015-16 | 370 | 11 | 33.6:1 | 12% (44) |
| 2010-11 | 363 | 3 | 121.0:1 | 9% (32) |
Since 2017-18: students up 42% (396 to 561); teachers up 85% (16.3 to 30.1).
About Nuevas Fronteras Spanish Immersion
Nuevas Fronteras Spanish Immersion is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in SAINT PAUL PARK, Minnesota. Students in kindergarten through 5 attend, and enrollment is 561 students. The school's enrollment is 63% larger than the 344 average for elementary schools in Minnesota.
South Washington County Schools is the district for Nuevas Fronteras Spanish Immersion. It has 28 schools and 19,578 students.
White students make up a majority at Nuevas Fronteras Spanish Immersion, at 55%. Smaller groups are 32% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 3% Black. For comparison, the population of Washington County is roughly 78% White. The school's diversity index is 59%, meaning two students picked at random have a 59% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal data list 30.1 full-time-equivalent teachers at Nuevas Fronteras Spanish Immersion in 2024-25, for a ratio of 18.6:1. That is 4.9 students per teacher above the 13.7:1 average for elementary schools in Minnesota. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 18%. On average, public schools in Washington County report 26%.
Measured against Minnesota public elementary schools, Nuevas Fronteras Spanish Immersion 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.
On BeatsExpectations, Nuevas Fronteras Spanish Immersion is 7.9 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Minnesota schools.
Washington County has about 276,238 residents, and the median household income is $115,345, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Nuevas Fronteras Spanish Immersion, Washington County has 102 other public schools.
The nearest public school is PULLMAN ELEMENTARY, at about 0.8 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 37.1% proficiency; Nuevas Fronteras Spanish Immersion posts 47.3%.
In the federal locale system, Nuevas Fronteras Spanish Immersion is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school enrolled 561 students in 2024-25, 95 more than the 466 it had in 2020-21.
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