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Enrollment
432
Elementary
DISTRICT 261 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BELLE PLAINE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 270405003718
OAK CREST ELEMENTARY
1101 WEST COMMERCE DR, BELLE PLAINE, MN 56011 · (952) 873-2402 · Scott County
GRADES 03–06ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL432 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 47% of Minnesota public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
16.6:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
133 students
DISTRICT 30% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 124 | 29% |
| Grade 4 | 111 | 26% |
| Grade 5 | 95 | 22% |
| Grade 6 | 102 | 24% |
Student demographics
32%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 29% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
OAK CREST ELEMENTARY→BELLE PLAINE JUNIOR HIGH
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within BELLE PLAINE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
50.0%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
56.1%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 50 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.
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
47.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 OAK CREST ELEMENTARY
OAK CREST ELEMENTARY's state test result (47.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| OAK CREST ELEMENTARY this school | 432 | 30.8% | 47.7% |
| Christa McAuliffe Elementary HASTINGS | 470 | 33.0% | 58.8% |
| LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARY COTTONWOOD | 389 | 31.4% | 50.6% |
| CENTRAL ELEMENTARY NORWOOD YOUNG AMERICA | 413 | 31.2% | 59.5% |
| ST. CHARLES ELEMENTARY SAINT CHARLES | 457 | 28.9% | 54.0% |
| Watertown-Mayer Elementary School WATERTOWN | 482 | 30.3% | 65.7% |
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 OAK CREST ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Scott County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.7% | #379 of 844 | #13 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.1% | #336 of 844 | #11 of 21 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #394 of 844 | #14 of 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 432 | #419 of 1,130 | #20 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #679 of 769 | #17 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 31.8% | #563 of 796 | #17 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.8% | #671 of 942 | #11 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.2% | #319 of 499 | #13 of 16 |
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
432
-56 (-11%) vs 2020
-6% since 2010-11, when it was 459
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 18.1:1
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 | 432 | 26 | 16.6:1 | 31% (133) |
| 2023-24 | 430 | 24 | 17.9:1 | 30% (131) |
| 2022-23 | 430 | 24 | 17.9:1 | 30% (129) |
| 2020-21 | 488 | 27 | 18.1:1 | 19% (93) |
| 2017-18 | 481 | 28.4 | 16.9:1 | 22% (107) |
| 2015-16 | 492 | 31 | 15.9:1 | 22% (108) |
| 2010-11 | 459 | 26 | 17.6:1 | 27% (123) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for OAK CREST ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (481 to 432); teachers down 9% (28.4 to 26).
About OAK CREST ELEMENTARY
OAK CREST ELEMENTARY is a mid-sized elementary school in BELLE PLAINE, Minnesota, one of the schools in BELLE PLAINE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school offers grades 3 through 6 and enrolls 432 students. On average, elementary schools in Minnesota enroll around 344, and this school is 26% above that mark.
The district for OAK CREST ELEMENTARY is BELLE PLAINE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 6 schools and 1,522 students.
White students account for 82% of the school's enrollment. The school is also 7% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, and 3% Black. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 32%.
Teacher count: 26 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 16.6:1. The gap from the 13.7:1 average for elementary schools in Minnesota is 2.9 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 31%.
On the allk12 Grade, OAK CREST ELEMENTARY lands at B-, ahead of 47% of Minnesota public elementary schools.
Schools in Minnesota with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 48.5%. OAK CREST ELEMENTARY scores 47.7%.
For the population of Scott County, median household income comes to about $119,314, 44% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 3% of people live in poverty. Scott County's 66 public schools enroll about 26,041 students and include OAK CREST ELEMENTARY.
A public school about 1.0 miles away, Belle Plaine ECSE, is the closest to OAK CREST ELEMENTARY. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 5 other public schools. Among 5 nearby schools that report test results, OAK CREST ELEMENTARY ranks 3rd on proficiency.
The NCES locale for OAK CREST ELEMENTARY is Rural: Fringe, which covers schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment figures show a drop of 56 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. Its ratio of students to teachers was 18.1:1 in 2020-21, and 16.6:1 in 2024-25.
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Scott County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
154,557
Census ACS
Median income
$119,314
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
44%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
66
26,041 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in BELLE PLAINE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
- BELLE PLAINE SENIOR HIGHHigh · 475 students
- CHATFIELD ELEMENTARYElementary · 308 students
- BELLE PLAINE JUNIOR HIGHMiddle · 255 students
- Belle Plaine ECSEElementary · 42 students
- Belle Plaine Transitions/Work ExperHigh · 10 students
- EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAMElementary
Other schools in BELLE PLAINE
- BELLE PLAINE SENIOR HIGHHigh · 475 students
- CHATFIELD ELEMENTARYElementary · 308 students
- BELLE PLAINE JUNIOR HIGHMiddle · 255 students
- Belle Plaine ECSEElementary · 42 students
- Belle Plaine Transitions/Work ExperHigh · 10 students
- Belle Plaine Credit RecoveryHigh
Other Oak Crest Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Oak Crest Elementary. OAK CREST ELEMENTARY is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Oak Crest Elementary SchoolSAN ANTONIO, TX · 687 students
- Oak Crest Elementary SchoolBroken Arrow, OK · 362 students
Nearby schools
- Belle Plaine ECSE1.0 mi · 42
- CHATFIELD ELEMENTARY1.0 mi · 308
- BELLE PLAINE JUNIOR HIGH1.1 mi · 255
- BELLE PLAINE SENIOR HIGH1.1 mi · 475
- Belle Plaine Transitions/Work Exper1.2 mi · 10
- JORDAN EARLY CHILDHOOD7.8 mi · 29
Frequently asked questions
About OAK CREST ELEMENTARYWhat is the total enrollment at OAK CREST ELEMENTARY?
OAK CREST ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 432 students in grades 03-06.
Is OAK CREST ELEMENTARY an elementary, middle, or high school?
OAK CREST ELEMENTARY is an elementary school covering grades 03-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at OAK CREST ELEMENTARY?
The student-to-teacher ratio at OAK CREST ELEMENTARY is approximately 16.6:1 (26 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at OAK CREST ELEMENTARY?
Student demographics at OAK CREST ELEMENTARY are roughly 82% White, 6% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is OAK CREST ELEMENTARY in?
OAK CREST ELEMENTARY is part of BELLE PLAINE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.