OAK VIEW ELEMENTARY

Set in MAPLE GROVE, Minnesota, OAK VIEW ELEMENTARY is a mid-tier elementary campus, part of OSSEO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. It works with 515 students across grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 50% bigger than the typical public school in Minnesota, which averages around 344 students.

Across the 31 schools in OSSEO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT (21,138 students total), OAK VIEW ELEMENTARY accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, OAK VIEW ELEMENTARY shows that the most-represented group is White (48%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder breaks down as 21% Black, 11% multiracial, 10% Hispanic, 8% Asian. By comparison, Hennepin County as a whole is about 66% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.7:1, putting OAK VIEW ELEMENTARY higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 40% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), OAK VIEW ELEMENTARY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 43.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 37.5%.

In the broader community, Hennepin County reports that the typical household earns roughly $97,653 per year, about 54% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Hennepin County's 496 public schools (combined enrollment of about 177,509 students), OAK VIEW ELEMENTARY is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is CEDAR ISLAND ELEMENTARY, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), OAK VIEW ELEMENTARY ranks 4th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 53.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 9%: 471 students in 2018 compared to 515 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked down from 15% to 10% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 15.9:1 today.

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