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Which teacher or staff member at OTTER LAKE ELEMENTARY deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
492
Elementary
DISTRICT 364 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WHITE BEAR LAKE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 274236001050
Otter Lake Elementary
1401 COUNTY ROAD H2, WHITE BEAR LAKE, MN 55110 · (651) 653-2831 · Ramsey County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL492 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 70% of Minnesota public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats 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
13.3:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
21%
101 students
DISTRICT 36% · STATE 48%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 29 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 85 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 61 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 76 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 86 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 83 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 72 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (85) is 18% larger than its 5th grade class (72).
Student demographics
41%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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
61.5%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
69.9%
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 70 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
57.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.0%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 Otter Lake Elementary
Otter Lake Elementary's state test result (57.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Otter Lake Elementary this school | 492 | 20.5% | 57.9% |
| WestWood Elementary PRIOR LAKE | 505 | 19.6% | 60.1% |
| OTSEGO ELEMENTARY OTSEGO | 536 | 21.5% | 58.3% |
| Lincoln Elementary WHITE BEAR LAKE | 469 | 18.6% | 66.0% |
| Hamilton Ridge Elementary School SAVAGE | 586 | 19.5% | 47.9% |
| Oneka Elementary School HUGO | 463 | 24.4% | 46.2% |
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 Otter Lake Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Ramsey County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.9% | #181 of 844 | #11 of 93 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.9% | #120 of 844 | #7 of 93 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.5% | #173 of 844 | #13 of 93 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 492 | #309 of 1,130 | #27 of 119 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #339 of 769 | #42 of 83 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.5% | #458 of 796 | #71 of 86 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 20.5% | #823 of 942 | #92 of 101 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.2% | #164 of 499 | #18 of 55 |
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
492
-38 (-7%) vs 2020
-21% since 2000-01, when it was 622
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 492 | 37 | 13.3:1 | 21% (101) |
| 2023-24 | 457 | 35.5 | 12.9:1 | 20% (91) |
| 2022-23 | 484 | 33 | 14.7:1 | 24% (115) |
| 2020-21 | 530 | 37 | 14.3:1 | 19% (99) |
| 2017-18 | 609 | 38.3 | 15.9:1 | 18% (112) |
| 2015-16 | 590 | 37 | 15.9:1 | 19% (114) |
| 2010-11 | 589 | 34 | 17.3:1 | 16% (92) |
| 2000-01 | 622 | 34 | 18.3:1 | 7% (41) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Otter Lake Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (609 to 492); teachers down 3% (38.3 to 37).
About Otter Lake Elementary
In WHITE BEAR LAKE, Minnesota, Otter Lake Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school. Enrollment is 492 students in 2024-25, and the school serves pre-K through 5. The average for elementary schools in Minnesota is about 344 students, so this school is 43% larger than average.
A total of 20 schools make up White Bear Lake School District, with 11,839 students enrolled.
By race and ethnicity, Otter Lake Elementary is 75% White. Other reported shares: 8% multiracial, 8% Asian, 6% Hispanic, and 3% Black. That compares with about 59% White among all Ramsey County residents. Otter Lake Elementary has a diversity index of 41%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Dividing enrollment by its 37 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 13.3:1. Elementary schools in Minnesota average about 13.7:1, a similar figure. Eligible students account for 21% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. That rate is below the 57% average among public schools in Ramsey County.
Otter Lake Elementary is graded B+ by allk12, scoring above 70% of Minnesota public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Otter Lake Elementary would be expected to post about 54.0%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 57.9%.
Otter Lake Elementary is located in Ramsey County, where median household income is about $81,568, about 46% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Otter Lake Elementary is one of 302 public schools in Ramsey County, which together enroll about 94,437 students.
Lincoln Elementary is the closest public school, about 1.6 miles away in a straight line. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Among the 6 closest schools with test data, this one included, Otter Lake Elementary ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal counts put enrollment at 530 in 2020-21 and 492 in 2024-25, a 7% decrease. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 14.3:1 to 13.3:1.
If you have questions about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Otter Lake Elementary, you can post them here. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Ramsey County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
542,945
Census ACS
Median income
$81,568
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
302
94,437 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in White Bear Lake School District
- White Bear Lake Area High SchoolHigh · 2,572 students
- WHITE BEAR NORTH CAMPUS SENIORCombined · 1,322 students
- WHITE BEAR SOUTH CAMPUS SENIORHigh · 1,196 students
- Central MiddleMiddle · 922 students
- Mariner Middle SchoolMiddle · 881 students
- SUNRISE PARK MIDDLEMiddle · 750 students
Other schools in WHITE BEAR LAKE
- White Bear Lake Area High SchoolHigh · 2,572 students
- WHITE BEAR NORTH CAMPUS SENIORCombined · 1,322 students
- WHITE BEAR SOUTH CAMPUS SENIORHigh · 1,196 students
- Central MiddleMiddle · 922 students
- Mariner Middle SchoolMiddle · 881 students
- SUNRISE PARK MIDDLEMiddle · 750 students
Nearby schools
- Lincoln Elementary1.6 mi · 469
- White Bear Lake Area High School1.6 mi · 2,572
- WHITE BEAR NORTH CAMPUS SENIOR1.6 mi · 1,322
- Birch Lake Elementary1.7 mi · 239
- Central Middle1.7 mi · 922
- Lakeaires Elementary3.3 mi · 396
Frequently asked questions
About Otter Lake ElementaryHow many students attend Otter Lake Elementary?
Otter Lake Elementary enrolls approximately 492 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Otter Lake Elementary serve?
Otter Lake Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Otter Lake Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Otter Lake Elementary is approximately 13.3:1 (37 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Otter Lake Elementary?
Otter Lake Elementary reports a student body of 75% White, 6% Hispanic, 3% Black, 8% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Otter Lake Elementary?
Otter Lake Elementary is overseen by White Bear Lake School District in Ramsey County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.