Oxbow Creek Elementary

Oxbow Creek Elementary is a primary school of roomy scale in CHAMPLIN, Minnesota, one of the schools within Anoka-Hennepin School District, teacheing 1,114 students in grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 224% above the state mean of about 344.

Anoka-Hennepin School District comprises 53 schools with combined enrollment of 38,746 students; Oxbow Creek Elementary is among them.

On demographics, Oxbow Creek Elementary lists that White students make up the majority at 61%. The remainder is composed of 12% Black, 11% Asian, 9% multiracial, 6% Hispanic.

In terms of school funding signals, Oxbow Creek Elementary records 66 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.9:1. The state averages around 13.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 27% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is lower than Hennepin County's rate of about 43%.

After controlling for student poverty, Oxbow Creek Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 60.4%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Hennepin County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $97,653 per year, 54% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Hennepin County runs 496 public schools (combined enrollment of about 177,509 students), of which Oxbow Creek Elementary is one.

Champlin/Brooklyn Pk Acd MathEnvSci is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Oxbow Creek Elementary. On composite proficiency, Oxbow Creek Elementary comes 1st of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 43.0%.

Oxbow Creek Elementary operates from a commuter-belt location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Oxbow Creek Elementary has shrank 5%, going from 1,170 students in 2018 to 1,114 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 69% to 61% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 18.9:1 in 2018 to 16.9:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, the feed for Oxbow Creek Elementary typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.