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Enrollment
435
Elementary
DISTRICT 344 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ST. LOUIS PARK PUBLIC SCHOOL DIST.·NCES 273378001530
PETER HOBART ELEMENTARY
6500 W 26TH ST, SAINT LOUIS PARK, MN 55426 · (952) 928-6600 · Hennepin County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL435 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 49% of Minnesota public elementary schools
- B-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
14.7:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
191 students
DISTRICT 37% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 68 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 73 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 53 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 67 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 99 | 23% |
This year's kindergarten class (68) is 31% smaller than its 5th grade class (99).
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
47.3%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
50.6%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 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
44.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.5%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 PETER HOBART ELEMENTARY
PETER HOBART ELEMENTARY's state test result (44.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PETER HOBART ELEMENTARY this school | 435 | 43.9% | 44.4% |
| AQUILA ELEMENTARY SAINT LOUIS PARK | 498 | 46.2% | 45.0% |
| SUSAN LINDGREN ELEMENTARY SAINT LOUIS PARK | 457 | 38.9% | 51.0% |
| FAIR School Pilgrim Lane PLYMOUTH | 403 | 40.9% | 52.4% |
| WESTVIEW ELEMENTARY APPLE VALLEY | 500 | 38.8% | 46.8% |
| NORMANDALE HILLS ELEMENTARY BLOOMINGTON | 440 | 48.4% | 41.8% |
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 PETER HOBART ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Hennepin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.4% | #448 of 844 | #77 of 169 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.6% | #427 of 844 | #77 of 169 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.3% | #447 of 844 | #78 of 169 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 435 | #415 of 1,130 | #96 of 206 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.7:1 | #497 of 769 | #93 of 164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.7% | #131 of 796 | #47 of 165 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 43.9% | #424 of 942 | #96 of 183 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.0% | #190 of 499 | #42 of 99 |
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
435
-58 (-12%) vs 2020
-34% since 1990-91, when it was 657
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
was 12.6:1
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 | 435 | 29.7 | 14.7:1 | 44% (191) |
| 2023-24 | 449 | 31.1 | 14.4:1 | 47% (209) |
| 2022-23 | 427 | 27.1 | 15.7:1 | 48% (207) |
| 2020-21 | 493 | 39 | 12.6:1 | 37% (181) |
| 2017-18 | 524 | 42.3 | 12.4:1 | 39% (206) |
| 2015-16 | 581 | 37 | 15.7:1 | 43% (250) |
| 2010-11 | 557 | 32 | 17.4:1 | 43% (238) |
| 2000-01 | 523 | 29 | 18.0:1 | 14% (74) |
| 1990-91 | 657 | 33 | 19.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PETER HOBART ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (524 to 435); teachers down 30% (42.3 to 29.7).
About PETER HOBART ELEMENTARY
PETER HOBART ELEMENTARY runs as a mid-sized elementary school in SAINT LOUIS PARK, Minnesota. It enrolls 435 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are kindergarten through 5. The school is 26% bigger than the average for elementary schools in Minnesota.
PETER HOBART ELEMENTARY is in ST. LOUIS PARK PUBLIC SCHOOL DIST., a district with 4,446 students across 10 schools.
The biggest share of students at PETER HOBART ELEMENTARY, 46%, is White. Other students are 20% Black, 16% Hispanic, 14% multiracial, and 2% Asian. That is lower than the 66% White share among all Hennepin County residents. A diversity index of 70% means there is a 70% chance two randomly chosen students at PETER HOBART ELEMENTARY are from different groups.
PETER HOBART ELEMENTARY has 29.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 14.7:1. The school's 14.7:1 compares with an average of 13.7:1 for elementary schools in Minnesota. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 44%. Public schools in Hennepin County average a similar 43%.
On the allk12 Grade, PETER HOBART ELEMENTARY lands at B-, ahead of 49% of Minnesota public elementary schools.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 41.5% at PETER HOBART ELEMENTARY; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 44.4%.
In the surrounding county, Hennepin County, the median household earns about $97,653 a year, 54% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting PETER HOBART ELEMENTARY, Hennepin County has 496 public schools.
Of the public schools around it, PETER HOBART ELEMENTARY is closest to TRANSITION PLUS, about 0.6 miles away. PETER HOBART ELEMENTARY has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts PETER HOBART ELEMENTARY at 3rd of 4.
The school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000, according to its NCES locale (City: Small).
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 12% decline, from 493 to 435. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 12.6:1 to 14.7:1.
The allk12 page for PETER HOBART ELEMENTARY lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Hennepin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,269,496
Census ACS
Median income
$97,653
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
54%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
496
177,509 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ST. LOUIS PARK PUBLIC SCHOOL DIST.
- ST. LOUIS PARK SENIOR HIGHHigh · 1,397 students
- ST. LOUIS PARK MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 965 students
- PARK SPANISH IMMERSION ELEMENTARYElementary · 533 students
- AQUILA ELEMENTARYElementary · 498 students
- SUSAN LINDGREN ELEMENTARYElementary · 457 students
- ST. LOUIS PARK SPECIAL ED. PROGRAMElementary · 135 students
Other schools in SAINT LOUIS PARK
- ST. LOUIS PARK SENIOR HIGHHigh · 1,397 students
- ST. LOUIS PARK MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 965 students
- PARK SPANISH IMMERSION ELEMENTARYElementary · 533 students
- AQUILA ELEMENTARYElementary · 498 students
- SUSAN LINDGREN ELEMENTARYElementary · 457 students
- ST. LOUIS PARK SPECIAL ED. PROGRAMElementary · 135 students
Nearby schools
- TRANSITION PLUS0.6 mi · 38
- ST. LOUIS PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL0.9 mi · 965
- ST. LOUIS PARK SENIOR HIGH1.0 mi · 1,397
- SPECIAL ED.1.0 mi · 15
- ST. LOUIS PARK SPECIAL ED. PROGRAM1.2 mi · 135
- School Readiness Plus (SRP)1.2 mi · 8
Frequently asked questions
About PETER HOBART ELEMENTARYHow many students attend PETER HOBART ELEMENTARY?
PETER HOBART ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 435 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does PETER HOBART ELEMENTARY serve?
PETER HOBART ELEMENTARY serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does PETER HOBART ELEMENTARY have?
PETER HOBART ELEMENTARY employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.7:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at PETER HOBART ELEMENTARY?
At PETER HOBART ELEMENTARY, the student body is approximately 46% White, 16% Hispanic, 20% Black, 2% Asian, 14% Two or more.
Who oversees PETER HOBART ELEMENTARY?
PETER HOBART ELEMENTARY is overseen by ST. LOUIS PARK PUBLIC SCHOOL DIST. in Hennepin County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.