Enrollment
387
Elementary
DISTRICT 308 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WEST ST. PAUL-MENDOTA HEIGHTS-EAGAN·NCES 274227001778
PILOT KNOB STEM MAGNET SCHOOL
1436 LONE OAK RD, EAGAN, MN 55121 · (651) 403-7900 · Dakota County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL387 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.0:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
212 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 48%
Community
0
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 | 11 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 69 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 83 | 21% |
| Grade 2 | 79 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 79 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 66 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (69) is about the same size as its 4th grade class (66).
Student demographics
76%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
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MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
47.7%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
53.3%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of MN schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
49.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.6%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 36% typical for Minnesota schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 14 points, placing it in Minnesota's top 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 PILOT KNOB STEM MAGNET SCHOOL
PILOT KNOB STEM MAGNET SCHOOL's state test result (49.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PILOT KNOB STEM MAGNET SCHOOL this school | 387 | 54.8% | 49.8% |
| Rahn Elementary EAGAN | 383 | 58.5% | 41.9% |
| ALICE SMITH ELEMENTARY HOPKINS | 467 | 55.0% | 28.7% |
| Red Oak Elementary SHAKOPEE | 452 | 54.2% | 38.8% |
| GATEWOOD ELEMENTARY MINNETONKA | 351 | 57.0% | 21.6% |
| Kenwood Elementary MINNEAPOLIS | 388 | 52.3% | 37.5% |
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 PILOT KNOB STEM MAGNET SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Dakota County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.8% | #344 of 844 | #29 of 60 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.3% | #387 of 844 | #28 of 60 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.7% | #440 of 844 | #38 of 60 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 387 | #513 of 1,130 | #49 of 73 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.1:1 | #192 of 769 | #9 of 58 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 76.0% | #19 of 796 | #2 of 59 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 54.8% | #278 of 942 | #14 of 66 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.0% | #464 of 499 | #33 of 36 |
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
387
-12 (-3%) vs 2020
-40% since 1990-91, when it was 646
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 387 | 32 | 12.1:1 | 55% (212) |
| 2023-24 | 378 | 2 | 185.3:1 | 56% (211) |
| 2022-23 | 377 | 31 | 12.2:1 | 56% (212) |
| 2020-21 | 399 | 29 | 13.8:1 | 38% (151) |
| 2017-18 | 395 | 30.1 | 13.1:1 | 42% (166) |
| 2015-16 | 377 | 28 | 13.5:1 | 44% (164) |
| 2010-11 | 291 | 21 | 13.9:1 | 36% (104) |
| 2000-01 | 455 | 28 | 16.3:1 | 22% (98) |
| 1990-91 | 646 | 33 | 19.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PILOT KNOB STEM MAGNET SCHOOL.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (395 to 387); teachers up 6% (30.1 to 32).
About PILOT KNOB STEM MAGNET SCHOOL
In EAGAN, Minnesota, part of Dakota County, PILOT KNOB STEM MAGNET SCHOOL is an elementary school. The school enrolls 387 students, from pre-K through 4.
West St. Paul-Mendota Heights-Eagan enrolls 5,452 students, and its 13 schools include PILOT KNOB STEM MAGNET SCHOOL.
PILOT KNOB STEM MAGNET SCHOOL's enrollment has no majority group, and Black students are the largest at 31%. Other students are 28% White, 22% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, and 7% Asian. By comparison, Dakota County residents are about 8% Black. PILOT KNOB STEM MAGNET SCHOOL has a diversity index of 76%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
PILOT KNOB STEM MAGNET SCHOOL operates with 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 12.1:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Minnesota average 13.7:1. About 55% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. That rate is above the 34% average among public schools in Dakota County.
Compared with Minnesota schools that have similar shares of low-income students, PILOT KNOB STEM MAGNET SCHOOL does better than predicted by 14.2 points. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 49.8%; the prediction is 35.6%.
Within Dakota County, median household income is about $106,318, 45% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Dakota County number 170 and enroll about 74,687.
Of nearby public schools, GOA School of Logic is the closest, at about 1.6 miles. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Its average proficiency rate of 49.8% is below the 53.9% average for nearby schools.
The school's locale code, City: Small, means it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
The student count in 2024-25 was 387, 3% below the 399 of 2020-21. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 12.1:1, from 13.8:1.
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Dakota County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
445,771
Census ACS
Median income
$106,318
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
45%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
170
74,687 students
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Nearby schools
- GOA School of Logic1.6 mi · 101
- GLACIER HILLS SCHOOL - ARTS/SCIENCE2.1 mi · 707
- WOODLAND ELEMENTARY2.5 mi · 720
- DEERWOOD ELEMENTARY2.6 mi · 528
- BLACK HAWK MIDDLE2.6 mi · 889
- FRIENDLY HILLS MIDDLE2.9 mi · 785
Frequently asked questions
About PILOT KNOB STEM MAGNET SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at PILOT KNOB STEM MAGNET SCHOOL?
PILOT KNOB STEM MAGNET SCHOOL enrolls approximately 387 students in grades PK-04.
Is PILOT KNOB STEM MAGNET SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
PILOT KNOB STEM MAGNET SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PILOT KNOB STEM MAGNET SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PILOT KNOB STEM MAGNET SCHOOL is approximately 12.1:1 (32 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at PILOT KNOB STEM MAGNET SCHOOL?
Student demographics at PILOT KNOB STEM MAGNET SCHOOL are roughly 28% White, 22% Hispanic, 31% Black, 7% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Who oversees PILOT KNOB STEM MAGNET SCHOOL?
PILOT KNOB STEM MAGNET SCHOOL is overseen by West St. Paul-Mendota Heights-Eagan in Dakota County.
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