Pinewood Elementary

Pinewood Elementary, a high-enrollment primary school in MOUNDS VIEW, Minnesota, one of the schools within Mounds View Public School District, teaches 523 students, covering grades 1 through 5. That puts it 52% larger than the typical public school in Minnesota, which averages around 344 students.

Across the 23 schools in Mounds View Public School District (11,934 students total), Pinewood Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Pinewood Elementary logs that the largest single group is White at 47%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder consists of 16% Asian, 14% Black, 13% Hispanic, 10% multiracial. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 59%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.7:1 average. Around 52% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Pinewood Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 37.0%; this one delivers 39.7%.

In the area at large, Ramsey County reports that median household income runs about $81,568, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Ramsey County's 302 public schools (combined enrollment of about 94,437 students), Pinewood Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Mounds View Adult Education is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Pinewood Elementary ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 46.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Pinewood Elementary has remained close to its prior level, going from 536 students in 2018 to 523 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 52% to 47% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 13.9:1 in 2018 to 11.8:1 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.