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What advice would you give to incoming students at Ramsey Elementary?
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Enrollment
910
Elementary
DISTRICT 599 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ANOKA-HENNEPIN SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 270318000120
Ramsey Elementary
15100 NOWTHEN BLVD, RAMSEY, MN 55303 · (763) 506-4000 · Anoka County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL910 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
66 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
483 students
DISTRICT 46% · 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 | 152 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 143 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 148 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 172 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 147 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 148 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (152) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (148).
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
39.8%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
49.7%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 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
39.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.5%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 Ramsey Elementary
Ramsey Elementary's state test result (39.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ramsey Elementary this school | 910 | 53.1% | 39.5% |
| Pike Lake Kindergarten Center NEW BRIGHTON | 733 | 52.0% | N/A |
| Jefferson Elementary BLAINE | 650 | 50.9% | 41.5% |
| BRIMHALL ELEMENTARY ROSEVILLE | 569 | 47.6% | 43.1% |
| University Avenue Elementary - Aero BLAINE | 557 | 57.6% | 36.6% |
| Centerview Elementary BLAINE | 685 | 56.8% | 35.5% |
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 Ramsey Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Anoka County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.5% | #541 of 844 | #30 of 45 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.7% | #443 of 844 | #26 of 45 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.8% | #581 of 844 | #32 of 45 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 910 | #15 of 1,130 | #5 of 56 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #396 of 769 | #19 of 46 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.3% | #140 of 796 | #10 of 47 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.1% | #294 of 942 | #20 of 50 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.7% | #92 of 499 | #5 of 27 |
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
910
+269 (+42%) vs 2020
+13% since 1990-91, when it was 805
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 13.3:1
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 | 910 | 66.3 | 13.7:1 | 53% (483) |
| 2023-24 | 946 | 66.5 | 14.2:1 | 56% (533) |
| 2022-23 | 747 | 53 | 14.1:1 | 53% (398) |
| 2020-21 | 641 | 48 | 13.3:1 | 34% (221) |
| 2017-18 | 1,208 | 63.9 | 18.9:1 | 29% (350) |
| 2015-16 | 1,236 | 65 | 19.0:1 | 27% (328) |
| 2010-11 | 1,179 | 56 | 21.1:1 | 21% (247) |
| 2000-01 | 1,189 | 65 | 18.3:1 | 9% (105) |
| 1990-91 | 805 | 34 | 23.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ramsey Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (1,208 to 910); teachers up 4% (63.9 to 66.3).
About Ramsey Elementary
Ramsey Elementary is a large elementary school in RAMSEY, Minnesota. The latest federal count shows 910 students in kindergarten through 5. The average for elementary schools in Minnesota is about 344 students, so this school is 165% bigger than average.
Anoka-Hennepin School District has 53 schools and 38,746 students, and Ramsey Elementary is one of those schools.
At Ramsey Elementary, the largest share of students is White, at 45%. The remaining shares are 28% Black, 11% Asian, 8% multiracial, and 7% Hispanic. Anoka County as a whole is about 75% White, so the school's share is lower. Pick two students at random and there is a 69% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 13.7:1, with 66.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is close to the 13.7:1 average for elementary schools in Minnesota. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Ramsey Elementary is 53%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Anoka County is 42%.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 39.5%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 36.5%.
Across Anoka County, the median household income is $101,869, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 32% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Anoka County is home to 145 public schools and about 59,656 public school students.
The closest public school, Anoka-Hennepin Tech High School, is about 1.9 miles from Ramsey Elementary. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ramsey Elementary places 4th of 5 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 641 in 2020-21 and 910 in 2024-25. Large swings like this can come from changes to the grades a school serves.
Threads on this page can be about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Anoka County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
370,349
Census ACS
Median income
$101,869
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
145
59,656 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Anoka-Hennepin School District
- Blaine High SchoolHigh · 3,157 students
- Champlin Park High SchoolHigh · 2,978 students
- Anoka High SchoolHigh · 2,348 students
- Jackson MiddleMiddle · 2,037 students
- Coon Rapids High SchoolHigh · 1,975 students
- Andover High SchoolHigh · 1,758 students
Other schools in RAMSEY
- Brookside ElementaryElementary · 779 students
- PACT CHARTER SECONDARYHigh · 730 students
- PACT Charter ElementaryElementary · 673 students
Other Ramsey Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 3 states are named Ramsey Elementary. Ramsey Elementary is the largest of the 4.
- RAMSEY ELEMENTARYMONTEVIDEO, MN · 260 students
- Ramsey Elementary SchoolMonroeville, PA · 335 students
- Ramsey Elementary SchoolRamsey, IL · 212 students
Nearby schools
- Anoka-Hennepin Tech High School1.9 mi · 131
- Secondary Technical Ed Prog S.T.E.P1.9 mi · 83
- Secondary Virtual School1.9 mi · 70
- PACT Charter Elementary1.9 mi · 673
- Anoka High School2.0 mi · 2,348
- Anoka-Hennepin Specialty Program2.6 mi · 2
Frequently asked questions
About Ramsey ElementaryHow many students attend Ramsey Elementary?
Ramsey Elementary enrolls approximately 910 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Ramsey Elementary serve?
Ramsey Elementary serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Ramsey Elementary?
Approximately 13.7:1 students per teacher at Ramsey Elementary.
How diverse is Ramsey Elementary?
Ramsey Elementary reports a student body of 45% White, 7% Hispanic, 28% Black, 11% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Ramsey Elementary?
Ramsey Elementary is overseen by Anoka-Hennepin School District in Anoka County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.