Rice Lake Elementary

Located at 575 BIRCH ST, in LINO LAKES, Minnesota, Rice Lake Elementary is a heavily attended K-5 school that instructs 687 students (grades K through 5), one of the schools within Centennial Public School District. Enrollment runs roughly 100% larger than the state mean of about 344.

Rice Lake Elementary is one of 15 schools operated by Centennial Public School District, a district that educates 6,851 students overall.

Demographically, Rice Lake Elementary reports that 81% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder reads as 6% multiracial, 5% Asian, 5% Hispanic, 2% Black.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.7:1 average. About 12% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably below Anoka County's rate of about 42%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Rice Lake Elementary is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 58.7%; this one delivers 74.1%, a residual of +15.4 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Anoka County) records that median household income runs about $101,869, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Anoka County runs 145 public schools (combined enrollment of about 59,656 students), of which Rice Lake Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Early Childhood Center, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Rice Lake Elementary. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Rice Lake Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 52.5%.

Rice Lake Elementary operates from an outer-ring location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 13%: 607 students in 2018 compared to 687 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 88% to 81% over that span.

On allk12, the feed for Rice Lake Elementary typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.