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Enrollment
623
Elementary
DISTRICT 511 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OSSEO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 272520001940
RICE LAKE ELEMENTARY
13755 89TH AVE N, MAPLE GROVE, MN 55369 · (763) 420-4220 · Hennepin County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL623 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
250 students
DISTRICT 52% · 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 | 91 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 97 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 106 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 93 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 113 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 123 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (91) is 26% smaller than its 5th grade class (123).
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · 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
43.9%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
41.7%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 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
39.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.5%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 RICE LAKE ELEMENTARY
RICE LAKE ELEMENTARY's state test result (39.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| RICE LAKE ELEMENTARY this school | 623 | 40.1% | 39.4% |
| OAK VIEW ELEMENTARY MAPLE GROVE | 515 | 39.8% | 37.5% |
| PARKVIEW ELEMENTARY ROSEMOUNT | 674 | 40.1% | 44.1% |
| Johnsville Elementary BLAINE | 644 | 43.3% | 49.8% |
| OLSON ELEMENTARY BLOOMINGTON | 524 | 40.5% | 40.5% |
| Sun Path Elementary SHAKOPEE | 521 | 40.1% | 48.6% |
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 RICE LAKE ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Hennepin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.4% | #546 of 844 | #86 of 169 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.7% | #555 of 844 | #90 of 169 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.9% | #514 of 844 | #83 of 169 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 623 | #142 of 1,130 | #39 of 206 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.1:1 | #642 of 769 | #131 of 164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.2% | #143 of 796 | #52 of 165 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.1% | #494 of 942 | #101 of 183 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.6% | #332 of 499 | #63 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
623
+158 (+34%) vs 2020
-37% since 1990-91, when it was 983
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
was 15.5:1
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 | 623 | 38.6 | 16.1:1 | 40% (250) |
| 2023-24 | 604 | 37.3 | 16.2:1 | 41% (250) |
| 2022-23 | 627 | 34.4 | 18.2:1 | 42% (261) |
| 2020-21 | 465 | 30 | 15.5:1 | 23% (109) |
| 2017-18 | 689 | 39.4 | 17.5:1 | 33% (227) |
| 2015-16 | 631 | 36 | 17.5:1 | 37% (234) |
| 2010-11 | 723 | 38 | 19.0:1 | 31% (221) |
| 2000-01 | 632 | 35 | 18.1:1 | 8% (52) |
| 1990-91 | 983 | 46 | 21.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for RICE LAKE ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (689 to 623); teachers down 2% (39.4 to 38.6).
About RICE LAKE ELEMENTARY
As a large elementary school, RICE LAKE ELEMENTARY serves students in MAPLE GROVE, Minnesota. The school's enrollment of 623 students covers pre-K through 5. Statewide, elementary schools in Minnesota average about 344 students each.
RICE LAKE ELEMENTARY reports to OSSEO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, which has 31 schools and 21,138 students.
White students are the largest group at RICE LAKE ELEMENTARY, with 47% of enrollment. The remaining shares are 24% Black, 12% multiracial, 10% Hispanic, and 6% Asian. Hennepin County as a whole is about 66% White, so the school's share is lower. By the diversity index, RICE LAKE ELEMENTARY comes in at 69%.
RICE LAKE ELEMENTARY employs 38.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 16.1:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Minnesota is 13.7:1, lower than at this school. RICE LAKE ELEMENTARY's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 40%.
Schools in Minnesota with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 43.5%. RICE LAKE ELEMENTARY scores 39.4%.
Census Bureau estimates for Hennepin County show that median household income is about $97,653, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 54%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. A total of 496 public schools operate in Hennepin County, serving about 177,509 students.
MAPLE GROVE SENIOR HIGH is the public school closest to RICE LAKE ELEMENTARY, about 1.2 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, RICE LAKE ELEMENTARY is 7th of 9 nearby schools with test data.
The NCES locale for RICE LAKE ELEMENTARY is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, RICE LAKE ELEMENTARY went from 465 students to 623.
The discussion area below is open to posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 OSSEO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
- MAPLE GROVE SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,453 students
- OSSEO SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,289 students
- PARK CENTER IB WORLD SCHOOLHigh · 2,061 students
- Maple Grove Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,598 students
- Osseo Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,128 students
- FERNBROOK ELEMENTARYElementary · 952 students
Other schools in MAPLE GROVE
- MAPLE GROVE SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,453 students
- Maple Grove Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,598 students
- FERNBROOK ELEMENTARYElementary · 952 students
- BASSWOOD ELEMENTARYElementary · 848 students
- RUSH CREEK ELEMENTARYElementary · 762 students
- Weaver Lake Science Math & Tech SchElementary · 668 students
Other Rice Lake Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Rice Lake Elementary. RICE LAKE ELEMENTARY is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Rice Lake ElementaryLINO LAKES, MN · 687 students
Nearby schools
- MAPLE GROVE SENIOR HIGH1.2 mi · 2,453
- FERNBROOK ELEMENTARY1.4 mi · 952
- Minnesota Excellence in Learning Ac1.5 mi · 231
- Weaver Lake Science Math & Tech Sch1.6 mi · 668
- Parnassus Preparatory School-Logic1.6 mi · 471
- Parnassus Prep Sch-Grammar1.6 mi · 623
Frequently asked questions
About RICE LAKE ELEMENTARYHow large is RICE LAKE ELEMENTARY?
RICE LAKE ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 623 students in grades PK-05.
Is RICE LAKE ELEMENTARY an elementary, middle, or high school?
RICE LAKE ELEMENTARY is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does RICE LAKE ELEMENTARY have?
RICE LAKE ELEMENTARY employs 39 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.1:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at RICE LAKE ELEMENTARY?
At RICE LAKE ELEMENTARY, the student body is approximately 47% White, 10% Hispanic, 24% Black, 6% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Is RICE LAKE ELEMENTARY public or private?
RICE LAKE ELEMENTARY is a public K-12 school, overseen by OSSEO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.