RICE LAKE ELEMENTARY

RICE LAKE ELEMENTARY is a sizable elementary school in MAPLE GROVE, Minnesota, one of the schools within OSSEO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school instructs 623 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 344 students per school, that is 81% bigger than typical.

Within OSSEO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 31 schools and 21,138 students, RICE LAKE ELEMENTARY is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, RICE LAKE ELEMENTARY lists that the largest single group is White at 47%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder reads as 24% Black, 12% multiracial, 10% Hispanic, 6% Asian. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 66%.

On the resource side, On paper, RICE LAKE ELEMENTARY has 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.1:1. The state averages around 13.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 40% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), RICE LAKE ELEMENTARY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 43.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 39.4%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Hennepin County indicate median household income runs about $97,653, about 54% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Hennepin County's 496 public schools (combined enrollment of about 177,509 students), RICE LAKE ELEMENTARY is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: MAPLE GROVE SENIOR HIGH, around 1.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts RICE LAKE ELEMENTARY at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 48.0%.

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

Looking at the recent track record. RICE LAKE ELEMENTARY's enrollment has shrank 10% since 2018, when it stood at 689 (now 623). The White share of enrollment ticked down from 59% to 47% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.5:1 in 2018 to 16.1:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.