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What's one thing RICHFIELD STEM SCHOOL gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
604
Elementary
DISTRICT 333 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RICHFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 273175001312
RICHFIELD STEM SCHOOL
7020 12TH AVE S, RICHFIELD, MN 55423 · (612) 798-6600 · Hennepin County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL604 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
57 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.2:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
276 students
DISTRICT 56% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 39 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 92 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 89 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 105 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 100 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 96 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 83 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (92) is 11% larger than its 5th grade class (83).
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
RICHFIELD STEM SCHOOL→RICHFIELD MIDDLE
Based on grade levels within RICHFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
35.7%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
35.8%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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
32.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.5%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 RICHFIELD STEM SCHOOL
RICHFIELD STEM SCHOOL's state test result (32.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| RICHFIELD STEM SCHOOL this school | 604 | 45.7% | 32.7% |
| PINE BEND ELEMENTARY INVER GROVE HEIGHTS | 511 | 48.3% | 33.3% |
| Sweeney Elementary SHAKOPEE | 602 | 41.4% | 48.0% |
| GREENLEAF ELEMENTARY APPLE VALLEY | 747 | 40.0% | 46.5% |
| Franklin Elementary School ROCHESTER | 600 | 48.8% | 32.7% |
| SHERIDAN HILLS ELEMENTARY RICHFIELD | 406 | 48.3% | 36.3% |
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 RICHFIELD STEM SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Hennepin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.7% | #640 of 844 | #98 of 169 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.8% | #629 of 844 | #97 of 169 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.7% | #633 of 844 | #100 of 169 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 604 | #159 of 1,130 | #43 of 206 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.7:1 | #72 of 769 | #20 of 164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.1% | #108 of 796 | #37 of 165 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.7% | #389 of 942 | #93 of 183 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.9% | #160 of 499 | #38 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
604
-32 (-5%) vs 2020
-33% since 1990-91, when it was 899
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
was 13.5:1
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 | 604 | 56.5 | 10.7:1 | 46% (276) |
| 2023-24 | 554 | 50.5 | 11.0:1 | 49% (272) |
| 2022-23 | 588 | 36.1 | 16.3:1 | 52% (307) |
| 2020-21 | 636 | 47 | 13.5:1 | 45% (285) |
| 2017-18 | 754 | 42 | 17.9:1 | 56% (423) |
| 2015-16 | 752 | 53 | 14.2:1 | 59% (440) |
| 2010-11 | 802 | 57 | 14.1:1 | 65% (520) |
| 2000-01 | 932 | 61 | 15.3:1 | 33% (303) |
| 1990-91 | 899 | 53 | 17.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for RICHFIELD STEM SCHOOL.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (754 to 604); teachers up 35% (42 to 56.5).
About RICHFIELD STEM SCHOOL
RICHFIELD STEM SCHOOL is an elementary school located in RICHFIELD, Minnesota, in Hennepin County. It reports enrollment of 604 students in pre-K through 5. On average, elementary schools in Minnesota enroll around 344, and this school is 76% larger than that mark.
RICHFIELD STEM SCHOOL is part of a district of 10 schools: RICHFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 4,094 students.
The student body at RICHFIELD STEM SCHOOL has no majority group. White students lead at 42%. Next come 29% Hispanic, 14% Black, 10% multiracial, and 3% Asian. The county population is about 66% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 71, compared with 70 nationally.
For every teacher at RICHFIELD STEM SCHOOL, there are about 10.7 students; the school has 56.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Minnesota is 13.7:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. There are 276 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 46% of enrollment. That is in line with the 43% average for public schools in Hennepin County.
RICHFIELD STEM SCHOOL is 7.8 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (32.7% versus 40.5%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Minnesota.
Hennepin County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $97,653, 54% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. There are 496 public schools in the county, enrolling about 177,509, RICHFIELD STEM SCHOOL among them.
Of the public schools around it, RICHFIELD STEM SCHOOL is closest to RICHFIELD DUAL LANGUAGE SCHOOL, about 0.1 miles away. RICHFIELD STEM SCHOOL has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. RICHFIELD STEM SCHOOL's average proficiency of 32.7% compares with 23.9% for its nearest scored neighbors.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment fell by 5% across 4 years, from 636 in 2020-21 to 604 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 13.5:1 to 10.7:1.
The allk12 page for RICHFIELD STEM SCHOOL lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 RICHFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
- RICHFIELD SENIOR HIGHHigh · 1,183 students
- RICHFIELD MIDDLEMiddle · 808 students
- RICHFIELD DUAL LANGUAGE SCHOOLElementary · 529 students
- SHERIDAN HILLS ELEMENTARYElementary · 406 students
- CENTENNIAL ELEMENTARYElementary · 303 students
- CENTRAL EDUCATION CENTERElementary · 86 students
Other schools in RICHFIELD
- RICHFIELD SENIOR HIGHHigh · 1,183 students
- RICHFIELD MIDDLEMiddle · 808 students
- RICHFIELD DUAL LANGUAGE SCHOOLElementary · 529 students
- PARTNERSHIP ACADEMY INC.Elementary · 515 students
- SHERIDAN HILLS ELEMENTARYElementary · 406 students
- SciTech Academy Charter SchoolElementary · 342 students
Nearby schools
- RICHFIELD DUAL LANGUAGE SCHOOL0.1 mi · 529
- CENTENNIAL ELEMENTARY0.5 mi · 303
- Richfield College Experience Prg0.6 mi · 84
- WATERSHED HIGH SCHOOL0.7 mi · 57
- Horizon Science Academy Twin Cities1.1 mi · 171
- PARTNERSHIP ACADEMY INC.1.2 mi · 515
Frequently asked questions
About RICHFIELD STEM SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at RICHFIELD STEM SCHOOL?
RICHFIELD STEM SCHOOL enrolls approximately 604 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does RICHFIELD STEM SCHOOL serve?
RICHFIELD STEM SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does RICHFIELD STEM SCHOOL have?
RICHFIELD STEM SCHOOL employs 57 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.7:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at RICHFIELD STEM SCHOOL?
At RICHFIELD STEM SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 42% White, 29% Hispanic, 14% Black, 3% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is RICHFIELD STEM SCHOOL in?
RICHFIELD STEM SCHOOL is part of RICHFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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