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Enrollment
451
Elementary
DISTRICT 532 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTH WASHINGTON COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 273381001546
ROYAL OAKS ELEMENTARY
7335 STEEPLEVIEW RD, WOODBURY, MN 55125 · (651) 425-4701 · Washington County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL451 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 66% of Minnesota public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Minnesota public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
128 students
DISTRICT 28% · 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 | 62 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 66 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 79 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 81 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 74 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 89 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (62) is 30% smaller than its 5th grade class (89).
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
57.8%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
62.1%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 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
54.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.8%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 ROYAL OAKS ELEMENTARY
ROYAL OAKS ELEMENTARY's state test result (54.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROYAL OAKS ELEMENTARY this school | 451 | 28.4% | 54.1% |
| PINE HILL ELEMENTARY COTTAGE GROVE | 502 | 27.3% | 35.2% |
| HILLSIDE ELEMENTARY COTTAGE GROVE | 417 | 31.7% | 42.4% |
| BIRCHVIEW ELEMENTARY PLYMOUTH | 441 | 32.0% | 57.6% |
| Lino Lakes Elementary LINO LAKES | 501 | 32.1% | 46.5% |
| Nova Classical Academy Lower School SAINT PAUL | 485 | 23.5% | 66.5% |
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 ROYAL OAKS ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Washington County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.1% | #256 of 844 | #14 of 35 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.1% | #233 of 844 | #12 of 35 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.8% | #239 of 844 | #14 of 35 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 451 | #380 of 1,130 | #21 of 42 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.5:1 | #143 of 769 | #3 of 36 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.1% | #243 of 796 | #12 of 36 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.4% | #709 of 942 | #11 of 38 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.9% | #161 of 499 | #3 of 17 |
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
451
-65 (-13%) vs 2020
-49% since 1990-91, when it was 882
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 451 | 39.1 | 11.5:1 | 28% (128) |
| 2023-24 | 473 | 39.1 | 12.1:1 | 26% (123) |
| 2022-23 | 491 | 38.9 | 12.6:1 | 26% (130) |
| 2020-21 | 516 | 36 | 14.3:1 | 18% (91) |
| 2017-18 | 563 | 39.3 | 14.3:1 | 21% (121) |
| 2015-16 | 502 | 34 | 14.8:1 | 20% (102) |
| 2010-11 | 484 | 34 | 14.2:1 | 12% (56) |
| 2000-01 | 665 | 42 | 15.8:1 | 3% (23) |
| 1990-91 | 882 | 33 | 26.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ROYAL OAKS ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (563 to 451); teachers down 1% (39.3 to 39.1).
About ROYAL OAKS ELEMENTARY
ROYAL OAKS ELEMENTARY is an elementary school in WOODBURY, Minnesota, and it is part of South Washington County Schools. The school enrolls 451 students in pre-K through 5. Elementary schools in Minnesota average about 344 students, which makes this school 31% above average.
South Washington County Schools runs ROYAL OAKS ELEMENTARY along with 27 other schools, enrolling 19,578 students in total.
The largest group at ROYAL OAKS ELEMENTARY is White students, at 57%. Other students are 12% Asian, 12% multiracial, 10% Hispanic, and 9% Black. By comparison, Washington County residents are about 78% White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 63%.
The school lists 39.1 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.5:1. The average for elementary schools in Minnesota is 13.7:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. A total of 128 students, or 28%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Washington County average a similar 26%.
On the allk12 Grade, ROYAL OAKS ELEMENTARY lands at B+, ahead of 66% of Minnesota public elementary schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, ROYAL OAKS ELEMENTARY would score about 49.8%. It scores 54.1%, 4.3 points above that figure.
The county, Washington County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $115,345 a year, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting ROYAL OAKS ELEMENTARY, Washington County has 103 public schools.
Woodbury High School, about 0.7 miles away, is the closest public school. Within five miles of ROYAL OAKS ELEMENTARY, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, ROYAL OAKS ELEMENTARY places 4th out of 7 schools in its immediate area.
ROYAL OAKS ELEMENTARY is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
In 2020-21, ROYAL OAKS ELEMENTARY enrolled 516 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 451. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (11.5:1) than in 2020-21 (14.3:1).
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Washington County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
276,238
Census ACS
Median income
$115,345
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
49%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
103
46,313 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in South Washington County Schools
- EAST RIDGE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,072 students
- Park High SchoolHigh · 1,992 students
- Woodbury High SchoolHigh · 1,943 students
- LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,165 students
- WOODBURY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,160 students
- COTTAGE GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,005 students
Other schools in WOODBURY
- EAST RIDGE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,072 students
- Woodbury High SchoolHigh · 1,943 students
- LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,165 students
- WOODBURY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,160 students
- LIBERTY RIDGE ELEMENTARYElementary · 801 students
- Valley Crossing ElementaryElementary · 734 students
Other Royal Oaks Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Royal Oaks Elementary. ROYAL OAKS ELEMENTARY is the 2nd largest of the 4.
- Royal Oaks ElementaryKannapolis, NC · 661 students
- Royal Oaks ElementarySun Prairie, WI · 433 students
- Royal Oaks ElementaryVisalia, CA · 413 students
Nearby schools
- Woodbury High School0.7 mi · 1,943
- SoWashCo Online 9-120.9 mi · 47
- WOODBURY MIDDLE SCHOOL1.0 mi · 1,160
- WOODBURY ELEMENTARY1.1 mi · 483
- MATH AND SCIENCE ACADEMY1.2 mi · 720
- Aris1.2 mi · 22
Frequently asked questions
About ROYAL OAKS ELEMENTARYHow many students attend ROYAL OAKS ELEMENTARY?
ROYAL OAKS ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 451 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does ROYAL OAKS ELEMENTARY serve?
ROYAL OAKS ELEMENTARY serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at ROYAL OAKS ELEMENTARY?
Approximately 11.5:1 students per teacher at ROYAL OAKS ELEMENTARY.
What is the student diversity at ROYAL OAKS ELEMENTARY?
Student demographics at ROYAL OAKS ELEMENTARY are roughly 57% White, 10% Hispanic, 9% Black, 12% Asian, 12% Two or more.
What district is ROYAL OAKS ELEMENTARY in?
ROYAL OAKS ELEMENTARY is part of South Washington County Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.