RUSH CREEK ELEMENTARY

RUSH CREEK ELEMENTARY operates as an expansive K-5 school in MAPLE GROVE, Minnesota, part of OSSEO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 762 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Minnesota's public schools average about 344 students each, so RUSH CREEK ELEMENTARY sits 122% above that benchmark.

OSSEO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 31 schools in total, collectively educating 21,138 students. RUSH CREEK ELEMENTARY is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, RUSH CREEK ELEMENTARY logs that 67% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school records 12% Black, 9% multiracial, 7% Asian, 4% Hispanic. Compared to Hennepin County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.8:1. The state averages around 13.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 19% of students at RUSH CREEK ELEMENTARY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably below Hennepin County's rate of about 43%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, RUSH CREEK ELEMENTARY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 54.9%, the actual is 57.9%, a residual of +3.0 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Hennepin County put median household income runs about $97,653, roughly 54% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Hennepin County's 496 public schools (combined enrollment of about 177,509 students), RUSH CREEK ELEMENTARY is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Minnesota Excellence in Learning Ac, around 1.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around RUSH CREEK ELEMENTARY. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts RUSH CREEK ELEMENTARY at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 55.0%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 8%: 824 students in 2018 compared to 762 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 77% to 67% over that span.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.