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Enrollment
557
Elementary
DISTRICT 599 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ANOKA-HENNEPIN SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 270318000123
Sand Creek Elementary
12156 OLIVE ST NW, COON RAPIDS, MN 55448 · (763) 506-4300 · Anoka County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL557 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 32% of Minnesota public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
12.9:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
249 students
DISTRICT 46% · 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 | 94 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 82 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 79 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 104 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 115 | 21% |
| Grade 5 | 83 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (94) is 13% larger than its 5th grade class (83).
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
43.0%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
47.8%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 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
39.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.0%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% 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 Sand Creek Elementary
Sand Creek Elementary's state test result (39.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sand Creek Elementary this school | 557 | 44.7% | 39.8% |
| Centennial Elementary CIRCLE PINES | 502 | 46.6% | 49.0% |
| Wilson Elementary ANOKA | 576 | 48.1% | 43.4% |
| Johnsville Elementary BLAINE | 644 | 43.3% | 49.8% |
| Overland Elementary School ROCHESTER | 549 | 45.9% | 45.4% |
| BRIMHALL ELEMENTARY ROSEVILLE | 569 | 47.6% | 43.1% |
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 Sand Creek Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Anoka County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.8% | #538 of 844 | #29 of 45 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.8% | #473 of 844 | #30 of 45 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #535 of 844 | #30 of 45 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 557 | #216 of 1,130 | #21 of 56 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #283 of 769 | #13 of 46 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.7% | #153 of 796 | #13 of 47 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.7% | #412 of 942 | #26 of 50 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.1% | #86 of 499 | #4 of 27 |
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
557
-29 (-5%) vs 2020
-25% since 1990-91, when it was 746
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 15.0:1
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 | 557 | 43.2 | 12.9:1 | 45% (249) |
| 2023-24 | 573 | 42.7 | 13.4:1 | 50% (285) |
| 2022-23 | 601 | 44 | 13.7:1 | 52% (312) |
| 2020-21 | 586 | 39 | 15.0:1 | 29% (172) |
| 2017-18 | 754 | 45.4 | 16.6:1 | 30% (224) |
| 2015-16 | 784 | 42 | 18.7:1 | 30% (232) |
| 2010-11 | 691 | 35 | 19.7:1 | 30% (204) |
| 2000-01 | 629 | 33 | 19.1:1 | 11% (67) |
| 1990-91 | 746 | 34 | 21.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sand Creek Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (754 to 557); teachers down 5% (45.4 to 43.2).
About Sand Creek Elementary
Sand Creek Elementary is an elementary school in COON RAPIDS, Minnesota, reachable at (763) 506-4300. The school reports 557 students in kindergarten through 5. The school's enrollment is 62% larger than the 344 average for elementary schools in Minnesota.
Anoka-Hennepin School District enrolls 38,746 students, and its 53 schools include Sand Creek Elementary.
White students are the largest group at Sand Creek Elementary, with 50% of enrollment. Other reported shares: 18% Black, 12% multiracial, 11% Asian, and 8% Hispanic. Anoka County's residents are about 75% White, 26 points above the school's share. The chance that two students picked at random at Sand Creek Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 69%.
Its 43.2 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 12.9:1. That ratio is under the 13.7:1 average for elementary schools in Minnesota. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 45%. That is close to the 42% average for public schools in Anoka County.
The allk12 Grade for Sand Creek Elementary is C. Compared with Minnesota public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 32% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Sand Creek Elementary would score about 41.0%. It scores 39.8%, 1.3 points below that figure.
Within Anoka County, median household income is about $101,869, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 32%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Anoka County number 145 and enroll about 59,656.
The shortest distance from Sand Creek Elementary to another public school is about 0.9 miles, to Compass Online. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. By average proficiency, Sand Creek Elementary is 5th among 6 schools close by.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal counts put enrollment at 586 in 2020-21 and 557 in 2024-25, a 5% decrease. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 15.0:1; by 2024-25 it was 12.9:1.
Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Anoka County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
370,349
Census ACS
Median income
$101,869
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
145
59,656 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Anoka-Hennepin School District
- Blaine High SchoolHigh · 3,157 students
- Champlin Park High SchoolHigh · 2,978 students
- Anoka High SchoolHigh · 2,348 students
- Jackson MiddleMiddle · 2,037 students
- Coon Rapids High SchoolHigh · 1,975 students
- Andover High SchoolHigh · 1,758 students
Other schools in COON RAPIDS
- Coon Rapids High SchoolHigh · 1,975 students
- Coon Rapids Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,295 students
- Northdale MiddleMiddle · 1,108 students
- Eisenhower ElementaryElementary · 491 students
- Morris Bye ElementaryElementary · 472 students
- Hoover Elementary BioMed Sci EgngElementary · 469 students
Other Sand Creek Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 3 states are named Sand Creek Elementary. Sand Creek Elementary is the largest of the 4.
- Sand Creek ElementaryFishers, IN · 520 students
- Sand Creek Elementary SchoolNorth Vernon, IN · 385 students
- Sand Creek Elementary SchoolHIGHLANDS RANCH, CO · 322 students
Nearby schools
- Compass Online0.9 mi · 21
- Compass-Bell Center0.9 mi · 37
- Sorteberg Early Childhood VPK0.9 mi · 13
- Blaine High School1.3 mi · 3,157
- Northdale Middle1.3 mi · 1,108
- NORTHWEST PASSAGE HIGH SCHOOL1.4 mi · 156
Frequently asked questions
About Sand Creek ElementaryHow many students attend Sand Creek Elementary?
Sand Creek Elementary enrolls approximately 557 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Sand Creek Elementary serve?
Sand Creek Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Sand Creek Elementary?
Approximately 12.9:1 students per teacher at Sand Creek Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Sand Creek Elementary?
At Sand Creek Elementary, the student body is approximately 50% White, 8% Hispanic, 18% Black, 11% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Is Sand Creek Elementary public or private?
Sand Creek Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Anoka-Hennepin School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.