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What tradition at SCENIC HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY should never be changed?
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Enrollment
930
Elementary
DISTRICT 633 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MINNETONKA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 271167000549
SCENIC HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY
5650 SCENIC HEIGHTS DR, MINNETONKA, MN 55345 · (952) 401-5400 · Hennepin County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL930 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 98% of Minnesota public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
14.5:1
64 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.5:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
10%
91 students
DISTRICT 15% · 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 | 120 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 137 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 163 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 167 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 165 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 178 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (120) is 33% smaller than its 5th grade class (178).
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 40% · 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
78.7%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
87.5%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 88 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of MN schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
77.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.8%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 78% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 60% typical for Minnesota schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 18 points, placing it in Minnesota's top 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 SCENIC HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY
SCENIC HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY's state test result (77.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCENIC HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY this school | 930 | 9.8% | 77.9% |
| GREENWOOD ELEMENTARY PLYMOUTH | 762 | 10.2% | 65.3% |
| Valley Crossing Elementary WOODBURY | 734 | 12.5% | 73.0% |
| Highview Elementary School LAKEVILLE | 658 | 11.6% | 56.5% |
| COLOGNE ACADEMY COLOGNE | 679 | 13.1% | 77.1% |
| North Woods Elementary School PLYMOUTH | 775 | 5.8% | 74.6% |
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 SCENIC HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Hennepin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 77.9% | #6 of 844 | #5 of 169 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 87.5% | #4 of 844 | #3 of 169 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.7% | #12 of 844 | #9 of 169 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 930 | #12 of 1,130 | #3 of 206 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #484 of 769 | #88 of 164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.4% | #286 of 796 | #92 of 165 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 9.8% | #928 of 942 | #173 of 183 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.8% | #158 of 244 | #32 of 50 |
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
930
+29 (+3%) vs 2020
+126% since 1990-91, when it was 411
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
was 15.3:1
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 | 930 | 64 | 14.5:1 | 10% (91) |
| 2023-24 | 928 | 63 | 14.7:1 | 9% (80) |
| 2022-23 | 906 | 63.9 | 14.2:1 | 7% (66) |
| 2020-21 | 901 | 59 | 15.3:1 | 3% (30) |
| 2017-18 | 879 | 57.7 | 15.2:1 | 8% (67) |
| 2015-16 | 839 | 52 | 16.1:1 | 8% (64) |
| 2010-11 | 585 | 41 | 14.3:1 | 9% (50) |
| 2000-01 | 509 | 30 | 17.0:1 | 2% (11) |
| 1990-91 | 411 | 20 | 20.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SCENIC HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (879 to 930); teachers up 11% (57.7 to 64).
About SCENIC HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY
SCENIC HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY is a large elementary school in Minnesota, with an address in MINNETONKA. Enrollment stands at 930 students, covering kindergarten through 5. The school is 170% bigger than the average for elementary schools in Minnesota.
MINNETONKA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT serves 11,323 students across 13 schools.
The student body at SCENIC HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY is 58% White. It is also 19% Asian, 16% multiracial, 3% Black, and 3% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 59, compared with 70 nationally.
There are about 14.5 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at SCENIC HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY, which has 64. Elementary schools in Minnesota average 13.7:1, 0.8 fewer students per teacher than here. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at SCENIC HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY is about 10%. The rate at public schools in Hennepin County averages 43%, higher than here.
On the allk12 Grade, SCENIC HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY lands at A+, ahead of 98% of Minnesota public elementary schools.
Test results at SCENIC HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY are 18.1 points above what its student poverty level predicts. The average proficiency rate across its state test results is 77.9%, compared with a predicted 59.8%, which ranks in the top 10% in Minnesota.
The county, Hennepin County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $97,653, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 54% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. The county's public schools total 496, with about 177,509 students.
SCENIC HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY's nearest public school is Tonka Online K-5 (about 0.8 miles). In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of SCENIC HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY. SCENIC HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY places 1st of 6 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Small.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, SCENIC HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY had a net gain of 29 students, or 3%.
The discussion board for SCENIC HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 MINNETONKA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
- MINNETONKA SENIOR HIGHHigh · 3,514 students
- MINNETONKA EAST MIDDLEMiddle · 1,320 students
- MINNETONKA WEST MIDDLEMiddle · 1,297 students
- GROVELAND ELEMENTARYElementary · 903 students
- MINNEWASHTA ELEMENTARYElementary · 880 students
- CLEAR SPRINGS ELEMENTARYElementary · 849 students
Other schools in MINNETONKA
- MINNETONKA SENIOR HIGHHigh · 3,514 students
- Hopkins High SchoolHigh · 2,003 students
- MINNETONKA EAST MIDDLEMiddle · 1,320 students
- GROVELAND ELEMENTARYElementary · 903 students
- Hopkins North Middle SchoolMiddle · 866 students
- CLEAR SPRINGS ELEMENTARYElementary · 849 students
Other Scenic Heights Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Scenic Heights Elementary. SCENIC HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY is the largest of the 2.
- SCENIC HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLPENSACOLA, FL · 773 students
Nearby schools
- Tonka Online K-50.8 mi · 25
- CLEAR SPRINGS ELEMENTARY0.8 mi · 849
- Tonka Online1.0 mi · 97
- MINNETONKA SENIOR HIGH1.0 mi · 3,514
- GATEWOOD ELEMENTARY1.2 mi · 351
- PRAIRIE VIEW ELEMENTARY1.8 mi · 628
Frequently asked questions
About SCENIC HEIGHTS ELEMENTARYHow large is SCENIC HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY?
SCENIC HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 930 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does SCENIC HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY serve?
SCENIC HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at SCENIC HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY?
The student-to-teacher ratio at SCENIC HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY is approximately 14.5:1 (64 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at SCENIC HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY?
At SCENIC HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY, the student body is approximately 58% White, 3% Hispanic, 3% Black, 19% Asian, 16% Two or more.
What district is SCENIC HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY in?
SCENIC HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY is part of MINNETONKA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.