Seven Hills - Burnsville Elementary

Seven Hills - Burnsville Elementary is a K-5 school of reasonably sized scale in BURNSVILLE, Minnesota, run under Seven Hills Preparatory Academy, hosting 480 students in grades K through 5. By comparison, Minnesota's public schools average about 344 students each, so Seven Hills - Burnsville Elementary sits 40% larger than that benchmark.

Seven Hills - Burnsville Elementary is one of 3 schools operated by Seven Hills Preparatory Academy, a district that enrolls 1,096 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Seven Hills - Burnsville Elementary reports that 33% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder consists of 25% Black, 24% Asian, 10% Hispanic, 9% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 74%.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 8.1:1. The state averages around 13.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 36% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Seven Hills - Burnsville Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 45.8%, the actual is 51.8%, a residual of +6.0 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Dakota County shows median household income runs about $106,318, about 45% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Dakota County runs 170 public schools (combined enrollment of about 74,687 students), of which Seven Hills - Burnsville Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Eagle Ridge Middle School, roughly 0.8 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Seven Hills - Burnsville Elementary. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Seven Hills - Burnsville Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 28.5%.

The school occupies a high-density site. Seven Hills - Burnsville Elementary operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Over the past 7-year window. Seven Hills - Burnsville Elementary's enrollment has declined 13% since 2018, when it stood at 549 (now 480). White enrollment moved from 68% to 33% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 8.1:1 in 2025.

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