Seven Hills - Richfield Elementary

Set in RICHFIELD, Minnesota, Seven Hills - Richfield Elementary is a reasonably sized elementary campus, part of Seven Hills Preparatory Academy. It works with 303 students across grades K through 5.

Across the 3 schools in Seven Hills Preparatory Academy (1,096 students total), Seven Hills - Richfield Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Seven Hills - Richfield Elementary reports that the largest single group is White at 34%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 21% Black, 18% Asian, 14% Hispanic, 12% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 66% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Seven Hills - Richfield Elementary shows 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.0:1. The state averages around 13.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 37% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Seven Hills - Richfield Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 45.0%; this one delivers 56.6%.

In the surrounding community, Hennepin County reports that median household income runs about $97,653, about 54% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Seven Hills - Richfield Elementary is one of 496 public schools in Hennepin County (combined enrollment of about 177,509 students).

Nearest neighbor: Seven Hills - Richfield Middle, around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Seven Hills - Richfield Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 32.3%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site. As a public charter, Seven Hills - Richfield Elementary runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Over the past 7-year window. Seven Hills - Richfield Elementary's enrollment has grew 150% since 2018, when it stood at 121 (now 303). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 47% to 34%.

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