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SHANNON PARK ELEMENTARY
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About SHANNON PARK ELEMENTARY
Located at 13501 SHANNON PKWY, in ROSEMOUNT, Minnesota, SHANNON PARK ELEMENTARY is an average-sized elementary school that serves 508 students (grades K through 5), part of ROSEMOUNT-APPLE VALLEY-EAGAN. Compared to the state average of about 344 students per school, that is 48% above typical.
Within ROSEMOUNT-APPLE VALLEY-EAGAN, which oversees 36 schools and 29,224 students, SHANNON PARK ELEMENTARY is one campus in the system.
In terms of who attends, SHANNON PARK ELEMENTARY shows that White students make up the majority at 70%. Beyond that, the school reports 8% Black, 8% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 5% Asian.
On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.6:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.7:1, putting SHANNON PARK ELEMENTARY higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 11% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Dakota County runs at roughly 34%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.
With demographic context factored in, SHANNON PARK ELEMENTARY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 59.3%, the actual is 65.1%, a residual of +5.9 points.
Across the wider county, census data for Dakota County shows median household earnings sit near $106,318, roughly 45% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Dakota County's 170 public schools (combined enrollment of about 74,687 students), SHANNON PARK ELEMENTARY is one campus in the mix.
ROSEMOUNT SENIOR HIGH is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, SHANNON PARK ELEMENTARY comes 1st of 5 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 53.7%.
The school occupies a bedroom-community site.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 25%: 674 students in 2018 compared to 508 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 79% to 70%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 today.
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