Snail Lake Kindergarten Center

Snail Lake Kindergarten Center is an elementary-level community of mid-sized scale in SHOREVIEW, Minnesota, run under Mounds View Public School District, serveing 357 students in grades pre-K through K.

Within Mounds View Public School District, which oversees 23 schools and 11,934 students, Snail Lake Kindergarten Center is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Snail Lake Kindergarten Center reports that the largest single group is White, at 68% of enrollment. Other groups include 12% Asian, 10% multiracial, 5% Black, 4% Hispanic. By comparison, Ramsey County as a whole is about 59% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Snail Lake Kindergarten Center has 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 19.1:1. The state averages around 13.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 17% of students at Snail Lake Kindergarten Center qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Ramsey County runs at roughly 57%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

In the broader community, census data for Ramsey County shows the typical household earns roughly $81,568 per year, about 46% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Snail Lake Kindergarten Center is one of 302 public schools in Ramsey County (combined enrollment of about 94,437 students).

The closest other public school is Oak Hill Montessori Community, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a residential site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Snail Lake Kindergarten Center's enrollment has expanded 6% since 2018, when it stood at 336 (now 357). Class-load math has widened: from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 19.1:1 in 2025.

On allk12, members of the Snail Lake Kindergarten Center community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.