Enrollment
412
Elementary
DISTRICT 308 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WEST ST. PAUL-MENDOTA HEIGHTS-EAGAN·NCES 274227001780
SOMERSET ELEMENTARY
1355 DODD RD, MENDOTA HEIGHTS, MN 55118 · (651) 403-8201 · Dakota County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL412 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.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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
12.9:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.0:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
102 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 48%
Community
0
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 | 84 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 92 | 22% |
| Grade 2 | 75 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 87 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 74 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (84) is 14% larger than its 4th grade class (74).
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
69.7%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
78.4%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 78 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
72.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.8%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+20.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 52% 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 21 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 SOMERSET ELEMENTARY
SOMERSET ELEMENTARY's state test result (72.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOMERSET ELEMENTARY this school | 412 | 24.8% | 72.6% |
| BLUFF CREEK ELEMENTARY CHANHASSEN | 462 | 20.6% | 61.1% |
| Pinewood Community Elementary EAGAN | 519 | 22.0% | 51.7% |
| Spring Creek Elementary NORTHFIELD | 445 | 29.2% | 60.7% |
| BRIDGEWATER ELEMENTARY NORTHFIELD | 564 | 25.7% | 60.5% |
| AKIN ROAD ELEMENTARY FARMINGTON | 479 | 30.3% | 35.7% |
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 SOMERSET ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Dakota County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.6% | #21 of 844 | #1 of 60 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 78.4% | #45 of 844 | #2 of 60 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.7% | #55 of 844 | #2 of 60 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 412 | #457 of 1,130 | #46 of 73 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #280 of 769 | #16 of 58 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.9% | #367 of 796 | #45 of 59 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 24.8% | #757 of 942 | #48 of 66 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.5% | #493 of 499 | #36 of 36 |
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
412
+47 (+13%) vs 2020
-10% since 1990-91, when it was 459
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 412 | 32 | 12.9:1 | 25% (102) |
| 2023-24 | 402 | 2.6 | 152.3:1 | 26% (103) |
| 2022-23 | 383 | 30.4 | 12.6:1 | 25% (97) |
| 2020-21 | 365 | 25 | 14.6:1 | 19% (68) |
| 2017-18 | 414 | 24.3 | 17.0:1 | 19% (80) |
| 2015-16 | 419 | 25 | 16.8:1 | 20% (84) |
| 2010-11 | 376 | 23 | 16.4:1 | 17% (64) |
| 2000-01 | 268 | 20 | 13.4:1 | 16% (42) |
| 1990-91 | 459 | 22 | 20.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SOMERSET ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (414 to 412); teachers up 32% (24.3 to 32).
About SOMERSET ELEMENTARY
SOMERSET ELEMENTARY, a medium-sized elementary school, is located in MENDOTA HEIGHTS, Minnesota. The latest federal count shows 412 students in pre-K through 4.
Enrollment across the 13 schools in West St. Paul-Mendota Heights-Eagan totals 5,452 students.
At SOMERSET ELEMENTARY, White students make up 67% of the student body. It is also 17% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 5% Black, and 2% Asian. SOMERSET ELEMENTARY's diversity index is 51%, against a US figure of 70%.
SOMERSET ELEMENTARY employs 32 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 12.9:1. This ratio sits 0.8 below the 13.7:1 average for elementary schools in Minnesota. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 25% in 2024-25. The gap from the 34% average for public schools in Dakota County is 9 points.
allk12 grades SOMERSET ELEMENTARY an A+. The grade compares the school only with Minnesota public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
SOMERSET ELEMENTARY beats its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests by 20.8 points (72.6% versus 51.8%), a top-10% result in Minnesota on BeatsExpectations.
Dakota County census figures show that the median household income is $106,318, roughly 45% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 170 public schools in Dakota County, enrolling about 74,687 students in all.
Of nearby public schools, MORELAND ART/HEALTH SCIENCE MAGNET is the closest, at about 1.0 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of SOMERSET ELEMENTARY. On proficiency, SOMERSET ELEMENTARY is ahead of the 51.6% nearby average, ranking 2nd of 7.
SOMERSET ELEMENTARY falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 47 more students in 2024-25. The ratio of students to teachers went from 14.6:1 to 12.9:1 over the same years.
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Dakota County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
445,771
Census ACS
Median income
$106,318
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
45%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
170
74,687 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in West St. Paul-Mendota Heights-Eagan
- Two Rivers High SchoolHigh · 1,710 students
- FRIENDLY HILLS MIDDLEMiddle · 785 students
- HERITAGE E-STEM MAGNET SCHOOLMiddle · 761 students
- GARLOUGH ENVIRONMENTAL MAGNETElementary · 414 students
- PILOT KNOB STEM MAGNET SCHOOLElementary · 387 students
- MORELAND ART/HEALTH SCIENCE MAGNETElementary · 369 students
Other schools in MENDOTA HEIGHTS
- Two Rivers High SchoolHigh · 1,710 students
- FRIENDLY HILLS MIDDLEMiddle · 785 students
- MENDOTA ELEMENTARYElementary · 358 students
- Aspen House Education ProgramHigh · 6 students
- Special EducationCombined · 3 students
- W ST. PAUL AREA LEARNING CNTR.High
Other Somerset Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 7 states are named Somerset Elementary. SOMERSET ELEMENTARY is the 4th largest of the 7.
- Somerset Elementary SchoolBellevue, WA · 741 students
- Somerset Elementary SchoolSOMERSET, TX · 716 students
- Somerset ElementarySomerset, WI · 577 students
- Somerset ElementaryChevy Chase, MD · 314 students
- Somerset Elementary SchoolSomerset, OH · 264 students
Nearby schools
- MORELAND ART/HEALTH SCIENCE MAGNET1.0 mi · 369
- GARLOUGH ENVIRONMENTAL MAGNET1.3 mi · 414
- HERITAGE E-STEM MAGNET SCHOOL1.3 mi · 761
- Two Rivers High School1.3 mi · 1,710
- Special Education1.3 mi · 3
- Nova Classical Academy Lower School1.4 mi · 485
Frequently asked questions
About SOMERSET ELEMENTARYHow large is SOMERSET ELEMENTARY?
SOMERSET ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 412 students in grades PK-04.
Is SOMERSET ELEMENTARY an elementary, middle, or high school?
SOMERSET ELEMENTARY is an elementary school covering grades PK-04.
How many students per teacher at SOMERSET ELEMENTARY?
Approximately 12.9:1 students per teacher at SOMERSET ELEMENTARY.
How diverse is SOMERSET ELEMENTARY?
SOMERSET ELEMENTARY reports a student body of 67% White, 17% Hispanic, 5% Black, 2% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees SOMERSET ELEMENTARY?
SOMERSET ELEMENTARY is overseen by West St. Paul-Mendota Heights-Eagan in Dakota County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.