SOMERSET ELEMENTARY

Set in MENDOTA HEIGHTS, Minnesota, SOMERSET ELEMENTARY is an average-sized elementary school, part of West St. Paul-Mendota Heights-Eagan. It teaches 412 students across grades pre-K through 4.

West St. Paul-Mendota Heights-Eagan comprises 13 schools with combined enrollment of 5,452 students; SOMERSET ELEMENTARY is among them.

In terms of who attends, SOMERSET ELEMENTARY logs that White students make up the majority at 67%. Beyond that, the school reports 17% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 5% Black, 2% Asian.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, SOMERSET ELEMENTARY has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.7:1 average. About 25% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Dakota County runs at roughly 34%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), SOMERSET ELEMENTARY sits in the top 10% of Minnesota schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 51.8%; actual is 72.6%, +20.8 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the area at large, census data for Dakota County shows median household earnings sit near $106,318, about 45% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. SOMERSET ELEMENTARY is one of 170 public schools in Dakota County (combined enrollment of about 74,687 students).

MORELAND ART/HEALTH SCIENCE MAGNET is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SOMERSET ELEMENTARY ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 51.6%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Over the past 7-year window. SOMERSET ELEMENTARY's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 414 (now 412). White enrollment moved from 73% to 67% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 17.0:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 in 2025.

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