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Enrollment
544
Elementary
DISTRICT 345 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WACONIA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 274146000363
SOUTHVIEW ELEMENTARY
225 4TH ST W, WACONIA, MN 55387 · (952) 442-0620 · Carver County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL544 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 69% 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.
- C+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
15.1:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
14%
74 students
DISTRICT 23% · STATE 48%
Community
1
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 | 83 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 87 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 85 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 96 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 101 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 92 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (83) is 10% smaller than its 5th grade class (92).
Student demographics
20%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 22% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
SOUTHVIEW ELEMENTARY→Waconia Middle School
Based on grade levels within WACONIA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
62.5%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
72.1%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 72 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
59.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.8%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% typical for Minnesota schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Minnesota's top nor bottom 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 SOUTHVIEW ELEMENTARY
SOUTHVIEW ELEMENTARY's state test result (59.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOUTHVIEW ELEMENTARY this school | 544 | 13.6% | 59.9% |
| EAGLE VIEW ELKO NEW MARKET | 527 | 15.2% | 51.1% |
| MEADOWVALE ELEMENTARY ELK RIVER | 554 | 16.2% | 62.5% |
| RUTHERFORD ELEMENTARY STILLWATER | 573 | 14.3% | 55.4% |
| BAYVIEW ELEMENTARY WACONIA | 530 | 16.0% | 61.9% |
| Laketown Elementary WACONIA | 530 | 10.0% | 65.5% |
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 SOUTHVIEW ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Carver County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.9% | #143 of 844 | #9 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 72.1% | #93 of 844 | #5 of 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.5% | #149 of 844 | #9 of 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 544 | #233 of 1,130 | #5 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.1:1 | #547 of 769 | #9 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.1% | #671 of 796 | #14 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 13.6% | #902 of 942 | #12 of 15 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.4% | #255 of 499 | #4 of 10 |
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
544
-113 (-17%) vs 2020
-34% since 2000-01, when it was 824
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
was 17.8:1
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 | 544 | 36.2 | 15.1:1 | 14% (74) |
| 2023-24 | 538 | 35.2 | 15.3:1 | 16% (86) |
| 2022-23 | 568 | 36.5 | 15.6:1 | 14% (82) |
| 2020-21 | 657 | 37 | 17.8:1 | 9% (60) |
| 2017-18 | 628 | 39.5 | 15.9:1 | 12% (75) |
| 2015-16 | 698 | 39 | 17.9:1 | 12% (83) |
| 2010-11 | 650 | 36 | 18.1:1 | 15% (95) |
| 2000-01 | 824 | 49 | 16.8:1 | 8% (66) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SOUTHVIEW ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (628 to 544); teachers down 8% (39.5 to 36.2).
About SOUTHVIEW ELEMENTARY
SOUTHVIEW ELEMENTARY is a public elementary school run by WACONIA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT in WACONIA, Minnesota. The school enrolls 544 students in kindergarten through 5. That compares with an average of about 344 students for elementary schools in Minnesota.
SOUTHVIEW ELEMENTARY is one of 10 schools in WACONIA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, which enrolls 3,984 students in total.
At SOUTHVIEW ELEMENTARY, 89% of students are White. The remaining students are 5% multiracial and 4% Hispanic. Census estimates put Carver County at about 87% White, close to the school's figure. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 20%.
There are 36.2 full-time-equivalent teachers at SOUTHVIEW ELEMENTARY, giving a ratio of 15.1:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Minnesota is 13.7:1. A total of 74 students, or 14%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among Minnesota public elementary schools, SOUTHVIEW ELEMENTARY outscored 69%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, SOUTHVIEW ELEMENTARY falls in the middle 80% of Minnesota schools: 59.9% actual against 57.8% predicted.
For Carver County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $125,946, about 50% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 3% of residents are in poverty. There are 57 public schools in the county, enrolling about 18,076, SOUTHVIEW ELEMENTARY among them.
TRANSITIONS 110, less than a tenth of a mile away, is the closest public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Among the 5 closest schools with test data, this one included, SOUTHVIEW ELEMENTARY ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put SOUTHVIEW ELEMENTARY in a town close to an urbanized area (Town: Fringe).
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 544, down from 657 in 2020-21. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 17.8:1 to 15.1:1.
The SOUTHVIEW ELEMENTARY discussion page is a place for special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Carver County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
110,041
Census ACS
Median income
$125,946
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
50%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
57
18,076 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in WACONIA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
- Waconia High SchoolHigh · 1,335 students
- Waconia Middle SchoolMiddle · 885 students
- BAYVIEW ELEMENTARYElementary · 530 students
- Laketown ElementaryElementary · 530 students
- EARLY CHILDHOOD SPECIAL EDUCATIONElementary · 67 students
- Waconia Early Learning CenterElementary · 53 students
Other schools in WACONIA
- Waconia High SchoolHigh · 1,335 students
- Waconia Middle SchoolMiddle · 885 students
- BAYVIEW ELEMENTARYElementary · 530 students
- Laketown ElementaryElementary · 530 students
- EARLY CHILDHOOD SPECIAL EDUCATIONElementary · 67 students
- Waconia Early Learning CenterElementary · 53 students
Other Southview Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 4 states are named Southview Elementary. SOUTHVIEW ELEMENTARY is the 3rd largest of the 6.
- SOUTHVIEW ELEMENTARYAPPLE VALLEY, MN · 576 students
- Southview ElementaryMARSHALL, MN · 524 students
- Southview Elementary SchoolTuscaloosa, AL · 644 students
- SOUTHVIEW ELEM.KEARNEY, MO · 455 students
- Southview ElementaryChippewa Falls, WI · 286 students
Nearby schools
- TRANSITIONS 1100.0 mi · 11
- BAYVIEW ELEMENTARY0.5 mi · 530
- EARLY CHILDHOOD SPECIAL EDUCATION0.5 mi · 67
- Waconia Early Learning Center0.5 mi · 53
- Waconia Middle School1.2 mi · 885
- Laketown Elementary1.3 mi · 530
Frequently asked questions
About SOUTHVIEW ELEMENTARYHow many students attend SOUTHVIEW ELEMENTARY?
SOUTHVIEW ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 544 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does SOUTHVIEW ELEMENTARY serve?
SOUTHVIEW ELEMENTARY serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at SOUTHVIEW ELEMENTARY?
Approximately 15.1:1 students per teacher at SOUTHVIEW ELEMENTARY.
How diverse is SOUTHVIEW ELEMENTARY?
SOUTHVIEW ELEMENTARY reports a student body of 89% White, 4% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is SOUTHVIEW ELEMENTARY public or private?
SOUTHVIEW ELEMENTARY is a public K-12 school, overseen by WACONIA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.