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Enrollment
704
Elementary
DISTRICT 499 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ELK RIVER PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 271137003689
TWIN LAKES ELEMENTARY
10051 191ST AVE NW, ELK RIVER, MN 55330 · (763) 274-7242 · Sherburne County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL704 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
18.0:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.5:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
22%
157 students
DISTRICT 27% · STATE 48%
Community
5
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 | 103 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 119 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 114 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 121 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 113 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 134 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (103) is 23% smaller than its 5th grade class (134).
Student demographics
33%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · 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
79.0%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
78.5%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 79 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
72.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.1%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 53% 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 19 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 TWIN LAKES ELEMENTARY
TWIN LAKES ELEMENTARY's state test result (72.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| TWIN LAKES ELEMENTARY this school | 704 | 22.3% | 72.0% |
| ST. MICHAEL ELEMENTARY SAINT MICHAEL | 654 | 21.3% | 62.1% |
| Carver Elementary School CARVER | 782 | 22.5% | 49.3% |
| KENNEDY ELEMENTARY LAKEVILLE | 638 | 24.5% | 54.8% |
| LAKE MARION ELEMENTARY LAKEVILLE | 727 | 22.0% | 62.2% |
| BIG WOODS ELEMENTARY SAINT MICHAEL | 656 | 18.0% | 63.6% |
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 TWIN LAKES ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Sherburne County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.0% | #25 of 844 | #1 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 78.5% | #43 of 844 | #1 of 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 79.0% | #11 of 844 | #1 of 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 704 | #78 of 1,130 | #3 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.0:1 | #737 of 769 | #12 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.5% | #537 of 796 | #6 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 22.3% | #795 of 942 | #12 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +11.2% | #105 of 244 | N/A |
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
704
+69 (+11%) vs 2020
-16% since 2010-11, when it was 837
Student : Teacher
18.0:1
was 17.6:1
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 | 704 | 39.1 | 18.0:1 | 22% (157) |
| 2023-24 | 716 | 38.1 | 18.8:1 | 24% (175) |
| 2022-23 | 705 | 36.3 | 19.4:1 | 27% (187) |
| 2020-21 | 635 | 36 | 17.6:1 | 12% (75) |
| 2017-18 | 633 | 36.4 | 17.4:1 | 13% (84) |
| 2015-16 | 894 | 47 | 19.0:1 | 17% (151) |
| 2010-11 | 837 | 41 | 20.4:1 | 19% (157) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for TWIN LAKES ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students up 11% (633 to 704); teachers up 7% (36.4 to 39.1).
About TWIN LAKES ELEMENTARY
TWIN LAKES ELEMENTARY is a public elementary school run by Elk River Public School District in ELK RIVER, Minnesota. The school serves 704 students in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25. The average among elementary schools in Minnesota is roughly 344 students; this school is 105% larger than that.
Elk River Public School District has 29 schools; together they serve 14,633 students.
About 81% of the student body at TWIN LAKES ELEMENTARY is White. The rest of enrollment is 7% Black, 6% multiracial, 3% Asian, and 3% Hispanic. TWIN LAKES ELEMENTARY's diversity index is 33%, against a US figure of 70%.
Federal staffing data show 39.1 full-time-equivalent teachers at TWIN LAKES ELEMENTARY and a ratio of 18.0:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 13.7:1 average for elementary schools in Minnesota. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 22% of enrollment.
allk12 grades TWIN LAKES ELEMENTARY an A+. The grade compares the school only with Minnesota public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
TWIN LAKES ELEMENTARY beats its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests by 18.9 points (72.0% versus 53.1%), a top-10% result in Minnesota on BeatsExpectations.
In the county around the school, Sherburne County, the median household income is $105,466, roughly 30% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 45 public schools in Sherburne County, enrolling about 16,306 students in all.
Nearest public school: Online728 Elementary School, about 1.8 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. TWIN LAKES ELEMENTARY's average proficiency of 72.0% compares with 56.7% for its nearest scored neighbors.
TWIN LAKES 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.
Enrollment at TWIN LAKES ELEMENTARY climbed 11% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 635 to 704 students.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for TWIN LAKES ELEMENTARY covering things like sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Sherburne County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
100,560
Census ACS
Median income
$105,466
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
45
16,306 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Elk River Public School District
- ROGERS SENIOR HIGHHigh · 1,888 students
- ELK RIVER SENIOR HIGHHigh · 1,562 students
- ROGERS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,077 students
- Prairie View Middle SchoolMiddle · 953 students
- Prairie View Elementary SchoolElementary · 755 students
- ZIMMERMAN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 704 students
Other schools in ELK RIVER
- ELK RIVER SENIOR HIGHHigh · 1,562 students
- SALK MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 638 students
- VANDENBERGE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 557 students
- LINCOLN ELEMENTARYElementary · 554 students
- MEADOWVALE ELEMENTARYElementary · 554 students
- PARKER ELEMENTARYElementary · 513 students
Other Twin Lakes Elementary schools
8 other US public schools in 7 states are named Twin Lakes Elementary. TWIN LAKES ELEMENTARY is the largest of the 9.
- TWIN LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOLTAMPA, FL · 535 students
- Twin Lakes Elementary SchoolLas Vegas, NV · 523 students
- Twin Lakes ElementaryEl Monte, CA · 502 students
- Twin Lakes ElementaryOrangevale, CA · 494 students
- Twin Lakes Elementary SchoolFEDERAL WAY, WA · 371 students
Nearby schools
- Online728 Elementary School1.8 mi · 25
- ELK RIVER DISTRICT SHARED TIME PROG1.8 mi · 1
- C.O.M.P.A.S.S.1.8 mi · 28
- Online728 Middle School1.8 mi · 25
- Online728 High School1.8 mi · 81
- PARKER ELEMENTARY2.0 mi · 513
Frequently asked questions
About TWIN LAKES ELEMENTARYWhat is the total enrollment at TWIN LAKES ELEMENTARY?
TWIN LAKES ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 704 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does TWIN LAKES ELEMENTARY serve?
TWIN LAKES ELEMENTARY serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at TWIN LAKES ELEMENTARY?
The student-to-teacher ratio at TWIN LAKES ELEMENTARY is approximately 18.0:1 (39 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at TWIN LAKES ELEMENTARY?
At TWIN LAKES ELEMENTARY, the student body is approximately 81% White, 3% Hispanic, 7% Black, 3% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is TWIN LAKES ELEMENTARY in?
TWIN LAKES ELEMENTARY is part of Elk River Public School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.