University Avenue Elementary - Aero

Set in BLAINE, Minnesota, University Avenue Elementary - Aero is a large elementary campus, operated by Anoka-Hennepin School District. It caters to 557 students across grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Minnesota's public schools average about 344 students each, so University Avenue Elementary - Aero sits 62% above that benchmark.

Across the 53 schools in Anoka-Hennepin School District (38,746 students total), University Avenue Elementary - Aero accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, University Avenue Elementary - Aero records that the most-represented group is White (42%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 24% Black, 11% multiracial, 11% Hispanic, 10% Asian. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 75%.

On the resource side, The school lists 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 58% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Anoka County (around 42%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, University Avenue Elementary - Aero performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 34.1%, the actual is 36.6%, a residual of +2.5 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Anoka County shows the typical household earns roughly $101,869 per year, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. University Avenue Elementary - Aero is one of 145 public schools in Anoka County (combined enrollment of about 59,656 students).

Nearest neighbor: Paladin Career and Tech High School, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around University Avenue Elementary - Aero. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), University Avenue Elementary - Aero ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 41.7%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 9%: 610 students in 2018 compared to 557 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 56% to 42% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 17.9:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 today.

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