Enrollment
405
Elementary
DISTRICT 364 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WHITE BEAR LAKE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 274236001795
Vadnais Heights Elementary
3645 CENTERVILLE RD, WHITE BEAR LAKE, MN 55127 · (651) 653-2858 · Ramsey County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL405 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 71% of Minnesota public elementary schools
- B+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
15.6:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
173 students
DISTRICT 36% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 14 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 54 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 64 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 66 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 57 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 75 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (54) is 28% smaller than its 5th grade class (75).
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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
53.3%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
60.2%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 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
52.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.1%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 Vadnais Heights Elementary
Vadnais Heights Elementary's state test result (52.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vadnais Heights Elementary this school | 405 | 42.7% | 52.0% |
| PULLMAN ELEMENTARY SAINT PAUL PARK | 420 | 39.8% | 35.0% |
| Madison Elementary BLAINE | 369 | 44.7% | 56.1% |
| WOODBURY ELEMENTARY WOODBURY | 483 | 37.9% | 35.7% |
| ARMSTRONG ELEMENTARY COTTAGE GROVE | 325 | 37.2% | 38.9% |
| WILLIAMS ELEMENTARY SHOREVIEW | 459 | 37.5% | 55.9% |
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 Vadnais Heights Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Ramsey County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #294 of 844 | #20 of 93 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.2% | #270 of 844 | #14 of 93 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.3% | #340 of 844 | #22 of 93 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 405 | #472 of 1,130 | #50 of 119 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #600 of 769 | #65 of 83 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.3% | #178 of 796 | #42 of 86 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.7% | #444 of 942 | #74 of 101 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.0% | #223 of 244 | #24 of 27 |
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
405
+14 (+4%) vs 2020
-41% since 1990-91, when it was 684
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 12.2:1
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 | 405 | 26 | 15.6:1 | 43% (173) |
| 2023-24 | 397 | 26.7 | 14.8:1 | 42% (166) |
| 2022-23 | 375 | 30.7 | 12.2:1 | 43% (161) |
| 2020-21 | 391 | 32 | 12.2:1 | 39% (152) |
| 2017-18 | 401 | 31.2 | 12.8:1 | 36% (146) |
| 2015-16 | 397 | 30 | 13.2:1 | 39% (154) |
| 2010-11 | 367 | 24 | 15.3:1 | 36% (132) |
| 2000-01 | 538 | 26 | 20.7:1 | 16% (84) |
| 1990-91 | 684 | 30 | 22.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Vadnais Heights Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (401 to 405); teachers down 17% (31.2 to 26).
About Vadnais Heights Elementary
A mid-sized elementary school in WHITE BEAR LAKE, Minnesota, Vadnais Heights Elementary is part of White Bear Lake School District. It enrolls 405 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are pre-K through 5.
White Bear Lake School District has 20 schools; together they serve 11,839 students.
The share of White students at Vadnais Heights Elementary is 51%, a majority. After that, the student body is 19% Asian, 11% multiracial, 11% Black, and 8% Hispanic. Census figures show Ramsey County is about 59% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 67, compared with 70 nationally.
The school had 26 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 15.6:1. The gap from the 13.7:1 average for elementary schools in Minnesota is 1.9 students per teacher. The school reported 43% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. Among public schools in Ramsey County, the average eligibility rate is 57%.
Vadnais Heights Elementary holds a B+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 71% of Minnesota public elementary schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Vadnais Heights Elementary falls in the middle 80% of Minnesota schools: 52.0% actual against 42.1% predicted.
Census data for Ramsey County show the median household earns about $81,568 a year, roughly 46% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Vadnais Heights Elementary, Ramsey County has 302 public schools.
Among nearby public schools, Gentry Academy Middle is closest at about 1.3 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Vadnais Heights Elementary comes in 1st of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes Vadnais Heights Elementary as Suburb: Large.
From 391 students in 2020-21, enrollment increased to 405 by 2024-25. By 2024-25, the school had 15.6 students per teacher, compared with 12.2 in 2020-21.
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Ramsey County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
542,945
Census ACS
Median income
$81,568
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
302
94,437 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in White Bear Lake School District
- White Bear Lake Area High SchoolHigh · 2,572 students
- WHITE BEAR NORTH CAMPUS SENIORCombined · 1,322 students
- WHITE BEAR SOUTH CAMPUS SENIORHigh · 1,196 students
- Central MiddleMiddle · 922 students
- Mariner Middle SchoolMiddle · 881 students
- SUNRISE PARK MIDDLEMiddle · 750 students
Other schools in WHITE BEAR LAKE
- White Bear Lake Area High SchoolHigh · 2,572 students
- WHITE BEAR NORTH CAMPUS SENIORCombined · 1,322 students
- WHITE BEAR SOUTH CAMPUS SENIORHigh · 1,196 students
- Central MiddleMiddle · 922 students
- Mariner Middle SchoolMiddle · 881 students
- SUNRISE PARK MIDDLEMiddle · 750 students
Nearby schools
- Gentry Academy Middle1.3 mi · 195
- Gentry Academy High1.3 mi · 134
- AFSA High School1.4 mi · 246
- AFSA Elementary1.9 mi · 149
- LITTLE CANADA ELEMENTARY2.0 mi · 632
- Willow Lane Elementary2.1 mi · 279
Frequently asked questions
About Vadnais Heights ElementaryHow many students attend Vadnais Heights Elementary?
Vadnais Heights Elementary enrolls approximately 405 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Vadnais Heights Elementary serve?
Vadnais Heights Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Vadnais Heights Elementary have?
Vadnais Heights Elementary employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.6:1.
How diverse is Vadnais Heights Elementary?
Vadnais Heights Elementary reports a student body of 51% White, 8% Hispanic, 11% Black, 19% Asian, 11% Two or more.
What district is Vadnais Heights Elementary in?
Vadnais Heights Elementary is part of White Bear Lake School District.
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