Vadnais Heights Elementary

As a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus in WHITE BEAR LAKE, Minnesota, Vadnais Heights Elementary serves 405 students from grades pre-K through 5, part of White Bear Lake School District.

Across the 17 schools in White Bear Lake School District (8,571 students total), Vadnais Heights Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Vadnais Heights Elementary reports that 51% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 19% Asian, 11% multiracial, 11% Black, 8% Hispanic. By comparison, Ramsey County as a whole is about 59% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.6:1. The state averages around 13.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 43% of students at Vadnais Heights Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Ramsey County runs at roughly 57%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Vadnais Heights Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 42.1%, the actual is 52.0%, a residual of +9.9 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Ramsey County) logs that median household earnings sit near $81,568, roughly 46% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Vadnais Heights Elementary is one of 302 public schools in Ramsey County (combined enrollment of about 94,437 students).

Nearest neighbor: Gentry Academy High, around 1.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Vadnais Heights Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 33.3%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count held roughly steady: 401 students in 2018 compared to 405 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment climbed from 4% to 11% over that span. Class-load math has loosened: from 12.8:1 in 2018 to 15.6:1 in 2025.

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