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What's something Valley Crossing Elementary does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
734
Elementary
DISTRICT 532 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTH WASHINGTON COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 273381004967
Valley Crossing Elementary
9900 PARK CROSSING, WOODBURY, MN 55125 · (651) 425-7501 · Washington County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL734 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 96% 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.
- ABeats 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
17.6:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
13%
92 students
DISTRICT 28% · 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 | 89 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 107 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 113 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 145 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 133 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 147 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (89) is 39% smaller than its 5th grade class (147).
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
74.5%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
79.9%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 80 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
73.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.3%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 58% 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 15 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 Valley Crossing Elementary
Valley Crossing Elementary's state test result (73.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valley Crossing Elementary this school | 734 | 12.5% | 73.0% |
| Highview Elementary School LAKEVILLE | 658 | 11.6% | 56.5% |
| LIBERTY RIDGE ELEMENTARY WOODBURY | 801 | 16.5% | 71.3% |
| GREENWOOD ELEMENTARY PLYMOUTH | 762 | 10.2% | 65.3% |
| RED ROCK ELEMENTARY WOODBURY | 596 | 13.6% | 59.8% |
| PLYMOUTH CREEK ELEMENTARY PLYMOUTH | 678 | 11.4% | 72.8% |
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 Valley Crossing Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Washington County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 73.0% | #17 of 844 | #2 of 35 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 79.9% | #33 of 844 | #3 of 35 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.5% | #28 of 844 | #2 of 35 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 734 | #59 of 1,130 | #4 of 42 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.6:1 | #723 of 769 | #32 of 36 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.1% | #228 of 796 | #11 of 36 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 12.5% | #909 of 942 | #34 of 38 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +17.6% | #68 of 244 | #9 of 16 |
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
734
+120 (+20%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
was 17.5:1
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 | 734 | 41.8 | 17.6:1 | 13% (92) |
| 2023-24 | 727 | 39.9 | 18.2:1 | 14% (101) |
| 2022-23 | 712 | 40.5 | 17.6:1 | 14% (101) |
| 2020-21 | 614 | 35 | 17.5:1 | 7% (40) |
| 2017-18 | 624 | 37.1 | 16.8:1 | 12% (72) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Valley Crossing Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 18% (624 to 734); teachers up 13% (37.1 to 41.8).
About Valley Crossing Elementary
Valley Crossing Elementary, a large elementary school, is located in WOODBURY, Minnesota. The school runs pre-K through 5 and enrolls 734 students. Elementary schools in Minnesota average about 344 students, which makes this school 113% larger than average.
South Washington County Schools is made up of 28 schools with 19,578 students in all.
At Valley Crossing Elementary, 54% of students are White. It is also 20% Asian, 10% multiracial, 9% Black, and 6% Hispanic. For comparison, the population of Washington County is roughly 78% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Valley Crossing Elementary scores 64%.
Classroom staffing at Valley Crossing Elementary totals 41.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 17.6:1. The average for elementary schools in Minnesota is 13.7:1, so this school has more students per teacher. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Valley Crossing Elementary is about 13%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Washington County is 26%.
On the allk12 Grade, Valley Crossing Elementary lands at A+, ahead of 96% of Minnesota public elementary schools.
Valley Crossing Elementary is in the top 10% of Minnesota schools on the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure. Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 58.3%. The school's actual rate is 73.0%, 14.7 points higher.
The school is in Washington County, where the median household earns about $115,345 a year, about 49% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. Across Washington County, 103 public schools serve about 46,313 students.
Valley Crossing Elementary's closest public school neighbor is MIDDLETON ELEMENTARY, about 1.1 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 60.1% on proficiency, and Valley Crossing Elementary is above that at 73.0%.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 734, compared with 614 in 2020-21.
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Washington County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
276,238
Census ACS
Median income
$115,345
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
49%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
103
46,313 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in South Washington County Schools
- EAST RIDGE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,072 students
- Park High SchoolHigh · 1,992 students
- Woodbury High SchoolHigh · 1,943 students
- LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,165 students
- WOODBURY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,160 students
- COTTAGE GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,005 students
Other schools in WOODBURY
- EAST RIDGE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,072 students
- Woodbury High SchoolHigh · 1,943 students
- LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,165 students
- WOODBURY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,160 students
- LIBERTY RIDGE ELEMENTARYElementary · 801 students
- MATH AND SCIENCE ACADEMYHigh · 720 students
Nearby schools
- MIDDLETON ELEMENTARY1.1 mi · 557
- LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL1.3 mi · 1,165
- MATH AND SCIENCE ACADEMY1.5 mi · 720
- LIBERTY RIDGE ELEMENTARY1.6 mi · 801
- Brookview Elementary1.7 mi · 607
- RED ROCK ELEMENTARY2.3 mi · 596
Frequently asked questions
About Valley Crossing ElementaryHow large is Valley Crossing Elementary?
Valley Crossing Elementary enrolls approximately 734 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Valley Crossing Elementary serve?
Valley Crossing Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Valley Crossing Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Valley Crossing Elementary is approximately 17.6:1 (42 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Valley Crossing Elementary?
At Valley Crossing Elementary, the student body is approximately 54% White, 6% Hispanic, 9% Black, 20% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Valley Crossing Elementary public or private?
Valley Crossing Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by South Washington County Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.