Valley Crossing Elementary

Set in WOODBURY, Minnesota, Valley Crossing Elementary is a large elementary campus, part of South Washington County Schools. It teaches 734 students across grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 344 students per school, that is 113% above typical.

South Washington County Schools runs 28 schools in total, collectively educating 19,578 students. Valley Crossing Elementary is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Valley Crossing Elementary lists that the most-represented group is White (54%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 20% Asian, 10% multiracial, 9% Black, 6% Hispanic. By comparison, Washington County as a whole is about 78% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Valley Crossing Elementary logs 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.6:1. The state averages around 13.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 13% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Washington County (around 26%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Valley Crossing Elementary ranks in the top 10% of Minnesota public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 58.3%; Valley Crossing Elementary posts 73.0%, +14.7 points above that line.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Washington County put median household income runs about $115,345, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Valley Crossing Elementary is one of 103 public schools in Washington County (combined enrollment of about 46,313 students).

Nearest neighbor: MIDDLETON ELEMENTARY, around 1.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Valley Crossing Elementary. On composite proficiency, Valley Crossing Elementary comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 60.1%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Valley Crossing Elementary's enrollment has climbed 18% since 2018, when it stood at 624 (now 734). The White share of enrollment fell from 67% to 54% over that span.

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