Valley View Elementary

Valley View Elementary is an elementary campus of well-populated scale in COLUMBIA HEIGHTS, Minnesota, run under Columbia Heights Public School Dist, caters to 568 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 344 students per school, that is 65% bigger than typical.

Across the 10 schools in Columbia Heights Public School Dist (3,516 students total), Valley View Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Valley View Elementary lists that 66% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school shows 14% White, 13% Black, 5% multiracial, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 6% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Valley View Elementary lists 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.7:1, putting Valley View Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Around 79% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Anoka County's rate of about 42%.

With demographic context factored in, Valley View Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 22.5%; this one delivers 13.2%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Anoka County shows the typical household earns roughly $101,869 per year, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Anoka County's 145 public schools (combined enrollment of about 59,656 students), Valley View Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Columbia Academy, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Valley View Elementary at 4th of 4; the average score across the group is 19.0%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Valley View Elementary has ticked up 6%, going from 534 students in 2018 to 568 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 45% to 66%.

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