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Enrollment
568
Elementary
DISTRICT 402 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COLUMBIA HEIGHTS PUBLIC SCHOOL DIST·NCES 270951000402
Valley View Elementary
800 49TH AVE NE, COLUMBIA HEIGHTS, MN 55421 · (763) 528-4205 · Anoka County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL568 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 3% of Minnesota public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
450 students
DISTRICT 75% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 54 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 83 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 81 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 90 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 90 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 80 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 90 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (83) is 8% smaller than its 5th grade class (90).
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
17.2%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
12.3%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 17 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 12 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
13.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.5%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 13% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 22% 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 Valley View Elementary
Valley View Elementary's state test result (13.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valley View Elementary this school | 568 | 79.2% | 13.2% |
| PRAIRIE ELEMENTARY WORTHINGTON | 690 | 73.2% | N/A |
| Las Estrellas Elementary MINNEAPOLIS | 401 | 78.6% | 12.7% |
| Intermediate School WORTHINGTON | 705 | 70.4% | 27.9% |
| Long Prairie-Grey Eagle Elementary LONG PRAIRIE | 518 | 73.9% | 20.4% |
| Round Lake-Brewster Elementary BREWSTER | 377 | 73.2% | 34.2% |
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 View Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Anoka County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 13.2% | #804 of 844 | #45 of 45 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 12.3% | #803 of 844 | #45 of 45 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 17.2% | #800 of 844 | #45 of 45 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 568 | #204 of 1,130 | #19 of 56 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #605 of 769 | #31 of 46 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.2% | #355 of 796 | #30 of 47 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.2% | #103 of 942 | #6 of 50 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.4% | #148 of 244 | #9 of 14 |
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
568
+108 (+23%) vs 2020
+9% since 1990-91, when it was 520
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 17.0:1
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 | 568 | 36.3 | 15.6:1 | 79% (450) |
| 2023-24 | 583 | 33.3 | 17.5:1 | 78% (456) |
| 2022-23 | 540 | 32.1 | 16.8:1 | 84% (453) |
| 2020-21 | 460 | 27 | 17.0:1 | 77% (353) |
| 2017-18 | 534 | 34.5 | 15.5:1 | 76% (405) |
| 2015-16 | 544 | 39 | 13.9:1 | 87% (472) |
| 2010-11 | 467 | 33 | 14.2:1 | 79% (367) |
| 2000-01 | 407 | 23 | 17.7:1 | 37% (152) |
| 1990-91 | 520 | 28 | 18.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Valley View Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (534 to 568); teachers up 5% (34.5 to 36.3).
About Valley View Elementary
Valley View Elementary is a large elementary school in COLUMBIA HEIGHTS, Minnesota. It reports enrollment of 568 students in pre-K through 5. On average, elementary schools in Minnesota enroll around 344, and this school is 65% larger than that mark.
Valley View Elementary belongs to Columbia Heights Public School Dist, a district of 10 schools and 3,516 students.
Of every 100 students at Valley View Elementary, about 66 are Hispanic. The rest of enrollment is 14% White, 13% Black, 5% multiracial, and 2% Asian. Among all residents of Anoka County, the Hispanic share is about 6%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 52%.
On staff are 36.3 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 15.6:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Minnesota average 13.7:1. Valley View Elementary has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 79%. Across public schools in Anoka County, the average is 42%.
Valley View Elementary earns an F on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 3% of Minnesota public elementary schools.
The model predicts 22.5% for a school in Minnesota with Valley View Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch share. Valley View Elementary posts 13.2%.
American Community Survey estimates for Anoka County show that median household income comes to about $101,869, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 32% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Anoka County counts 145 public schools with about 59,656 students.
Valley View Elementary is less than a tenth of a mile from Columbia Academy, its nearest public school. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: Valley View Elementary ranks 4th of 4 nearby schools, at 13.2% versus a 19.0% average.
Federal data place Valley View Elementary in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose 23%. The ratio was 17.0:1 in 2020-21 and 15.6:1 in 2024-25.
On allk12, people connected to Valley View Elementary can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Anoka County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
370,349
Census ACS
Median income
$101,869
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
145
59,656 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Columbia Heights Public School Dist
- Columbia Heights Senior HighHigh · 1,141 students
- Columbia AcademyMiddle · 719 students
- Highland ElementaryElementary · 534 students
- North Park School for InnovationElementary · 433 students
- Early ChildhoodElementary · 74 students
- Virtual Heights SecondaryHigh · 19 students
Other schools in COLUMBIA HEIGHTS
- Columbia Heights Senior HighHigh · 1,141 students
- Columbia AcademyMiddle · 719 students
- Highland ElementaryElementary · 534 students
- Prodeo Columbia Heights MiddleMiddle · 291 students
- Bultum AcademyElementary · 249 students
- Prodeo Columbia Heights ElementaryElementary · 227 students
Other Valley View Elementary schools
35 other US public schools in 17 states are named Valley View Elementary. Valley View Elementary is the 9th largest of the 36.
- VALLEY VIEW ELEMENTARYBLOOMINGTON, MN · 487 students
- Valley View Elementary SchoolGermantown, OH · 814 students
- Valley View ElementaryRiverside, CA · 675 students
- VALLEY VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLJONESBORO, AR · 668 students
- Valley View ElementaryGreen Bay, WI · 660 students
Nearby schools
- Columbia Academy0.1 mi · 719
- Columbia Academy Anchor Program0.1 mi · 6
- Anchor0.5 mi · 11
- Columbia Heights Senior High0.5 mi · 1,141
- Columbia Heights Transition Program0.5 mi · 11
- Virtual Heights Secondary0.6 mi · 19
Frequently asked questions
About Valley View ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Valley View Elementary?
Valley View Elementary enrolls approximately 568 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Valley View Elementary serve?
Valley View Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Valley View Elementary?
Approximately 15.6:1 students per teacher at Valley View Elementary.
How diverse is Valley View Elementary?
Valley View Elementary reports a student body of 14% White, 66% Hispanic, 13% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Valley View Elementary in?
Valley View Elementary is part of Columbia Heights Public School Dist.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.