Enrollment
266
Elementary
DISTRICT 344 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 272124001054
Waite Park Elementary
1800 34TH AVE NE, MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55418 · (612) 668-1600 · Hennepin County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL266 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 92% of Minnesota public elementary schools
- ATest 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
11.9:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
29%
78 students
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 48%
Community
0
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 | 51 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 45 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 47 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 42 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 38 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 43 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (51) is 19% larger than its 5th grade class (43).
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · 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
66.4%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
73.1%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 73 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
64.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.3%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 49% 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 Waite Park Elementary
Waite Park Elementary's state test result (64.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waite Park Elementary this school | 266 | 29.3% | 64.3% |
| Howe Elementary MINNEAPOLIS | 230 | 30.4% | 60.9% |
| St. Paul School of Northern Lights SAINT PAUL | 212 | 28.3% | 42.3% |
| Lake Nokomis Keewaydin Elementary MINNEAPOLIS | 349 | 33.5% | 45.4% |
| Hiawatha Elementary MINNEAPOLIS | 201 | 34.8% | N/A |
| Orchard Lake Elementary LAKEVILLE | 390 | 32.1% | 41.9% |
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 Waite Park Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Hennepin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.3% | #85 of 844 | #34 of 169 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 73.1% | #78 of 844 | #31 of 169 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.4% | #96 of 844 | #34 of 169 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 266 | #688 of 1,130 | #148 of 206 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.9:1 | #178 of 769 | #41 of 164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.2% | #276 of 796 | #90 of 165 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 29.3% | #695 of 942 | #132 of 183 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -37.4% | #27 of 499 | #9 of 99 |
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
266
-89 (-25%) vs 2020
-43% since 1990-91, when it was 463
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 15.4:1
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 | 266 | 22.3 | 11.9:1 | 29% (78) |
| 2023-24 | 269 | 18.3 | 14.7:1 | 29% (79) |
| 2022-23 | 274 | 17.6 | 15.6:1 | 31% (84) |
| 2020-21 | 355 | 23 | 15.4:1 | 33% (116) |
| 2017-18 | 425 | 26.9 | 15.8:1 | 47% (201) |
| 2015-16 | 443 | 26 | 17.0:1 | 55% (243) |
| 2010-11 | 435 | 27 | 16.1:1 | 63% (273) |
| 2000-01 | 430 | 29 | 14.8:1 | 54% (231) |
| 1990-91 | 463 | 26 | 17.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Waite Park Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 37% (425 to 266); teachers down 17% (26.9 to 22.3).
About Waite Park Elementary
Waite Park Elementary is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota. The latest federal count shows 266 students in pre-K through 5. Against the 344-student average for elementary schools in Minnesota, enrollment here is 23% lower.
Waite Park Elementary is one school in an 86-school district, Minneapolis Public School District, which enrolls 29,928 students.
Waite Park Elementary's enrollment is 59% White. Other groups include 15% multiracial, 12% Hispanic, and 11% Black. The chance that two students picked at random at Waite Park Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 60%.
Waite Park Elementary employs 22.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 11.9:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Minnesota is 13.7:1, higher than at this school. Waite Park Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 29%. That rate is below the 43% average among public schools in Hennepin County.
allk12 grades Waite Park Elementary an A. The grade compares the school only with Minnesota public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Compared with Minnesota schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Waite Park Elementary does better than predicted by 15.0 points. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 64.3%; the prediction is 49.3%.
In Hennepin County (population about 1,269,496), median household income is about $97,653, roughly 54% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Waite Park Elementary is one of 496 public schools in Hennepin County, which together enroll about 177,509 students.
Northeast Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Waite Park Elementary ranks 1st of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 64.3% against a local average of 34.8%.
Its NCES locale code is City: Large: the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The student count in 2024-25 was 266, 25% below the 355 of 2020-21. The number of students per teacher fell from 15.4 to 11.9 over 4 years.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Waite Park Elementary covering things like school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Hennepin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,269,496
Census ACS
Median income
$97,653
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
54%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
496
177,509 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Minneapolis Public School District
- Washburn HighHigh · 1,521 students
- South HighHigh · 1,257 students
- Southwest HighHigh · 1,195 students
- Roosevelt HighHigh · 1,148 students
- Andersen MiddleMiddle · 1,052 students
- Justice Page MiddleMiddle · 1,020 students
Other schools in MINNEAPOLIS
- Washburn HighHigh · 1,521 students
- South HighHigh · 1,257 students
- Southwest HighHigh · 1,195 students
- Roosevelt HighHigh · 1,148 students
- Andersen MiddleMiddle · 1,052 students
- Justice Page MiddleMiddle · 1,020 students
Nearby schools
- Northeast Middle0.6 mi · 541
- Early Childhood Special Education (0.8 mi · 10
- Bultum Academy0.9 mi · 249
- ST. ANTHONY VILLAGE SENIOR HIGH1.0 mi · 752
- ST. ANTHONY MIDDLE1.0 mi · 439
- WILSHIRE PARK ELEMENTARY1.3 mi · 690
Frequently asked questions
About Waite Park ElementaryHow many students attend Waite Park Elementary?
Waite Park Elementary enrolls approximately 266 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Waite Park Elementary serve?
Waite Park Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Waite Park Elementary?
Approximately 11.9:1 students per teacher at Waite Park Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Waite Park Elementary?
At Waite Park Elementary, the student body is approximately 59% White, 12% Hispanic, 11% Black, 2% Asian, 15% Two or more.
Is Waite Park Elementary public or private?
Waite Park Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Minneapolis Public School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.