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Weaver Elementary
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsWhat this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Minnesota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 45.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Weaver Elementary
Weaver Elementary operates as a mid-tier elementary school in MAPLEWOOD, Minnesota, part of North St. Paul-Maplewood Oakdale. Current enrollment sits at 442 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 344 students per school, that is 28% bigger than typical.
North St. Paul-Maplewood Oakdale comprises 20 schools with combined enrollment of 10,754 students; Weaver Elementary is among them.
Looking at the student body, Weaver Elementary lists that 44% of students identify as Asian, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school reports 22% White, 12% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 10% Black. By comparison, Ramsey County as a whole is about 15% Asian, so the school skews noticeably more Asian than its surroundings.
On the resource side, On paper, Weaver Elementary has 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.1:1. The state averages around 13.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 71% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Ramsey County's rate of about 57%.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Weaver Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 26.6%, the actual is 35.3%, a residual of +8.6 points.
In the surrounding community, Ramsey County reports that the typical household earns roughly $81,568 per year, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Ramsey County's 302 public schools (combined enrollment of about 94,437 students), Weaver Elementary is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: John Glenn Middle, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Weaver Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Weaver Elementary at 2nd of 4; the average score across the group is 25.6%.
The school occupies a residential site.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Weaver Elementary has shrank 20%, going from 554 students in 2018 to 442 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 33% to 22%.
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