WILLIAMS ELEMENTARY

WILLIAMS ELEMENTARY is a medium-sized K-5 school in SHOREVIEW, Minnesota, operated by ROSEVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school instructs 459 students in grades K through 6. By comparison, Minnesota's public schools average about 344 students each, so WILLIAMS ELEMENTARY sits 33% above that benchmark.

WILLIAMS ELEMENTARY is one of 12 schools operated by ROSEVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that serves 7,256 students overall.

In terms of who attends, WILLIAMS ELEMENTARY records that the largest single group is White at 52%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest consists of 15% Black, 12% Asian, 12% Hispanic, 9% multiracial.

On the resource side, WILLIAMS ELEMENTARY logs 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.1:1. The state averages around 13.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 37% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is south of Ramsey County's rate of about 57%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), WILLIAMS ELEMENTARY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 44.9%; this one delivers 55.9%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Ramsey County indicate median household income runs about $81,568, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Ramsey County runs 302 public schools (combined enrollment of about 94,437 students), of which WILLIAMS ELEMENTARY is one.

The closest other public school is REACH Academy, roughly 0.8 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around WILLIAMS ELEMENTARY. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts WILLIAMS ELEMENTARY at 2nd of 6; the average score across the group is 41.0%.

WILLIAMS ELEMENTARY operates from a residential location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at WILLIAMS ELEMENTARY has ticked down 8%, going from 500 students in 2018 to 459 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 60% to 52% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 12.1:1 in 2025.

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