NCES CCD 2024-25 14 schools MN

Best-Resourced Schools in Eden Prairie, MN

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14 public K-12 schools in Eden Prairie from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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14
Schools
9,714
Students
43.6/100
Avg Resource Index
15:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Eden Prairie has more public-school enrollment than 80% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Eden Prairie sits in the broad middle of the national city distribution rather than at a single obvious extreme. Its scale, average Resource Investment Index, and staffing position need to be read together: a middle placement on one measure does not cancel a stronger or weaker result on another. The percentile panel makes those dimensions explicit, and the school table shows where the city aggregate breaks into materially different campus profiles.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

8 of Eden Prairie's 14 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 30-point gap between Eden Lake Elementary and Early Childhood Special Ed. shows the range hidden by Eden Prairie's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 20%
School count
Top 25%
Resource Index average
63rd percentile
Teacher staffing
54th percentile

Eden Prairie Senior High accounts for 29.3% of all Eden Prairie public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Eden Prairie-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Eden Prairie school enrollment varies 52× across entities

Eden Prairie school enrollment ranges from 55 students (lowest) to 2,844 students (highest), a spread of 2,789 students. That ratio is among the widest observed and reflects extreme heterogeneity inside a single city, with small specialty programs listed alongside large comprehensive campuses. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Eden Prairie student-teacher ratio is 15.0:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Variation between sub-units within Eden Prairie is typically wider than the Eden Prairie-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Eden Lake Elementary 60
2. Eagle Heights Spanish Immersion 55
3. Oak Point Elementary 48
4. Forest Hills Elementary 48
5. Central Middle School 47
6. Prairie View Elementary 47
7. Cedar Ridge Elementary 47
8. Hennepin Gateway to College 43
9. Eden Prairie Senior High 42
10. Eden Prairie Online Elementary 37
11. Tassel Transition 37
12. Pim Arts High School 36
13. Eden Prairie Online Secondary 34
14. Early Childhood Special Ed. 30

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Eden Prairie

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Oak Point Elementary 76.4/100
  2. 2 Eden Prairie Online Elementary 75.5/100
  3. 3 Forest Hills Elementary 72.2/100
  4. 4 Hennepin Gateway to College 71.5/100
  5. 5 Cedar Ridge Elementary 71.1/100

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Which Eden Prairie school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Eden Lake Elementary has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Eden Prairie schools in this federal-data comparison at 60/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Eden Prairie, MN? ▼

Eden Prairie has 14 public schools with a total enrollment of 9,714 students. 1 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 15:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.