NCES CCD 2024-25 9 schools MN

Best-Resourced Schools in Hopkins, MN

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

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9
Schools
1,886
Students
35.4/100
Avg Resource Index
15.9:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Hopkins has more public-school enrollment than 11% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Hopkins's average Resource Investment Index falls in the lower portion of the 4,487-city comparison set. The index is a resource snapshot, not an academic grade: it reflects the federal staffing, counselor, gifted-program, and attendance fields available for local campuses. The most useful next step is to open the individual schools below and identify which component is pulling each score down, because the same city average can hide very different campus-level constraints.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

6 of Hopkins's 9 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.

A small portfolio contains radically different campus scales

Hopkins lists only 9 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 11 to 504 students, a 46-fold range. In a portfolio this compact, the smallest record may be a specialized or nonstandard setting rather than a miniature version of the largest campus. That distinction affects how ratios and program fields should be read. Compare similarly configured grade levels first; combining the extremes into one city average conceals more than it explains.

City enrollment
Top 89%
School count
Top 46%
Resource Index average
27th percentile
Teacher staffing
44th percentile

Eisenhower Elementary accounts for 26.7% of all Hopkins public-school enrollment

That concentration means Hopkins-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: Combined. 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

Hopkins school enrollment varies 46× across entities

Hopkins school enrollment ranges from 11 students (lowest) to 504 students (highest), a spread of 493 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

Hopkins reports 54.3% free-lunch eligibility

The reported share clears the 50% majority mark. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Hopkins student-teacher ratio is 15.9:1 — 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 Hopkins is typically wider than the Hopkins-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

1 of Hopkins's 9 listed schools are charters

11% of the city's listed public-school campuses are reported as charter schools in NCES CCD. Charter status identifies a different governance arrangement; it does not establish admissions availability, academic quality, or the share of city students enrolled in those campuses. Open each school record to compare enrollment and staffing directly.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

# School Score
1. Eisenhower Elementary 48
2. School #527 47
3. Xinxing Academy 44
4. Harley Hopkins Family Center 38
5. Ubah Medical Academy Charter School 37
6. Alice Smith Elementary 30
7. Virtualedu Elementary 4
8. Virtualedu Secondary -
9. Senops -

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Hopkins

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 Alice Smith Elementary 73.1/100
  2. 2 Virtualedu Secondary 72.2/100
  3. 3 School #527 70.7/100
  4. 4 Eisenhower Elementary 70.1/100
  5. 5 Harley Hopkins Family Center 68.9/100

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Which Hopkins school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Eisenhower Elementary has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Hopkins schools in this federal-data comparison at 48/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Hopkins, MN? ▼

Hopkins has 9 public schools with a total enrollment of 1,886 students. 1 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 15.9:1.

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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.