NCES CCD 2024-25 10 schools MN

Best-Resourced Schools in Inver Grove Heights, MN

Compiled from official source data by .

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

PlainSchools home → About this data
10
Schools
3,617
Students
43.7/100
Avg Resource Index
15.5:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Inver Grove Heights has more public-school enrollment than 38% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Inver Grove Heights 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

4 of Inver Grove Heights's 10 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

Inver Grove Heights lists only 10 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 24 to 1,030 students, a 43-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 62%
School count
Top 41%
Resource Index average
64th percentile
Teacher staffing
48th percentile

Simley Senior High accounts for 28.5% of all Inver Grove Heights public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Inver Grove Heights-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

Inver Grove Heights school enrollment varies 43× across entities

Inver Grove Heights school enrollment ranges from 24 students (lowest) to 1,030 students (highest), a spread of 1,006 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

Inver Grove Heights student-teacher ratio is 15.5:1 — 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 Inver Grove Heights is typically wider than the Inver Grove Heights-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

1 of Inver Grove Heights's 10 listed schools are charters

10% 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. Atheneum Elementary 80
2. Simley Alternative Program 63
3. Salem Hills Elementary 46
4. Hilltop Elementary 41
5. Pine Bend Elementary 41
6. Inver Grove Heights Middle 36
7. Simley Senior High 35
8. Discovery Charter Elementary School 35
9. Igh Early Childhood Program 30
10. 199 Online High School 30

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Inver Grove Heights

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 Salem Hills Elementary 73.8/100
  2. 2 Hilltop Elementary 73.0/100
  3. 3 Inver Grove Heights Middle 71.1/100
  4. 4 Simley Senior High 69.7/100
  5. 5 Pine Bend Elementary 66.4/100

What do families ask about schools in Inver Grove Heights?

Which Inver Grove Heights school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Atheneum Elementary has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Inver Grove Heights schools in this federal-data comparison at 80/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Inver Grove Heights, MN? ▼

Inver Grove Heights has 10 public schools with a total enrollment of 3,617 students. 1 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 15.5:1.

Other Cities in Minnesota

Saint Paul
150 schools
Minneapolis
141 schools
Rochester
48 schools
Duluth
31 schools
Brooklyn Park
30 schools
Plymouth
27 schools

Side-by-side: Compare any two schools or districts in Minnesota →

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.