NCES CCD 2024-25 11 schools MN

Best-Resourced Schools in Maplewood, MN

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

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11
Schools
4,352
Students
38.6/100
Avg Resource Index
15:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Maplewood has more public-school enrollment than 49% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Maplewood 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

9 of Maplewood's 11 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 45-point gap between Beaver Lake Voluntary Pre-K and Early Childhood Special Education shows the range hidden by Maplewood'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 51%
School count
Top 35%
Resource Index average
39th percentile
Teacher staffing
54th percentile

John Glenn Middle accounts for 24.7% of all Maplewood public-school enrollment

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

Maplewood school enrollment varies 60× across entities

Maplewood school enrollment ranges from 18 students (lowest) to 1,073 students (highest), a spread of 1,055 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

Maplewood reports 55.6% 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

Maplewood 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 Maplewood is typically wider than the Maplewood-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Beaver Lake Voluntary Pre-K 60
2. Edgerton Elementary 49
3. Carver Elementary 47
4. Harambee Elementary School 41
5. John Glenn Middle 40
6. Justice Alan Page Elementary School 39
7. Weaver Elementary 39
8. Harmony Learning Center 36
9. Fairview Adolescent Education Progr 30
10. Prairiecare Maplewood 29
11. Early Childhood Special Education 15

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Maplewood

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 Carver Elementary 78.7/100
  2. 2 Justice Alan Page Elementary School 78.1/100
  3. 3 John Glenn Middle 75.5/100
  4. 4 Fairview Adolescent Education Progr 75.5/100
  5. 5 Early Childhood Special Education 75.3/100

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Which Maplewood school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Beaver Lake Voluntary Pre-K has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Maplewood 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 Maplewood, MN? ▼

Maplewood has 11 public schools with a total enrollment of 4,352 students. 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.