NCES CCD 2024-25 10 schools MN

Best-Resourced Schools in Shoreview, MN

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

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10
Schools
2,969
Students
49.3/100
Avg Resource Index
10:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Broad resource and staffing advantage

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Shoreview has more public-school enrollment than 28% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Shoreview lands in the upper national tier on both the average Resource Investment Index and teacher staffing intensity. Those measures come from different inputs: the index combines reported counselors, gifted access, attendance, and staffing, while the staffing percentile compares the city's student-teacher ratio directly. Agreement across both measures is stronger evidence of broad reported capacity than either score alone, though neither is a test-score rating or a guarantee about an individual classroom.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

5 of Shoreview'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

Shoreview lists only 10 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 7 to 985 students, a 141-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 72%
School count
Top 41%
Resource Index average
85th percentile
Teacher staffing
98th percentile

Turtle Lake Elementary accounts for 33.2% of all Shoreview public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Shoreview-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: Elementary. 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

Shoreview school enrollment varies 141× across entities

Shoreview school enrollment ranges from 7 students (lowest) to 985 students (highest), a spread of 978 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. 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

Shoreview student-teacher ratio is 10.0:1 — low (typically associated with smaller schools or per-school staffing investment that often correlates with stronger per-student supports)

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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

3 of Shoreview's 10 listed schools are charters

30% 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. Island Lake Elementary 61
2. Williams Elementary 56
3. Career and Life Transition Program 53
4. Lionsgate Academy - Shoreview 51
5. Nets 51
6. Turtle Lake Elementary 49
7. Oak Hill Montessori Community 49
8. Snail Lake Kindergarten Center 45
9. Lionsgate Academy - Lynx Program 39
10. Reach Academy 39

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Shoreview

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 Reach Academy 69.0/100
  2. 2 Williams Elementary 67.4/100
  3. 3 Lionsgate Academy - Lynx Program 60.8/100
  4. 4 Lionsgate Academy - Shoreview 58.1/100
  5. 5 Island Lake Elementary 52.9/100

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Which Shoreview school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Island Lake Elementary has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Shoreview schools in this federal-data comparison at 61/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Shoreview, MN? ▼

Shoreview has 10 public schools with a total enrollment of 2,969 students. 3 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 10:1.

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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.