NCES CCD 2024-25 23 schools MN

Best-Resourced Schools in White Bear Lake, MN

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

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23
Schools
7,806
Students
43.8/100
Avg Resource Index
12.7:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, White Bear Lake has more public-school enrollment than 73% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. White Bear Lake 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.

A full K–12 ladder sits inside the city boundary

White Bear Lake's list includes 5 elementary, 5 middle, and 4 high-school campuses, plus 9 combined-grade records. The city average spans every major grade stage, so the ranked table is more informative when read within level than as one interchangeable queue.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 92-point gap between Project Return and Level Up K-5 Virtual Academy shows the range hidden by White Bear Lake'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 27%
School count
Top 12%
Resource Index average
64th percentile
Teacher staffing
82nd percentile

White Bear North Campus Senior accounts for 17.4% of all White Bear Lake public-school enrollment

That concentration means White Bear Lake-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

White Bear Lake school enrollment varies 680× across entities

White Bear Lake school enrollment ranges from 2 students (lowest) to 1,359 students (highest), a spread of 1,357 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

White Bear Lake student-teacher ratio is 12.7:1 — 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

4 of White Bear Lake's 23 listed schools are charters

17% 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. Project Return 92
2. Level Up Academy Virtual Middle 72
3. Normandy Park Education Center 66
4. 916 Mahtomedi Academy 55
5. Vadnais Heights Elementary 52
6. Matoska International 50
7. White Bear Area Learning Center 49
8. Otter Lake Elementary 47
9. Birch Lake Elementary 47
10. Lincoln Elementary 46
11. Willow Lane Elementary 45
12. Lakeaires Elementary 43
13. Level Up Academy Middle School 40
14. Level Up Academy 39
15. South Campus Education Center 38
16. Central Middle 37
17. Bellaire Education Center 37
18. White Bear South Campus Senior 34
19. White Bear North Campus Senior 33
20. Sunrise Park Middle 28
21. Sunrise Park Area Learning Center 14
22. Level Up K-5 Virtual Academy -
23. White Bear Lake District Center -

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in White Bear Lake

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 Willow Lane Elementary 77.4/100
  2. 2 916 Mahtomedi Academy 77.3/100
  3. 3 Vadnais Heights Elementary 67.3/100
  4. 4 Birch Lake Elementary 65.6/100
  5. 5 Bellaire Education Center 63.1/100

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Which White Bear Lake school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Project Return has the highest Resource Investment Index among the White Bear Lake schools in this federal-data comparison at 92/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in White Bear Lake, MN? ▼

White Bear Lake has 23 public schools with a total enrollment of 7,806 students. 4 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 12.7:1.

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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.