Other / mixed grade configuration · Eden Prairie, MN

Early Childhood Special Ed.

Federal NCES profile for Early Childhood Special Ed., including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 30/100.

2024-25 NCES dataOther / mixed grade configurationNCES 271422000651
0/100100/10030/100
🌟 Gifted program
30
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →

The verdict

Early Childhood Special Ed. earns 30/100 on the Resource Investment Index on federal resource data.

#8 of 8
schools in Eden Prairie · Resource Index
30
Resource Index · Lower
23.6%
free-lunch eligible
102
students enrolled

By Resource Investment Index, Early Childhood Special Ed. ranks #8 of 8 schools in Eden Prairie, MN.

Enrollment

102

Minnesota · 2024-25 NCES data

Free-lunch eligible

23.6%

vs 42.8% Minnesota avg

-45% vs state

What stands out at Early Childhood Special Ed.

Early Childhood Special Ed. is a mid-sized combined-grade school in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, enrolling 102 students.

Economic need runs somewhat below the state's typical profile, with 23.6% of students eligible for free meals.

Enrollment of 102 puts it in the smaller third of Minnesota schools by headcount.

Its Resource Investment Index lands in the lower third of 2,334 scored Minnesota schools.

Among 109 similarly sized, similarly resourced-need Minnesota schools statewide, it ranks #84, in the lower tier once campus size and economic need are matched.

Its student body is led by White (70%) and African American (11%) (diversity index 49/100).

Eden Prairie Public School District also operates Eden Prairie Senior High (2,844 students) and Central Middle School (1,860 students) alongside Early Childhood Special Ed..

Sourced from NCES CCD, CRDC, and F-33 (federal records, not a quality verdict). How we source and compute this.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data + CRDC + F-33 · 2024-25

How Early Childhood Special Ed. compares

Early Childhood Special Ed. on the metrics families compare, against Minnesota and U.S. means.

Metric This school vs Minnesota Minnesota avg U.S. avg
Free-lunch eligible 23.6% ▼ 45% 42.8% 51.7%
Enrollment 102 top 70% - -

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25

102
Bigger than 10% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.

Equity indicators (what these measure)

Economic need
23.6%
free-lunch eligible - 45% below the Minnesota average of 42.8%
Below the 40% Title I threshold; federal aid targets individual qualifying students rather than schoolwide programs.
Funding equity
$14,759
per pupil, district-wide - below Minnesota avg of $15,270
Somewhat below the U.S. average per-pupil spend; funding constraints may affect programs, facilities, and staffing.
Support staff
Counselors0.0 FTE
Student-support staffing from the Civil Rights Data Collection.
Discipline context
0
in-school suspensions + 0 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection.

Overview

  • Common Core of Data (June 2026): enrollment, staffing, and the student-teacher ratio above.
  • Civil Rights Data Collection: discipline counts and program access (AP, gifted, special education).
  • F-33 School District Finance Survey: the district-wide per-pupil spending figures below.

Three separate federal collections, each on its own reporting cadence - which is why this school's numbers line up on a consistent basis against every other school and state on this site, rather than mixing figures pulled from different survey years.

Student demographics

White 69.6%
African American 10.8%
Asian 9.8%
Hispanic or Latino 5.9%
Two or More 3.9%

Largest group: White at 69.6% of enrollment.

Student-body diversity index 48.9/100

Simpson diversity index - at 48.9, Early Childhood Special Ed. is more mixed than the Minnesota school average of 42.8.

Programs

Funding & spending

District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Eden Prairie Public School District, which includes Early Childhood Special Ed..

$14,759
Per student
-3%
vs Minnesota
Avg $15,270
-11%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 38.5%
State 54.8%
Federal 6.7%

Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey District-level finance · FY 2021-22 Per-pupil expenditure reflects the district-wide average. Individual school budgets are not reported at the federal level.

How Early Childhood Special Ed. Compares to District-Mates

School Enrollment Economic Profile Student-Teacher Ratio
Eden Prairie Senior High Larger Similar economic need No ratio data
Central Middle School Larger Similar economic need No ratio data
Eagle Heights Spanish Immersion Larger Lower economic need No ratio data
Oak Point Elementary Larger Similar economic need No ratio data
Eden Lake Elementary Larger Higher economic need No ratio data

Comparisons are relative to Early Childhood Special Ed.'s own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data.

Other Schools in This District

Eden Prairie Public School District · 5 sibling schools

View district profile

Similar other schools statewide

Matched by enrollment size and by staffing ratio across all of Minnesota, not just this city - a different peer set than the local comparisons above.

Next steps

Verify locally before acting on Early Childhood Special Ed.'s federal record.

Federal record (CCD 2024-25, CRDC 2021-22) - PlainSchools assigns no subjective rating; the composite quality score is a transparent, reproducible index computed from this cited federal data.

Frequently asked questions about Early Childhood Special Ed.

How many students attend Early Childhood Special Ed.?

Early Childhood Special Ed. has 102 students enrolled. It is a special-education school in Eden Prairie, MN.

What percentage of students receive free lunch at Early Childhood Special Ed.?

23.6% of students at Early Childhood Special Ed. are eligible for free lunch, compared to the Minnesota average of 42.8%.

What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Early Childhood Special Ed.?

The largest demographic group at Early Childhood Special Ed. is White at 69.6% of enrollment, in Eden Prairie, MN.

What is the Resource Investment Index for Early Childhood Special Ed.?

Early Childhood Special Ed. has a Resource Investment Index of 30/100 (lower reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 1 factor: student-teacher ratio. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology). Limited indicators were available, so the index reflects partial data.

How does Early Childhood Special Ed. rank among schools in Eden Prairie?

By Resource Investment Index, Early Childhood Special Ed. ranks #8 of 8 schools in Eden Prairie, MN. This compares federal resource and staffing data among local peers; it is not a test-score or academic ranking. See all schools in Eden Prairie on the city page.

Is Early Childhood Special Ed. a good school?

Early Childhood Special Ed. earns 30/100 on the Resource Investment Index on federal resource data. This is a resource snapshot, not an academic rating; see the Resource Investment Index question above for what the number does and doesn't measure.

What other schools are in Eden Prairie Public School District?

Besides Early Childhood Special Ed., Eden Prairie Public School District also operates Eden Prairie Senior High (2,844 students), Central Middle School (1,860 students), and Eagle Heights Spanish Immersion (759 students). See the Eden Prairie Public School District district page for the complete list.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) CCD + Public School Universe (2024-25), CRDC (2021-22), F-33 District Finance Survey (FY 2021-22) · 2024-25 Data as of the 2024-25 school year. Coverage from U.S. Department of Education NCES Common Core of Data. Varies by entity type; administrative districts and certain charter networks may report only a subset of fields.

All federal data sources used on this page

Full source list and how we compute each figure: methodology page.

Every figure on PlainSchools is rendered directly from the source NCES, CRDC and F-33 federal records, no number is typed in by an editor. Each school's figures reflect its most recent NCES/CRDC submission on file. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of June 2026.