Elementary · Minnesota

Mississippi Heights Elementary

Mississippi Heights Elementary, a public elementary school in Sauk Rapids, Minnesota: grades k–5, 808 students, 15.1 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Sauk Rapids-Rice Public Schools.

Size and class size

Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students
808
Teachers (FTE)
53.6
Students per teacher
15.1
Grades
K–5
Elementary

More students per teacher than 74% of elementary schools in Minnesota

Median 13.3 · 967 schools compared

More students per teacher than 56% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Larger than 97% of elementary schools in Minnesota

Median 389 · 1,009 schools compared

Larger than 95% of elementary schools in the US

Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Minnesota's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Minnesota: 49%

48%proficient

+1.9 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 50% of elementary schools in Minnesota

Median 48% · 886 elementary schools compared

419 students tested, grades 3, 4, 5 · Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment III & Minnesota Test of Academic Skills; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

Minnesota: 47%

52%proficient

+7.5 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 53% of elementary schools in Minnesota

Median 51% · 886 elementary schools compared

419 students tested, grades 3, 4, 5 · Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment III & Minnesota Test of Academic Skills; proficient means Levels 3-4

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades
Elementary · Grades K–5
Type
District school · Regular
Instruction
In person
Area
Midsize suburb

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Sauk Rapids-Rice Public Schools.

Location

Address
1003 S 4TH St, Sauk Rapids, MN 56379
Phone
(320)252-0122
City or town
Sauk Rapids

Nearby elementary schools

The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
Saint Cloud Math and Science AcademCharterFree meals for all
K–526610.530%33%
Pre-K–573413.348%49%
Success Academy St. Cloud ElemCharterFree meals for all
K–514017.522%23%
Lincoln ElementaryFree meals for all
4–532811.518%7.7%
Madison ElementaryFree meals for all
Pre-K–570413.636%33%
Talahi Community ElementaryFree meals for all
Pre-K–370111.716%18%

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

Sources

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

NCES 273288001430