Blue Heron Elementary

Summary:

Blue Heron Elementary is a public elementary school located in Lino Lakes, Minnesota, serving 761 students in grades K-5 and part of the highly-ranked Centennial Public School District.

Blue Heron Elementary consistently ranks among the top 25% of Minnesota elementary schools, with strong academic performance that exceeds state and district averages. The school's proficiency rates in MCA-III Math and Reading assessments are significantly higher than the state, with 70.29% and 61.38% proficiency respectively. Blue Heron's 5th grade Reading proficiency rate of 78.86% is particularly impressive, well above the 57.45% statewide average. The school also boasts a diverse student population, with higher percentages of African American, Asian, and multi-racial students compared to surrounding schools. Notably, Blue Heron's African American and Hispanic students perform exceptionally well, ranking in the top 10% and top 36% of Minnesota elementary schools in these subgroups.

Despite having a relatively low percentage of free and reduced-price lunch recipients, Blue Heron's low-income students perform in the top 8% of Minnesota elementary schools, indicating the school provides effective support and resources for students from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds. While Blue Heron outperforms many nearby schools, the surrounding Centennial Public School District as a whole is strong, with schools like Rice Lake Elementary and Sunrise Elementary also ranking in the top 5% and 7% of Minnesota elementary schools, respectively.


Detail:

Public K-5

 405 Elm St
       Lino Lakes, MN  55014-1269


(763) 792-6200

District: Centennial Public School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
193rd of 881 Minnesota Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $10,644 Help


Students who attend Blue Heron Elementary usually attend:

Middle:    Centennial Middle
High:    Centennial High School

Student/teacher ratio:  17.5 Help
Number of students:  761

Racial breakdown:

White:
72.3%
Asian:
8.0%
Two or more races:
8.0%
more

Free/discounted lunch recipients:  28.9% Help


 See top rated Minnesota elementary schools

 Compare Blue Heron Elementary to nearby elementary schools!

Performance Trends
Help
Compare Details Blue Heron Elementary ranks better than 78.1% of elementary schools in Minnesota. It also ranks 3rd among 5 ranked elementary schools in the Centennial Public School District. (See more...)
Help
Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 75.52. (See more...)
Student Body
Help
Compare Details Blue Heron Elementary has the largest elementary school student body size in the Centennial Public School District. Racial makeup is: White (72.3%), Asian (8%), two or more races (8%). (See more...)
Help
Compare Details 28.9% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
Help
Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Blue Heron Elementary is 17.5. 3 elementary schools in the Centennial Public School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
Help
Compare Blue Heron Elementary employs 43.4 full-time teachers.
Finance
Help
Compare Details The average total spent per student at Blue Heron Elementary is $10,644. 4 elementary schools in the Centennial Public School District spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Blue Heron Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Blue Heron Elementary 193rd of 881 Minnesota public elementary schools. (See Blue Heron Elementary in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:


Special Education students:
Low Socio Economic Status students:
Female students:
Male students:
Asian students:
African American students:
White students:


Centennial Public School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Centennial Public School District 38th of 463 Minnesota school districts. (See district ranking list.)

Average Parent Rating:

Read all reviews and ratings detail for Blue Heron Elementary.

What do you think?

Your rating for Blue Heron Elementary?

Rank History for Blue Heron Elementary

Help
Compare

Rank History for all students at Blue Heron Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2003 65.57 234th 674 65.3%
2004 73.53 143rd 676 78.8%
2005 71.58 174th 685 74.6%
2006 55.58 403rd 756 46.7%
2007 72.93 162nd 777 79.2%
2008 70.87 185th 781 76.3%
2009 71.02 113th 434 74.0%
2010 72.47 187th 803 76.7%
2011 80.24 87th 814 89.3%
2012 75.50 147th 820 82.1%
2013 76.10 162nd 824 80.3%
2014 78.43 123rd 826 85.1%
2015 83.94 65th 840 92.3%
2016 84.11 63rd 848 92.6%
2017 79.35 125th 853 85.3%
2018 79.77 127th 847 85.0%
2019 84.85 74th 870 91.5%
2021 82.89 100th 869 88.5%
2022 78.51 157th 858 81.7%
2023 74.51 210th 845 75.1%
2024 75.52 193rd 881 78.1%
See the entire list of Minnesota Elementary School Rankings!

Rank History for Multi-racial students at Blue Heron Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 66.03 32nd 87 63.2%
2023 63.36 28th 77 63.6%
See the entire list of Best Minnesota Elementary Schools for Multi-racial Students!

Rank History for English Language Learner students at Blue Heron Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 56.23 81st 256 68.4%
2023 70.58 39th 276 85.9%
See the entire list of Best Minnesota Elementary Schools for English Language Learner Students!

Rank History for Special Education students at Blue Heron Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 75.64 83rd 463 82.1%
2019 76.99 70th 515 86.4%
2021 86.90 22nd 417 94.7%
2022 74.89 88th 500 82.4%
2023 57.10 196th 524 62.6%
2024 48.90 281st 572 50.9%
See the entire list of Best Minnesota Elementary Schools for Special Education Students!

Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Blue Heron Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 61.37 277th 728 62.0%
2019 75.80 118th 740 84.1%
2021 74.19 120th 683 82.4%
2022 67.64 177th 663 73.3%
2023 66.51 229th 774 70.4%
2024 83.31 67th 793 91.6%
See the entire list of Best Minnesota Elementary Schools for Low Socio Economic Status Students!

Rank History for Female students at Blue Heron Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 74.44 173rd 774 77.6%
2019 79.01 119th 787 84.9%
2021 73.28 185th 783 76.4%
2022 73.52 192nd 799 76.0%
2023 69.02 245th 787 68.9%
2024 71.67 218th 809 73.1%
See the entire list of Best Minnesota Elementary Schools for Female Students!

Rank History for Male students at Blue Heron Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 82.33 82nd 779 89.5%
2019 86.84 46th 798 94.2%
2021 87.10 48th 784 93.9%
2022 80.21 119th 808 85.3%
2023 75.24 172nd 799 78.5%
2024 75.88 172nd 826 79.2%
See the entire list of Best Minnesota Elementary Schools for Male Students!

Rank History for Asian students at Blue Heron Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 63.39 60th 134 55.2%
2019 79.49 38th 136 72.1%
2022 40.02 71st 131 45.8%
2023 42.05 69th 128 46.1%
2024 49.08 77th 154 50.0%
See the entire list of Best Minnesota Elementary Schools for Asian Students!

Rank History for African American students at Blue Heron Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 83.38 31st 266 88.3%
2019 91.80 8th 283 97.2%
2024 93.70 8th 310 97.4%
See the entire list of Best Minnesota Elementary Schools for African American Students!

Rank History for Hispanic students at Blue Heron Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 73.88 36th 214 83.2%
See the entire list of Best Minnesota Elementary Schools for Hispanic Students!

Rank History for White students at Blue Heron Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 73.59 145th 712 79.6%
2019 80.45 85th 722 88.2%
2021 75.09 129th 710 81.8%
2022 75.70 133rd 725 81.7%
2023 63.59 230th 712 67.7%
2024 63.31 237th 730 67.5%
See the entire list of Best Minnesota Elementary Schools for White Students!

Data source: test scores: Minnesota Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Blue Heron Elementary Test Scores
Tests: 
  
Grades: 
  
Years: 
  
Group by: 
District Scores:
State Scores:    
  
Subgroup: 






Data source: Minnesota Department of Education

Review counts

All ratings (Avg rating: 5)
100%

0%

0%

0%

0%

  

Reviews:
by a parent
Monday, October 24, 2016

Open Quote Wonderful school! Close Quote


by a parent
Friday, December 31, 2010

Open Quote We were aware of the ecellent education programs in place in Lino Lakes but Blue Heron almost seems to go above and beyond what we expected. Every teacher cares about their students, even after they have moved on to the next grade. The programs offered by Blue Heron are terrific. Our child does the before school care a few days a week and that includes wonderful field trips, daily activities that teach (I have heard horror stories about before and after school care programs) rather then occupy, and the instructors for this care are wonderful with the students. Close Quote



Enrollment information for Blue Heron Elementary

Help
Compare
Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
2002 614 2 6 22 4 n/a n/a 0 648
2003 614 2 6 22 4 n/a n/a 0 648
2004 612 2 12 18 6 n/a n/a 0 650
2005 624 8 12 22 5 n/a n/a 0 671
2006 614 10 19 21 4 n/a n/a 0 668
2007 609 15 24 15 6 n/a n/a 0 669
2008 610 22 23 14 6 n/a n/a 0 675
2009 590 22 23 17 5 n/a n/a 0 657
2010 621 23 34 22 5 n/a n/a 0 705
2011 609 12 33 19 3 0 19 0 695
2012 631 16 34 23 7 0 25 0 736
2013 672 16 37 17 4 0 35 0 781
2014 724 18 48 24 5 0 37 0 856
2015 734 20 47 23 1 0 44 0 869
2016 716 20 49 30 3 0 40 0 858
2017 707 30 50 30 4 0 41 0 862
2018 681 38 66 37 1 0 35 0 858
2019 653 33 68 43 0 1 41 0 839
2020 621 37 58 38 0 2 51 0 807
2021 573 41 60 38 0 2 61 0 775
2022 551 51 62 29 0 1 59 0 753
2023 550 56 61 32 0 1 61 0 761

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Blue Heron Elementary

Help
Compare
Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
2002 648 34.0 19.1 12
2003 648 34.0 19.1 12
2004 650 31.1 20.9 12
2005 671 34.9 19.2 10
2006 668 32.0 20.9 9.4
2007 669 37.1 18.0 13.5
2008 675 40.9 16.5 13
2009 657 37.0 17.8 11.9
2010 705 36.6 19.2 16.3
2011 695 34.0 20.4 17.3
2012 736 33.6 21.9 16
2013 781 37.2 20.9 16.6
2014 856 41.6 20.5 14
2015 869 44.0 19.7 13.9
2016 858 44.0 19.5 12.8
2017 862 43.0 20.0 13.8
2018 858 42.1 20.3 14.9
2019 839 42.7 19.6 14.9
2020 807 43.3 18.6 15.1
2021 775 44.5 17.3 12.9
2022 753 40.1 18.7 16.9
2023 761 43.4 17.5 28.9

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Blue Heron Elementary

Help
Compare
Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
2002 648 34.0 19.1 12
2003 648 34.0 19.1 12
2004 650 31.1 20.9 12
2005 671 34.9 19.2 10
2006 668 32.0 20.9 9.4
2007 669 37.1 18.0 13.5
2008 675 40.9 16.5 13
2009 657 37.0 17.8 11.9
2010 705 36.6 19.2 16.3
2011 695 34.0 20.4 17.3
2012 736 33.6 21.9 16
2013 781 37.2 20.9 16.6
2014 856 41.6 20.5 14
2015 869 44.0 19.7 13.9
2016 858 44.0 19.5 12.8
2017 862 43.0 20.0 13.8
2018 858 42.1 20.3 14.9
2019 839 42.7 19.6 14.9
2020 807 43.3 18.6 15.1
2021 775 44.5 17.3 12.9
2022 753 40.1 18.7 16.9
2023 761 43.4 17.5 28.9

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
Finances

Per Pupil Expenditures for Blue Heron Elementary

Help

YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2019 $10,644

Data source: Minnesota Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Blue Heron Elementary

The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America. Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased. SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school. Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores, enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.

Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 74th of 870 Elementary schoolsRanks 210th of 845 Elementary schools
 16.3%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade Math (Blue Heron Elementary)8078.9
 1.1%
   3rd Grade Math (Centennial Public School District)8476.5
 7.5%
   3rd Grade Math (Minnesota)65.659.1
 6.5%
3rd Grade Reading (Blue Heron Elementary)70.755.7
 15%
   3rd Grade Reading (Centennial Public School District)74.559.5
 15%
   3rd Grade Reading (Minnesota)54.647.4
 7.2%
4th Grade Math (Blue Heron Elementary)83.863.9
 19.9%
   4th Grade Math (Centennial Public School District)78.173.2
 4.9%
   4th Grade Math (Minnesota)63.957.1
 6.8%
4th Grade Reading (Blue Heron Elementary)66.949.6
 17.3%
   4th Grade Reading (Centennial Public School District)67.761.4
 6.3%
   4th Grade Reading (Minnesota)55.448.4
 7.1%
5th Grade Math (Blue Heron Elementary)82.165.4
 16.7%
   5th Grade Math (Centennial Public School District)77.265
 12.2%
   5th Grade Math (Minnesota)5244.4
 7.6%
5th Grade Reading (Blue Heron Elementary)86.972.6
 14.3%
   5th Grade Reading (Centennial Public School District)81.771.5
 10.2%
   5th Grade Reading (Minnesota)65.858.7
 7%
5th Grade Science (Blue Heron Elementary)65.352.2
 13.1%
   5th Grade Science (Centennial Public School District)64.260.2
 4%
   5th Grade Science (Minnesota)54.948.4
 6.5%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students839761
 9.3%
African American3356
 69.7%
American Indian00
Asian6861
 10.3%
Hispanic4332
 25.6%
Pacific Islander11
White653550
 15.8%
Two or More Races4161
 48.8%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients14.9%28.9%
 14%


Schools Near Blue Heron Elementary









Frequently Asked Questions about Blue Heron Elementary

In the 2022-23 school year, 761 students attended Blue Heron Elementary.

Students at Blue Heron Elementary are 72% White, 8% Asian, 8% Two or more races, 7% African American, 4% Hispanic.

Students who attend Blue Heron Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Centennial Middle
High : Centennial High School

Blue Heron Elementary ranks 193rd of 881 Minnesota elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.


Rate Blue Heron Elementary!



Sign up for updates!

Be the first to know when there is an update for Blue Heron Elementary!




SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Minnesota Department of Education.

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMERS: Not all boundaries are included. We make every effort to ensure that boundaries are up-to-date. But it's important to note that these are approximations and are for general informational purposes only. To verify legal descriptions of boundaries or school locations, contact your local tax assessor's office and/or school district.





Diagnostics

None retrieved from Database in 1446 milliseconds.