Summary:
Garden City Elementary is a public elementary school in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, serving students from pre-kindergarten to 5th grade as part of the Osseo Public School District. With a diverse student population, the school faces significant academic challenges, consistently ranking in the bottom 20% of Minnesota elementary schools.
Garden City Elementary's performance on the Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments (MCA-III) is significantly below state and district averages across all grade levels and subject areas. In the 2023-2024 school year, only 23.9% of students were proficient or better in Math, compared to 45.47% statewide and 43.79% in the Osseo district. In Reading, the proficiency rate was 24.22%, compared to 49.85% statewide and 47.84% in the district. The school's performance is particularly low in 5th-grade Math, with only 5.45% of students proficient or better, compared to 44.14% statewide and 45.48% in the district. The school's low performance extends to all student subgroups, including female, male, Asian, African American, Hispanic, English Language Learners, and students with low socioeconomic status.
While Garden City Elementary has a relatively low student-teacher ratio, it has a high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 69.91% to 80.3% over the past three school years, indicating a high level of economic disadvantage among the student population. Nearby schools in the Osseo district, such as Zanewood Community School STEAM and Palmer Lake Elementary, have similar academic performance and rankings, while some other nearby schools, such as Evergreen Park Elementary-STEM and Fair Oaks Elementary, have significantly higher academic performance. The nearby charter schools, such as New Millennium Academy Charter and Progeny Academy Charter School, have even lower academic performance than Garden City Elementary.
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Detail:
Public PK, KG-5
District:
Osseo Public School District
SchoolDigger Rank:
780th of 881 Minnesota Elementary Schools
Per Pupil Expenditures: $14,734
Students who attend Garden City Elementary usually attend:
Student/teacher ratio: 12.1
Number of students: 335
Racial breakdown:
African American:
30.1%
Asian:
30.1%
Hispanic:
25.7%
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Two or more races:
6.9%
White:
6.0%
American Indian:
1.2%
Free/discounted lunch recipients: 80.3%
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