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Pankalo Education Center

Q: Is Pankalo Education Center a good school?

Pankalo Education Center ranks in the bottom 16.7% of Minnesota elementary schools.

Q: How many students attend Pankalo Education Center?

In the 2024-25 school year, 88 students attended Pankalo Education Center.

Q: What is the racial makeup of Pankalo Education Center?

Students at Pankalo Education Center are 42% White, 36% African American, 10% Two or more races, 6% Hispanic, 3% Asian, 2% American Indian.

Public Grades K-8

726^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 872 Minnesota Elementary Schools

Better than 17% of Minnesota elementary schools

Summary

Pankalo Education Center is an elementary school located in Lake Elmo, Minnesota, serving grades K-8 with a total enrollment of 94 students. Over the past several years, this school has consistently ranked in the bottom quartile of Minnesota elementary schools, performing significantly below state and district averages on academic measures.

Pankalo Education Center's academic performance is particularly low, with only 13.46% of students proficient or better in Math and 14.29% in Reading in the 2024-2025 school year, compared to 45.21% and 49.59% statewide, respectively. The school's performance is especially weak in 7th grade Math (0% proficient) and 3rd grade Reading (10% proficient). Pankalo also ranks in the bottom quartile of Minnesota elementary schools for several student subgroups, including Male Students, White Students, Special Education Students, and Low Socioeconomic Status Students.

Interestingly, the nearby Woodbury Elementary, Brookview Elementary, and Royal Oaks Elementary schools significantly outperform Pankalo Education Center on academic measures, with higher proficiency rates in Math, Reading, and Science, as well as higher overall state rankings. Additionally, these nearby schools have lower percentages of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 13.89% to 40.48%, compared to 56.38% at Pankalo.

Students ?

3.6

Student/teacher ratio ?

64.8%

Free/discounted lunch ?

8568 Eagle Point Blvd
Lake Elmo, MN 55042-8888

(651) 415-6300

District: Northeast Metro 916

Racial breakdown:

White:

42.0%

African American:

36.4%

Two or more races:

10.2%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 7th percentile in 2019 → 17th in 2025

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 10 percentile points since 2019

✓Small classes — about 4 students per teacher

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Minnesota average (14% vs 47% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (17th percentile)

!Reading scores 35 pts below the Minnesota average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school14%

District avg13%

Minnesota avg47%

726^th of 872

Minnesota public elementary schools ?

Bottom 17%▲ up 10 pts since 2019

From bottom 7% (2019) to bottom 17% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

Elementary school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	18.1	726 of 872	16.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	5.2	838 of 881	4.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	3.1	824 of 845	2.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	6.0	800 of 858	6.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	8.2	782 of 869	10.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	5.7	810 of 870	6.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2024	12.1	723 of 793	8.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	3.1	772 of 774	0.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	4.4	662 of 663	0.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	10.7	696 of 740	5.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2024	3.5	805 of 826	2.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	2.5	787 of 799	1.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	5.4	766 of 808	5.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	7.6	726 of 784	7.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	8.0	737 of 798	7.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	1.0	777 of 779	0.3%	☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	46.4	300 of 562	46.6%	★★☆☆☆
2024	16.0	525 of 572	8.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	10.7	503 of 524	4.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	20.4	434 of 500	13.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	24.3	354 of 417	15.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	28.0	395 of 515	23.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	9.0	442 of 463	4.5%	☆☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2023	0.2	711 of 712	0.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	0.1	722 of 722	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2023	7.4	503 of 529	4.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	5.0	506 of 520	2.7%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2023	7.0	441 of 464	5.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2023	24.2	247 of 298	17.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	20.9	244 of 288	15.3%	★☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Elementary school

Special Education (2025)47th percentile+30 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2024)9th percentile+4 vs school

Male (2024)3rd percentile~ school

White (2023)<1st percentile~ school

Middle school

Special Education (2023)17th percentile+12 vs school

Male (2023)5th percentile~ school

By subject vs Minnesota (2024-2025) ?

Reading14%-35 vs state

Math13%-32 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				MCA-III Math (2025)					MCA-III Reading (2025)					Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	MCA-III Math 3rd Grade	MCA-III Math 4th Grade	MCA-III Math 5th Grade	MCA-III Math 7th Grade	MCA-III Math All Grades	MCA-III Reading 3rd Grade	MCA-III Reading 4th Grade	MCA-III Reading 5th Grade	MCA-III Reading 7th Grade	MCA-III Reading All Grades	Total
Pankalo Education Center	Public	K-8	8568 Eagle Point Blvd	Lake Elmo	55042	Washington County	Northeast Metro 916	No	No	No	No	(651) 415-6300	88	24	3.6	64.8%	37 (42.0%)	32 (36.4%)	5 (5.7%)	3 (3.4%)	2 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (10.2%)	18.1	726^th of 872 public elementary schools	16.7%		5.2	838^th of 881 public elementary schools	4.9%	112			31.3	0.0	13.5	10.0		29.4	8.3	14.3
Woodbury Leadership Elementary	Public, Charter	K-5	8089 Globe Drive	Woodbury	55125	Washington County	Woodbury Leadership Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(651) 571-2100	658	35	18.7	23.3%	256 (38.9%)	128 (19.5%)	55 (8.4%)	155 (23.6%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	61 (9.3%)	86.4	81^st of 872 public elementary schools	90.7%		79.1	150^th of 881 public elementary schools	83.0%	69	74.8	80.2	59.7		71.6	65.1	61.7	74.8		67.2	$9,012
Eagle Point Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	7850 15th St N	Oakdale	55128	Washington County	North St. Paul-Maplewood Oakdale	No	No	No	No	(651) 702-8300	792	49	16.3	53.0%	298 (37.6%)	135 (17.0%)	71 (9.0%)	202 (25.5%)	2 (0.3%)	3 (0.4%)	81 (10.2%)	72.8	234^th of 872 public elementary schools	73.2%		68.2	279^th of 881 public elementary schools	68.3%	45	66.9	60.3	63.0		63.4	54.8	47.7	68.1		57.1	$13,507
Woodbury Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1251 School Dr	Woodbury	55125	Washington County	South Washington County Schools	No	No	No	No	(651) 425-4601	483	40	12.0	37.9%	212 (43.9%)	61 (12.6%)	66 (13.7%)	89 (18.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	54 (11.2%)	34.8	599^th of 872 public elementary schools	31.3%		37.8	595^th of 881 public elementary schools	32.5%	4	44.4	43.1	25.8		38.6	41.1	38.9	43.3		41.1	$14,186
Brookview Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	11099 Brookview Road	Woodbury	55129	Washington County	Stillwater Area Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(651) 275-2500	607	34	17.8	26.2%	332 (54.7%)	111 (18.3%)	38 (6.3%)	68 (11.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	58 (9.6%)	63	344^th of 872 public elementary schools	60.6%		76.3	180^th of 881 public elementary schools	79.6%	164	58.3	74.3	42.0		58.3	50.0	44.3	59.8		51.4	$12,968
Royal Oaks Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	7335 Steepleview Rd	Woodbury	55125	Washington County	South Washington County Schools	No	No	No	No	(651) 425-4701	451	39	11.5	28.4%	256 (56.8%)	42 (9.3%)	43 (9.5%)	55 (12.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	54 (12.0%)	73.4	225^th of 872 public elementary schools	74.2%		76.1	184^th of 881 public elementary schools	79.1%	41	65.9	68.4	53.3		62.1	53.0	55.3	64.4		57.8	$12,202
Valley Crossing Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	9900 Park Crossing	Woodbury	55125	Washington County	South Washington County Schools	No	No	No	No	(651) 425-7501	734	42	17.5	12.5%	399 (54.4%)	64 (8.7%)	47 (6.4%)	150 (20.4%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	73 (9.9%)	93	28^th of 872 public elementary schools	96.8%		92.8	20^th of 881 public elementary schools	97.7%	8	82.9	78.2	78.4		79.9	69.9	69.2	83.8		74.5	$11,318
Carver Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2680 Upper Afton Rd	Maplewood	55119	Ramsey County	North St. Paul-Maplewood Oakdale	No	No	No	Yes	(651) 702-8200	898	51	17.7	65.1%	222 (24.7%)	183 (20.4%)	169 (18.8%)	231 (25.7%)	8 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	85 (9.5%)	31.6	629^th of 872 public elementary schools	27.9%		27.6	671^st of 881 public elementary schools	23.8%	42	51.5	26.6	26.2		34.4	37.2	25.2	55.9		39.5	$12,340
Middleton Elementary	Public	K-5	9105 Lake Rd	Woodbury	55125	Washington County	South Washington County Schools	No	No	No	No	(651) 425-4901	557	35	15.9	17.6%	351 (63.0%)	45 (8.1%)	40 (7.2%)	62 (11.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	58 (10.4%)	73.1	228^th of 872 public elementary schools	73.9%		68.5	274^th of 881 public elementary schools	68.9%	46	62.2	68.9	50.0		60.4	56.7	55.5	64.6		59.0	$12,463
Sejong Academy Lower School	Public, Charter	PK, KG-5	2410 Stillwater Rd E	Maplewood	55119	Ramsey County	Sejong Academy of Minnesota	Yes	No	No	Yes	(651) 301-8722	196	17	11.6	85.2%	2 (1.0%)	2 (1.0%)	2 (1.0%)	182 (92.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (4.1%)	24.5	686^th of 872 public elementary schools	21.3%		24.9	690^th of 881 public elementary schools	21.7%	4	60.0	28.6	9.7		32.9	40.0	23.8	19.4		28.1	$14,569

Frequently Asked Questions about Pankalo Education Center

What is the racial makeup of Pankalo Education Center?

Students at Pankalo Education Center are 42% White, 36% African American, 10% Two or more races, 6% Hispanic, 3% Asian, 2% American Indian.

What district is Pankalo Education Center in?

Northeast Metro 916

How many students attend Pankalo Education Center?

In the 2024-25 school year, 88 students attended Pankalo Education Center.

Is Pankalo Education Center a good school?

Pankalo Education Center ranks in the bottom 16.7% of Minnesota elementary schools.

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2024–25 dropout rates & graduation ratesJun 13, 2026

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2023–24 dropout rates & graduation ratesMay 8, 2025

2022–23 graduation ratesDec 2, 2024

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

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