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Rush Creek Elementary

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Rush Creek Elementary ranks 138 th of 872 Minnesota elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Public Grades PK, KG-5

138^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 872 Minnesota Elementary Schools

Better than 84% of Minnesota elementary schools

Summary

Rush Creek Elementary is a public elementary school located in Maple Grove, Minnesota, serving grades PK-5 with a total enrollment of 743 students. This school consistently ranks among the top elementary schools in the state, with strong academic performance across various student subgroups.

Rush Creek Elementary's proficiency rates in MCA-III Math and Reading assessments are significantly higher than the Osseo Public School District and state averages across all grade levels. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, 68.98% of Rush Creek students were proficient or better in MCA-III Math, compared to 42.97% for the Osseo district and 45.21% for the state. The school's performance on MCA-III Science assessments is also strong, with 65.6% of students proficient or better in 2022-2023, compared to 31.35% for the Osseo district and 39.21% for the state.

Within the Osseo district, Rush Creek Elementary stands out as the highest-performing elementary school, significantly outperforming other schools like Oak View Elementary and Cedar Island Elementary in academic assessments. However, when compared to schools in the neighboring Wayzata Public School District, such as Meadow Ridge Elementary and North Woods Elementary, Rush Creek's performance, while still impressive, is not as dominant.

762

Students ?

18.8

Student/teacher ratio ?

$12,814

Per pupil spending ?

18.9%

Free/discounted lunch ?

8801 County Road 101 N
Maple Grove, MN 55311-8888

(763) 494-4549

District: Osseo Public School District

Students who attend Rush Creek Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Maple Grove Middle School
High:	Maple Grove Senior High

Racial breakdown:

White:

66.8%

African American:

12.1%

Two or more races:

9.3%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 92nd percentile in 2015 → 84th in 2025

Strengths

✓Test scores above the Minnesota average (65% vs 47% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 16% of Minnesota elementary schools

✓Among the top-ranked schools in Osseo Public School District

Worth a look

!Ranking has slipped — down 8 percentile points since 2015

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school65%

District avg45%

Minnesota avg47%

138^th of 872

Minnesota public elementary schools ?

Top 16%▼ down 8 pts since 2015

From top 8% (2015) to top 16% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

3^rd of 17Elementary Schools in the Osseo Public School District

267^th of 446Osseo Public School District among Minnesota districts

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

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	80.8	138 of 872	84.2%	★★★★☆
2024	89.2	53 of 881	94.0%	★★★★★
2023	88.9	50 of 845	94.1%	★★★★★
2022	90.8	28 of 858	96.7%	★★★★★
2021	93.3	14 of 869	98.4%	★★★★★
2019	85.5	68 of 870	92.2%	★★★★★
2018	87.7	39 of 847	95.4%	★★★★★
2017	80.0	116 of 853	86.4%	★★★★☆
2016	83.9	67 of 848	92.1%	★★★★★
2015	83.8	69 of 840	91.8%	★★★★★
2014	86.3	40 of 826	95.2%	★★★★★
2013	90.5	16 of 824	98.1%	★★★★★
2012	88.3	13 of 820	98.4%	★★★★★
2011	89.2	15 of 814	98.2%	★★★★★
2010	88.1	10 of 803	98.8%	★★★★★
2009	87.4	12 of 434	97.2%	★★★★★
2008	89.1	8 of 781	99.0%	★★★★★
2007	92.2	4 of 777	99.5%	★★★★★
2006	90.1	7 of 756	99.1%	★★★★★
2005	82.4	46 of 685	93.3%	★★★★★
2004	89.5	14 of 676	97.9%	★★★★★
2003	87.5	20 of 674	97.0%	★★★★★

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	57.9	110 of 298	63.1%	★★★☆☆
2024	71.3	73 of 310	76.5%	★★★★☆
2023	63.8	79 of 279	71.7%	★★★★☆
2022	64.0	86 of 282	69.5%	★★★★☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	82.1	30 of 140	78.6%	★★★★☆
2024	88.4	22 of 154	85.7%	★★★★☆
2019	66.3	52 of 136	61.8%	★★★☆☆
2018	74.9	46 of 134	65.7%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	74.5	181 of 799	77.3%	★★★★☆
2024	84.2	84 of 809	89.6%	★★★★☆
2023	88.3	48 of 787	93.9%	★★★★★
2022	91.3	12 of 799	98.5%	★★★★★
2021	93.2	11 of 783	98.6%	★★★★★
2019	82.7	84 of 787	89.3%	★★★★☆
2018	85.9	51 of 774	93.4%	★★★★★

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	48.1	405 of 764	47.0%	★★☆☆☆
2024	79.4	101 of 793	87.3%	★★★★☆
2023	61.8	282 of 774	63.6%	★★★☆☆
2022	48.6	347 of 663	47.7%	★★☆☆☆
2018	27.0	589 of 728	19.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	81.3	109 of 812	86.6%	★★★★☆
2024	90.3	29 of 826	96.5%	★★★★★
2023	86.5	56 of 799	93.0%	★★★★★
2022	87.2	50 of 808	93.8%	★★★★★
2021	90.4	22 of 784	97.2%	★★★★★
2019	85.2	60 of 798	92.5%	★★★★★
2018	86.4	38 of 779	95.1%	★★★★★

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	70.4	23 of 73	68.5%	★★★★☆
2023	72.1	21 of 77	72.7%	★★★★☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	67.9	124 of 562	77.9%	★★★★☆
2024	84.0	50 of 572	91.3%	★★★★★
2023	81.8	65 of 524	87.6%	★★★★☆
2022	83.3	45 of 500	91.0%	★★★★★
2021	91.5	8 of 417	98.1%	★★★★★
2019	77.4	69 of 515	86.6%	★★★★☆
2018	82.8	45 of 463	90.3%	★★★★★

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	75.0	137 of 714	80.8%	★★★★☆
2024	84.6	56 of 730	92.3%	★★★★★
2023	87.2	37 of 712	94.8%	★★★★★
2022	90.2	16 of 725	97.8%	★★★★★
2021	91.1	17 of 710	97.6%	★★★★★
2019	80.7	84 of 722	88.4%	★★★★☆
2018	88.3	23 of 712	96.8%	★★★★★

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)

Male (2025)87th percentile~ school

White (2025)81st percentile-3 vs school

Asian (2025)79th percentile-6 vs school

Special Education (2025)78th percentile-6 vs school

Female (2025)77th percentile-7 vs school

Multi-racial (2025)68th percentile-16 vs school

African American (2025)63rd percentile-21 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)47th percentile-37 vs school

By subject vs Minnesota (2024-2025) ?

Math69%+24 vs state

Reading61%+12 vs state

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by a parent
Monday, May 6, 2013

My child performed extremely well at this school and has lasting friendships with his classmates who still attend this school, but I removed him from this school because it teaches messages of racial inferiority without a second thought. When his second grade teachers showed video footage of dark skinned people being attacked by dogs, guns, bats, and water hoses, I knew it was time to remove him from this school. Because of this video, and a video showing light skinned children stating "I hate black people", my seven year old child spent Martin Luther King weekend of 2012 crying and in fear that the things shown in those videos could happen to him. Then later in that calendar year, my child learned in a lesson on the Olympics that "Marion Jones went to prison for putting drugs in her body", yet he couldn't tell us who Jesse Owens, Flo Jo, Michael Johnson, Carl Lewis, etc. are. Isn't it interesting that the one Olympic athlete of color about whom he learned is associated by this school with negativity? This is subtly teaching that dark skinned people are bad and inferior. Though we had a great first grade teacher here, Rush Creek overall is a huge disappointment regardless of how high its test scores may be. Close Quote

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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 6th Grade	MCA-III Math All Grades	MCA-III Reading 3rd Grade	MCA-III Reading 4th Grade	MCA-III Reading 5th Grade	MCA-III Reading 6th Grade	MCA-III Reading All Grades	Total
Rush Creek Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	8801 County Road 101 N	Maple Grove	55311	Hennepin County	Osseo Public School District	No	No	No	No	(763) 494-4549	762	40	18.8	18.9%	509 (66.8%)	92 (12.1%)	29 (3.8%)	56 (7.3%)	5 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	71 (9.3%)	80.8	138^th of 872 public elementary schools	84.2%		89.2	53^rd of 881 public elementary schools	94.0%	85	76.6	72.4	57.3		69.0	54.5	61.1	68.7		61.2	$12,814
Minnesota Excellence in Learning Ac	Public, Charter	PK, KG-6	9060 Zanzibar Lane	Maple Grove	55311	Hennepin County	Minnesota Excellence in Learning Ac	Yes	No	No	Yes	(763) 205-4396	231	21	11.2	73.2%	10 (4.3%)	183 (79.2%)	20 (8.7%)	6 (2.6%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (4.8%)	14.6	753^rd of 872 public elementary schools	13.6%		13.5	770^th of 881 public elementary schools	12.6%	17	22.7	27.8	20.0	0.0	17.3	13.6	27.8	50.0	28.6	29.6	$17,632
Weaver Lake Science Math & Technical School	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	15900 Weaver Lake Rd	Maple Grove	55311	Hennepin County	Osseo Public School District	No	Yes	No	No	(763) 420-3337	668	35	19.3	29.3%	263 (39.4%)	166 (24.9%)	34 (5.1%)	135 (20.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	70 (10.5%)	80.9	137^th of 872 public elementary schools	84.3%		74.6	207^th of 881 public elementary schools	76.5%	70	78.2	68.6	58.4		68.0	62.7	57.0	66.4		62.1	$13,175
Fernbrook Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	9661 Fernbrook Ln	Maple Grove	55369	Hennepin County	Osseo Public School District	No	No	No	No	(763) 420-8888	952	53	18.1	22.5%	643 (67.5%)	141 (14.8%)	47 (4.9%)	44 (4.6%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	76 (8.0%)	81.9	129^th of 872 public elementary schools	85.2%		85.5	85^th of 881 public elementary schools	90.4%	44	69.6	76.1	60.9		68.9	59.2	55.5	74.5		63.0	$12,848
Rice Lake Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	13755 89th Ave N	Maple Grove	55369	Hennepin County	Osseo Public School District	No	No	No	No	(763) 420-4220	623	39	16.1	40.1%	292 (46.9%)	152 (24.4%)	61 (9.8%)	38 (6.1%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	77 (12.4%)	40.8	564^th of 872 public elementary schools	35.3%		50.5	487^th of 881 public elementary schools	44.7%	77	55.7	43.0	29.6		41.7	38.8	42.1	49.6		43.9	$13,274
Basswood Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	15425 Bass Lake Rd	Maple Grove	55311	Hennepin County	Osseo Public School District	No	No	No	No	(763) 494-3858	848	45	18.6	18.6%	556 (65.6%)	91 (10.7%)	47 (5.5%)	63 (7.4%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	88 (10.4%)	80.7	143^rd of 872 public elementary schools	83.6%		87.5	68^th of 881 public elementary schools	92.3%	75	80.5	75.7	57.8		71.4	58.8	53.7	65.7		59.5	$11,932
Meadow Ridge Elementary School	Public	K-5	17905 Chankahda Trail	Plymouth	55446	Hennepin County	Wayzata Public School District	No	No	No	No	(763) 745-7100	762	48	15.7	12.5%	408 (53.5%)	58 (7.6%)	27 (3.5%)	224 (29.4%)	7 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (5.0%)	94.2	18^th of 872 public elementary schools	97.9%		92.5	22^nd of 881 public elementary schools	97.5%	4	81.0	87.1	74.7		80.6	70.3	78.2	82.9		77.5	$12,433
North Woods Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	18995 54th Ave N	Plymouth	55446	Hennepin County	Wayzata Public School District	No	No	No	No	(763) 745-4000	775	46	16.8	5.8%	470 (60.6%)	28 (3.6%)	27 (3.5%)	203 (26.2%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	44 (5.7%)	95.2	11^th of 872 public elementary schools	98.7%		93.7	14^th of 881 public elementary schools	98.4%	3	86.9	89.3	71.3		82.4	72.1	80.7	83.8		79.2
Parnassus Prep School-Grammar	Public, Charter	K-4	11201 96th Ave N	Maple Grove	55369	Hennepin County	Parnassus Preparatory School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(763) 496-1416	623	36	17.2	48.8%	132 (21.2%)	327 (52.5%)	43 (6.9%)	98 (15.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (3.7%)	54.5	429^th of 872 public elementary schools	50.8%		52.3	466^th of 881 public elementary schools	47.1%	37	60.8	63.6			62.2	39.2	41.5			40.3	$11,951
Oak View Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	6710 E Fish Lake Rd	Maple Grove	55369	Hennepin County	Osseo Public School District	No	No	No	No	(763) 425-1881	515	32	15.9	39.8%	248 (48.2%)	110 (21.4%)	52 (10.1%)	42 (8.2%)	4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	59 (11.5%)	38.9	581^st of 872 public elementary schools	33.4%		45.1	543^rd of 881 public elementary schools	38.4%	38	45.6	57.3	32.5		45.1	35.0	41.5	41.0		39.2	$14,510

Frequently Asked Questions about Rush Creek Elementary

How many students attend Rush Creek Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 762 students attended Rush Creek Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Rush Creek Elementary?

Students at Rush Creek Elementary are 67% White, 12% African American, 9% Two or more races, 7% Asian, 4% Hispanic.

Is Rush Creek Elementary a good school?

Rush Creek Elementary ranks 138^th of 872 Minnesota elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

What schools do graduates of Rush Creek Elementary attend?

Students who attend Rush Creek Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Maple Grove Middle School
High : Maple Grove Senior High

What district is Rush Creek Elementary in?

Osseo Public School District

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