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Park Terrace Elementary

Q: Is Park Terrace Elementary a good school?

Park Terrace Elementary ranks in the bottom 10.6% of Minnesota elementary schools.

Q: How many students attend Park Terrace Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 532 students attended Park Terrace Elementary.

Q: What is the racial makeup of Park Terrace Elementary?

Students at Park Terrace Elementary are 33% White, 22% Hispanic, 21% African American, 12% Two or more races, 11% Asian, 1% American Indian.

Q: What schools do graduates of Park Terrace Elementary attend?

Students who attend Park Terrace Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : Westwood Intermediate & Middle School High : Spring Lake Park Senior High

Public Grades PK, KG-4

777^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 869 Minnesota Elementary Schools

Better than 11% of Minnesota elementary schools

Summary

Park Terrace Elementary is a PK–4 school in Spring Lake Park, Minnesota, a northern Twin Cities suburb, serving 532 students as part of Spring Lake Park Public Schools. In 2025–2026 it ranked 777th of 869 Minnesota elementary schools (11th percentile, 1 star), while the district ranked 264th of 458 districts (42nd percentile, 2 stars).

Academics sit below both the district and the state. All-grade math proficiency was 23.2%, compared with 36.5% in the district and 44.9% statewide; all-grade reading was 27.0%, versus 39.0% district and 48.6% state. Grade-level results follow the same pattern, and fourth-grade math (21.6%, against 46.0% district and 55.2% state) is the lowest grade-level subject score. Math has fallen sharply here specifically — from 39.01% in 2022–2023 to 23.2% in 2025–2026 — while district and state math stayed roughly flat, so the drop is not part of a broader trend. Reading recovered from 19.47% in 2024–2025 to 27.0%, but it is still the lowest among the nearby schools reviewed. About 67.29% of students qualified for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024–2025, and the student–teacher ratio was 13.2, mid-pack among nearby schools.

Nearby comparisons stand out. Woodcrest Elementary Spanish Immersion, in the same district, serves a similar PK–4 population yet scored about 17.9 points higher in math and 6.8 points higher in reading. Stevenson Elementary has a higher free/reduced-lunch rate (70.59%) but higher math (39.3%) and reading (36.5%) proficiency, and Hayes Elementary and Adams Elementary also outperform Park Terrace in both subjects. Elementary Lighthouse, also in-district, posted 85.7% math and 100% reading on all-grade totals, but it enrolls only 29 students and likely serves a specialized population, so it is not a typical comparison. Inside the school, low-income students ranked at the 8th percentile statewide in 2025–2026, English-learner students at 11th, and special education students at 22nd; no measured group reached the state median. The longer trend is discouraging too: Park Terrace was around the 30th percentile in the early 2000s and has ranked in the low teens to low 20s since at least 2018–2019.

532

Students ?

13.2

Student/teacher ratio ?

$10,998

Per pupil spending ?

67.3%

Free/discounted lunch ?

8301 Terrace Rd NE
Spring Lake Park, MN 55432-1159

(763) 600-5600

District: Spring Lake Park Public Schools

Students who attend Park Terrace Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Westwood Intermediate & Middle School
High:	Spring Lake Park Senior High

Racial breakdown:

White:

32.9%

Hispanic:

21.8%

African American:

21.4%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 32nd percentile in 2003 → 11th in 2026

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Minnesota average (25% vs 47% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (11th percentile)

!Ranking has slipped — down 21 percentile points since 2003

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school25%

District avg38%

Minnesota avg47%

777^th of 869

Minnesota public elementary schools ?

Bottom 11%▼ down 8 pts since 2019

From bottom 19% (2019) to bottom 11% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

4^th of 4Elementary Schools in the Spring Lake Park Public Schools

264^th of 458Spring Lake Park Public Schools 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
2026	12.0	777 of 869	10.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	11.1	784 of 872	10.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	16.2	754 of 881	14.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	18.6	700 of 845	17.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	15.1	736 of 858	14.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	25.2	677 of 869	22.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	23.0	709 of 870	18.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2005	42.7	478 of 685	30.2%	★★☆☆☆
2004	45.4	452 of 676	33.1%	★★☆☆☆
2003	45.2	458 of 674	32.0%	★★☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2026	30.6	230 of 315	27.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	17.9	263 of 298	11.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	30.2	223 of 310	28.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	37.6	174 of 279	37.6%	★★☆☆☆
2022	26.0	223 of 282	20.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	48.9	109 of 227	52.0%	★★★☆☆
2019	36.4	194 of 283	31.4%	★★☆☆☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2019	56.3	61 of 136	55.1%	★★★☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2026	23.3	271 of 305	11.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	20.5	278 of 303	8.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	33.4	216 of 303	28.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	32.5	204 of 276	26.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	36.3	170 of 256	33.6%	★★☆☆☆
2021	32.4	130 of 175	25.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	39.8	140 of 239	41.4%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2026	13.7	697 of 790	11.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	9.3	736 of 799	7.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	11.2	724 of 809	10.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	19.5	644 of 787	18.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	14.8	682 of 799	14.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	26.5	619 of 783	20.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	19.6	671 of 787	14.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2026	13.8	244 of 256	4.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	17.0	211 of 238	11.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	32.7	181 of 249	27.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	31.2	150 of 214	29.9%	★★☆☆☆
2022	44.9	113 of 209	45.9%	★★☆☆☆
2021	47.3	78 of 153	49.0%	★★★☆☆
2019	37.6	148 of 219	32.4%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2026	14.5	700 of 764	8.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	14.4	696 of 764	8.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	22.8	657 of 793	17.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	26.2	613 of 774	20.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	27.5	514 of 663	22.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	37.6	463 of 683	32.2%	★★☆☆☆
2019	27.4	598 of 740	19.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2026	11.2	738 of 807	8.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	12.5	734 of 812	9.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	21.8	674 of 826	18.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	17.5	671 of 799	16.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	14.9	700 of 808	13.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	22.5	635 of 784	19.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	26.5	639 of 798	19.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	3.0	73 of 73	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	2.5	80 of 81	1.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	10.2	76 of 77	1.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	5.4	85 of 87	2.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	12.4	91 of 96	5.2%	☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2026	27.4	454 of 579	21.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	24.8	463 of 562	17.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	34.6	395 of 572	30.9%	★★☆☆☆
2023	36.8	352 of 524	32.8%	★★☆☆☆
2022	37.4	336 of 500	32.8%	★★☆☆☆
2021	52.8	187 of 417	55.2%	★★★☆☆
2019	33.8	365 of 515	29.1%	★☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2026	9.0	688 of 710	3.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	10.8	689 of 714	3.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	18.9	663 of 730	9.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	14.6	663 of 712	6.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	16.7	676 of 725	6.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	25.8	609 of 710	14.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	21.8	648 of 722	10.2%	★☆☆☆☆

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)

Asian (2019)55th percentile+37 vs school

African American (2026)27th percentile+16 vs school

Special Education (2026)22nd percentile+11 vs school

Female (2026)12th percentile~ school

English Language Learner (2026)11th percentile~ school

Male (2026)9th percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)8th percentile~ school

Hispanic (2026)5th percentile-6 vs school

White (2026)3rd percentile-7 vs school

Multi-racial (2025)<1st percentile-10 vs school

By subject vs Minnesota (2025-2026) ?

Reading27%-22 vs state

Math23%-22 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				MCA-IV Reading (2026)					MCA-IV Science (2026)		MCA-III Math (2026)					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 (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	MCA-IV Reading 3rd Grade	MCA-IV Reading 4th Grade	MCA-IV Reading 5th Grade	MCA-IV Reading 6th Grade	MCA-IV Reading All Grades	MCA-IV Science 5th Grade	MCA-IV Science All Grades	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	Total
Park Terrace Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	8301 Terrace Rd NE	Spring Lake Park	55432	Anoka County	Spring Lake Park Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(763) 600-5600	532	40	13.2	67.3%	175 (32.9%)	114 (21.4%)	116 (21.8%)	57 (10.7%)	6 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	64 (12.0%)	12	777^th of 869 public elementary schools	10.6%		11.1	784^th of 872 public elementary schools	10.1%	7	23.9	29.9			27.0			24.7	21.6			23.2	$10,998
Elementary Lighthouse	Public	1-6	7925 Able Street NE	Spring Lake Park	55432	Anoka County	Spring Lake Park Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(763) 600-5200	29	3	9.4	17.2%	17 (58.6%)	2 (6.9%)	2 (6.9%)	3 (10.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (17.2%)								(n/a)					100.0							85.7	$12,979
Woodcrest Elementary Spanish Immersion	Public	PK, KG-4	880 Osborne Rd NE	Fridley	55432	Anoka County	Spring Lake Park Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(763) 600-5800	558	36	15.6	40.0%	194 (34.8%)	28 (5.0%)	289 (51.8%)	9 (1.6%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (6.3%)	28.3	658^th of 869 public elementary schools	24.3%		29.8	652^nd of 872 public elementary schools	25.2%	6	27.9	39.6			33.8			41.7	40.6			41.1	$12,009
Adams Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	8989 Sycamore St NW	Coon Rapids	55433	Anoka County	Anoka-Hennepin School District	No	No	No	Yes	(763) 506-1600	454	39	11.5	61.7%	154 (33.9%)	120 (26.4%)	52 (11.5%)	73 (16.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	54 (11.9%)	21	716^th of 869 public elementary schools	17.6%		24.6	685^th of 872 public elementary schools	21.4%	31	29.7	28.0	37.0		31.5	11.1	11.1	32.4	37.3	27.4		32.4	$14,522
Hayes Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	615 Mississippi St NE	Fridley	55432	Anoka County	Fridley Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(763) 502-5200	432	44	9.8	63.9%	130 (30.1%)	142 (32.9%)	80 (18.5%)	29 (6.7%)	7 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	44 (10.2%)	17.2	737^th of 869 public elementary schools	15.2%		21.9	699^th of 872 public elementary schools	19.8%	38	28.4	29.8			29.1			31.1	31.6			31.3	$15,056
University Avenue Elementary - Aero	Public	PK, KG-5	9901 University Ave NE	Blaine	55434	Anoka County	Anoka-Hennepin School District	No	No	No	Yes	(763) 506-4500	557	42	13.1	57.6%	235 (42.2%)	135 (24.2%)	62 (11.1%)	56 (10.1%)	6 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	63 (11.3%)	38.3	574^th of 869 public elementary schools	33.9%		39.9	573^rd of 872 public elementary schools	34.3%	1	37.4	34.9	43.0		38.7	16.0	16.0	58.6	39.8	40.0		46.5	$12,972
Monroe Elementary School - MSE	Public	K-5	901 Brookdale Dr N	Brooklyn Park	55444	Hennepin County	Anoka-Hennepin School District	No	No	No	Yes	(763) 506-3600	553	37	14.8	46.8%	128 (23.1%)	131 (23.7%)	50 (9.0%)	167 (30.2%)	4 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	73 (13.2%)	68	271^st of 869 public elementary schools	68.8%		55.3	419^th of 872 public elementary schools	51.9%	148	55.3	52.7	54.3		54.1	22.8	22.8	70.6	74.7	48.9		64.6	$15,146
VISTA Elementary	Public	K-5	1317 Rice Creek Rd NE	Fridley	55432	Anoka County	Fridley Public School District	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(763) 502-5661	0				0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Spero Academy Brooklyn Park	Public, Charter	K-6	7444 Humboldt Ave	Brooklyn Park	55444	Hennepin County	Spero Academy	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(612) 465-8611	127	17	7.4	38.6%	58 (45.7%)	35 (27.6%)	22 (17.3%)	5 (3.9%)	1 (0.8%)	1 (0.8%)	5 (3.9%)	12.4	773^rd of 869 public elementary schools	11.0%		5.6	828^th of 872 public elementary schools	5.0%	55	22.2	25.0	31.3	33.3	27.5	12.5	12.5	17.6	15.0	6.3	20.0	14.7
Sunnyside Elementary	Public	1-5	2070 County Road H West	New Brighton	55112	Ramsey County	Mounds View Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(651) 621-7600	498	41	12.0	52.4%	249 (50.0%)	69 (13.9%)	88 (17.7%)	45 (9.0%)	5 (1.0%)	1 (0.2%)	41 (8.2%)	44.1	527^th of 869 public elementary schools	39.4%		48	496^th of 872 public elementary schools	43.1%	31	38.9	33.0	46.7		39.5	21.9	21.9	49.5	50.0	50.5		50.0	$15,287

Frequently Asked Questions about Park Terrace Elementary

How many students attend Park Terrace Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 532 students attended Park Terrace Elementary.

What district is Park Terrace Elementary in?

Spring Lake Park Public Schools

What is the racial makeup of Park Terrace Elementary?

Students at Park Terrace Elementary are 33% White, 22% Hispanic, 21% African American, 12% Two or more races, 11% Asian, 1% American Indian.

What schools do graduates of Park Terrace Elementary attend?

Students who attend Park Terrace Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Westwood Intermediate & Middle School
High : Spring Lake Park Senior High

Is Park Terrace Elementary a good school?

Park Terrace Elementary ranks in the bottom 10.6% of Minnesota elementary schools.

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