Edinbrook Elementary, Brooklyn Park MN

Original Research by School Decision on Edinbrook Elementary

Edinbrook Elementary, a regular public school in Brooklyn Park serving pre-kindergarten through fifth grade, is part of Osseo Area Schools, a district that recently opened a new elementary school in Maple Grove and expanded its full-time online K-12 program, 279Online.

The school's student body is diverse, a characteristic best understood as a plain fact of the peer environment rather than a rating. The largest group of students is Black, followed by Asian, with smaller shares of Hispanic, white, and multiracial students. The school does not serve a majority-white population. A substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.

On the most recent state assessments, administered in the 2024-25 school year, Edinbrook's results fell below a level many families look for. In reading, the share of students scoring proficient was in the thirtieth percentile range in third and fifth grade, while fourth-grade reading proficiency was notably lower, in the twenties. In math, the school saw a steep drop-off between grade levels: the proficiency rate in third grade was relatively higher, but the rate in fifth grade was strikingly low, well below the state average one might expect. In science, the sole tested grade of fifth posted a single-digit proficiency rate, which is a soft spot a parent may want to look into further with the school. Across all tested subjects and grades, the school's overall proficiency index places it above the midpoint when compared with other schools from the many districts in Hennepin County, a comparison that includes a wide range of settings. This positioning indicates that while the school's raw proficiency numbers are modest, it is not alone in that band within the county.

No data on chronic absenteeism, staffing ratios, discipline, or course access was available for this narrative. The district brief offers some context: Osseo Area Schools has recently invested in new capacity with the opening of Aspen Ridge Elementary, a sign of enrollment growth on the district's western side. The expansion of 279Online gives families a fully remote option, though that is a district-level program, not one based at Edinbrook specifically.

Brooklyn Park itself is a large suburban city, the sixth-largest in Minnesota, with a car-oriented layout and no traditional downtown. It has extensive parks, trails, and college campuses, but commercial and civic life is spread out along highways. The housing market is costly; home prices in the area are above the Minnesota state benchmark, and rents have been rising at a notable annual pace. The city's population has seen a modest decline in recent years, though it still has undeveloped land, and a recent highway project has supported growth in the northern parts of the city. Edinbrook is one of several elementary schools serving a portion of Brooklyn Park within the Osseo district.

For a family considering this school, the central question is alignment. Edinbrook offers a full pre-K through fifth-grade program in a diverse, high-poverty setting. Its academic results on state tests are low in absolute terms, though they sit in the middle of the county's wide distribution. The district has added a new elementary school and an online option, which suggests a system that is adapting to changing enrollment. A parent focused on strong state-test performance would need to investigate what supports the school offers and how it addresses the academic gaps the test scores show. A parent who values diversity and a school that reflects the demographic reality of a large suburb may find the environment a natural fit. The absence of data on special education and English learner populations leaves a gap that a family would want to fill by speaking directly with the school.

See more original research from School Decision →

Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 345%

School 45% · District 57% · ▼ 12 pts below district

▼ 10 pts below state median · even with county median

Grade 441%

School 41% · District 54% · ▼ 13 pts below district

▼ 10 pts below state median · ▼ 2 pts below county median

Grade 524%

School 24% · District 44% · ▼ 20 pts below district

▼ 11 pts below state median · ▼ 5 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 338%

School 38% · District 44% · ▼ 6 pts below district

▼ 4 pts below state median · ▲ 1 pts above county median

Grade 424%

School 24% · District 42% · ▼ 18 pts below district

▼ 18 pts below state median · ▼ 13 pts below county median

Grade 539%

School 39% · District 53% · ▼ 14 pts below district

▼ 15 pts below state median · ▼ 5 pts below county median

Science

Grade 512%

School 12% · District 23% · ▼ 12 pts below district

▼ 13 pts below state median · ▼ 8 pts below county median

This schoolOSSEO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income29%Higher-income50%21 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income14%Higher-income41%27 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income32%Higher-income56%24 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income59%Higher-income84%26 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income38%Higher-income56%18 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income29%Higher-income64%36 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income14%Higher-income47%33 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income50%Higher-income88%38 pp gap