Original Research by School Decision on Slp Schools Online Elementary
SLP Schools Online Elementary is a public elementary school that teaches kindergarten through sixth grade entirely online. It is part of the Spring Lake Park Public Schools district, which established the online program permanently after starting it during the pandemic. The school is classified as a regular public school, not a charter or magnet.
The school is very small, with about a dozen students enrolled across all grades. The student body is racially diverse, with a mix of White, Asian, Black, and Hispanic students. Roughly half of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Because the enrollment is so small, the state suppressed all testing results for math, reading, and science in every grade to protect student privacy. Only a handful of students took the tests, and no proficiency rates are reported. A parent looking at this school will not find standardized test scores to evaluate, which is a direct consequence of the program's size, not necessarily a reflection of its quality. For families who want to compare academic performance against other schools, that information simply does not exist here.
The school serves students who live within the Spring Lake Park district attendance area but choose a full-time online learning model rather than a brick-and-mortar school. The district itself covers the city of Spring Lake Park and parts of surrounding communities. Spring Lake Park is a small, mature suburb north of Minneapolis, with a stable population and a built-out residential character. Home values run slightly below the statewide median, and rents absorb a typical share of local household income. The district recently approved an operating levy to maintain class sizes and programs, and property taxes have risen as a result.
Because this is an elementary-only online program, there is no graduation rate, and no data on chronic absenteeism, discipline, or staffing was available. The school does not serve high school grades, so measures like college readiness or advanced coursework do not apply. The district does offer a separate online high school program for grades nine through twelve, as well as a Spanish Immersion pathway from preschool through high school.
SLP Schools Online Elementary fits a specific family profile: those who want a public school education delivered remotely, with the structure and accountability of a traditional district, in a setting where class sizes are extremely small. The trade-off is that you cannot look up test scores to gauge academic performance; the school is too small for the state to release them. A parent considering this option would need to talk directly with the school about curriculum, instruction, and how student progress is measured outside the state testing system. The district's broader programming, including its levy-funded class-size protections, suggests that the larger school system is on stable financial footing, but the online elementary program itself operates as a niche offering within that system.
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