South Washington County Schools
Public school district based in Cottage Grove, Minnesota. NCES district ID 2733810; state ID MN-010833.
District totals on this page are sums of the school records in the 2024–25 Common Core of Data. They can differ from totals the district reports itself, which may include students or staff not assigned to a school. Why.
Operating schoolsDefinition
29
Enrollment (sum of schools)Definition
19,578
Teachers (FTE, sum of schools)Definition
1,110.6
Students per teacher FTEDefinition
Not shown: incomplete reporting
Charter schoolsDefinition
0
A district ratio is shown only when every school reported both enrollment and teachers. School-level ratios are in the table below.
Enrollment by grade
| Group | Students | Bar |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-Kindergarten | 677 | |
| Kindergarten | 1,242 | |
| Grade 1 | 1,331 | |
| Grade 2 | 1,420 | |
| Grade 3 | 1,445 | |
| Grade 4 | 1,426 | |
| Grade 5 | 1,507 | |
| Grade 6 | 1,425 | |
| Grade 7 | 1,425 | |
| Grade 8 | 1,436 | |
| Grade 9 | 1,513 | |
| Grade 10 | 1,527 | |
| Grade 11 | 1,539 | |
| Grade 12 | 1,665 |
Students by race/ethnicity
| Group | Share | Bar |
|---|---|---|
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 0.3% | |
| Asian | 13.5% | |
| Black or African American | 10.3% | |
| Hispanic/Latino | 9.9% | |
| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0.1% | |
| Two or more races | 8.7% | |
| White | 57.2% |
Race/ethnicity categories are those states report to NCES. Shares describe the district as a whole, not any one school or student.
Students by sex
| Group | Share | Bar |
|---|---|---|
| Female | 48.3% | |
| Male | 51.7% |
Schools in this district
Sorted by enrollment (a size measure, not a ranking). Locale mix: Suburb 29.
| School | Grades | Type | Students | Teacher FTE | Students / FTE | Locale |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Ridge High School Woodbury | 9–12 | Regular | 2,072 | 85.3 | 24.3 | Suburb: Large |
| Park High School Cottage Grove | 9–12 | Regular | 1,992 | 94.5 | 21.1 | Suburb: Large |
| Woodbury High School Woodbury | 9–12 | Regular | 1,943 | 76.9 | 25.3 | Suburb: Large |
| Lake Middle School Woodbury | 6–8 | Regular | 1,165 | 49.4 | 23.6 | Suburb: Large |
| Woodbury Middle School Woodbury | 6–8 | Regular | 1,160 | 48.6 | 23.9 | Suburb: Large |
| Cottage Grove Middle School Cottage Grove | 6–8 | Regular | 1,005 | 61.8 | 16.3 | Suburb: Large |
| Oltman Middle School Cottage Grove | 6–8 | Regular | 956 | 49.9 | 19.2 | Suburb: Large |
| Liberty Ridge Elementary Woodbury | PK–5 | Regular | 801 | 53.3 | 15 | Suburb: Large |
| Grey Cloud Elementary Cottage Grove | K–5 | Regular | 797 | 50.4 | 15.8 | Suburb: Large |
| Valley Crossing Elementary Woodbury | PK–5 | Regular | 734 | 41.8 | 17.6 | Suburb: Large |
| Gordon Bailey Elementary Woodbury | PK–5 | Regular | 692 | 43.9 | 15.7 | Suburb: Large |
| Red Rock Elementary Woodbury | K–5 | Regular | 596 | 42.7 | 14 | Suburb: Large |
| Ages 3-5 Early Childhood Special Ed Cottage Grove | PK | Special Education | 591 | 11.2 | 52.8 | Suburb: Large |
| Nuevas Fronteras Spanish Immersion Saint Paul Park | K–5 | Regular | 561 | 30.1 | 18.6 | Suburb: Large |
| Middleton Elementary Woodbury | K–5 | Regular | 557 | 34.9 | 15.9 | Suburb: Large |
| Pine Hill Elementary Cottage Grove | K–5 | Regular | 502 | 38.3 | 13.1 | Suburb: Large |
| Woodbury Elementary Woodbury | PK–5 | Regular | 483 | 40.0 | 12.1 | Suburb: Large |
| Royal Oaks Elementary Woodbury | PK–5 | Regular | 451 | 39.1 | 11.5 | Suburb: Large |
| Cottage Grove Elementary Cottage Grove | PK–5 | Regular | 432 | 30.5 | 14.1 | Suburb: Large |
| Crestview Elementary Cottage Grove | PK–5 | Regular | 425 | 35.9 | 11.8 | Suburb: Large |
| Pullman Elementary Saint Paul Park | PK–5 | Regular | 420 | 35.3 | 11.9 | Suburb: Large |
| Hillside Elementary Cottage Grove | PK–5 | Regular | 417 | 36.2 | 11.5 | Suburb: Large |
| Armstrong Elementary Cottage Grove | PK–5 | Regular | 325 | 28.1 | 11.6 | Suburb: Large |
| Newport Elementary Newport | PK–5 | Regular | 264 | 27.7 | 9.5 | Suburb: Large |
| South Washington Alternative HS Cottage Grove | 6–12 | Alternative | 97 | 13.3 | 7.3 | Suburb: Large |
| Next Step Transition Program Cottage Grove | 12 | Special Education | 86 | 3.8 | 22.5 | Suburb: Large |
| SoWashCo Online 9-12 Woodbury | 9–12 | Regular | 47 | 7.4 | 6.4 | Suburb: Large |
| Great Rivers Adult Education Cottage Grove | 10–12 | Alternative | 7 | 0.0 | — | Suburb: Large |
| SoWashCo Online K-5 Cottage Grove | K–5 | Regular | 0 | Not reported | — | Suburb: Large |
Finance and graduation rates
District finance (NCES F-33, fiscal year 2023) and four-year graduation rates (ED Data Express, 2022–23) are being added. They will appear here with their own reporting years. See School Finance and Education Outcomes.
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Sources for this page
- NCES Common Core of Data (CCD), School Directory 2024–25, version 1a. File
ccd_sch_029_2425_w_1a_073025.zip, last checked 2026-11-06. - NCES CCD School Membership 2024–25, version 1a. File
ccd_sch_052_2425_l_1a_073025.zip, last checked 2026-11-06. - NCES CCD School Staff 2024–25, version 1a. File
ccd_sch_059_2425_l_1a_073025.zip, last checked 2026-11-06. - NCES EDGE Public School Geocodes 2024–25. File
EDGE_GEOCODE_PUBLICSCH_2425.zip, last checked 2026-11-06.
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