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Discovery Charter Elementary School
4100 66th St E, Inver Grove Heights, MN 55076
Grades
K–8
Elementary
Students
166
Enrolled 2024–25
Students per teacher
9 : 1
Full-time teachers
District
Discovery Charter School
Dakota County
Schola Grade C · Average
Letter grade (A–F) · compared with 884 Minnesota elementary schools · How we grade
Percentiles compare this school with other Minnesota elementary schools; the line marks the middle. Data: test scores 2021–22, graduation and absenteeism 2022–23 (U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts); coursework 2023–24 (Civil Rights Data Collection); staffing 2024–25 (NCES).
About Discovery Charter Elementary School
Discovery Charter Elementary School is a charter elementary school in Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota, serving grades K–8. It is part of Discovery Charter School. The school is located in a large suburb in Dakota County.
In the 2024–25 school year, 166 students were enrolled, with about 9 students for every full-time teacher. That ratio is smaller than the typical Minnesota elementary school (12.9 students per teacher). As a charter school, it is publicly funded and tuition-free, but operates independently of the local district under a charter from Novation Education Opportunities. Its Schola Grade is C (average), compared with 884 Minnesota elementary schools.
Grades & enrollment
Students per grade, 2024–25Grades K–8
Location & nearby schools
School details
- Type
- Charter School · What this means
- Level
- Elementary
- Grades offered
- K–8
- Enrollment (2024–25)
- 166 students
- Students per teacher
- 9 to 1
- Charter school
- Yes
- Charter authorizer
- Novation Education Opportunities
- Magnet school
- No
- Locale
- Suburb — Large
- School district
- Discovery Charter School
- County
- Dakota County
- NCES school ID
- 270039104764
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School data comes from the U.S. Department of Education: the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDGE school locations (2024–25) and Private School Survey (2023–24), the Civil Rights Data Collection (2023–24), and EDFacts (test results 2021–22; graduation and chronic absenteeism 2022–23), plus other public sources. Please contact the school to confirm enrollment, programs, and other details. How we source data.