Sky Oaks Elementary School is a school serving kindergarten through sixth grade. It is located in the Burnsville-Eagan-Savage School District

Burnsville-Eagan-Savage School District

Burnsville-Eagan-Savage is Independent School District 191 in the U.S. state of Minnesota; it serves the city of Burnsville and parts of the neighboring cities of Savage and Eagan...

 in Burnsville, Minnesota

Burnsville, Minnesota

Burnsville is a city south of downtown Minneapolis in Dakota County in the U.S. state of Minnesota. The city lies on the south bank of the Minnesota River, upstream from the confluence with the Mississippi River...

, located at 100 E 134th St, Burnsville, MN 55337. The school has 598 students. Academic scores are slightly above state averages. The school's principal is Kay Fecke.

Demographics

As of the 2009-10 school year, 561 students attended Sky Oaks Elementary School. The school hosts a student population that differs significantly from the district it serves; it's the only minority-majority elementary school in the city of Burnsville. However, it is one of two minority-majority elementary schools in the district. The other minority-majority elementary school is Hidden Valley Elementary School (in Savage

Savage, Minnesota

Savage is a suburban city south-southwest of downtown Minneapolis in Scott County in the U.S. state of Minnesota. The city is situated on the south bank of the Minnesota River in a region commonly referred to as South of the River, comprising the southern portion of Minneapolis-St. Paul, the...

), which is 46% Caucasian. Students of color represented 57% of the Sky Oaks' student population in the 2009-10 school year. As of the 2009-10 school year, the racial composition was as follows:

• White
  White American
  White Americans are people of the United States who are considered or consider themselves White. The United States Census Bureau defines White people as those "having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East, or North Africa...
  
  : 43%
• Black: 27%
• Hispanic
  Hispanic and Latino Americans
  Hispanic or Latino Americans are Americans with origins in the Hispanic countries of Latin America or in Spain, and in general all persons in the United States who self-identify as Hispanic or Latino.1990 Census of Population and Housing: A self-designated classification for people whose origins...
  
  : 22%
• Asian
  Asian American
  Asian Americans are Americans of Asian descent. The U.S. Census Bureau definition of Asians as "Asian” refers to a person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian subcontinent, including, for example, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan,...
  
  : 6%
• American Indian
  Indigenous peoples of the Americas
  The indigenous peoples of the Americas are the pre-Columbian inhabitants of North and South America, their descendants and other ethnic groups who are identified with those peoples. Indigenous peoples are known in Canada as Aboriginal peoples, and in the United States as Native Americans...
  
  : 2%

Approximately 34% of the students have limited English proficiency, 14% are in special education

Special education

Special education is the education of students with special needs in a way that addresses the students' individual differences and needs. Ideally, this process involves the individually planned and systematically monitored arrangement of teaching procedures, adapted equipment and materials,...

services, and more than half (57%) are eligible for free or reduced price lunch.

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