Enrollment
178
Elementary
DISTRICT 158 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ASHBY PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 270330000136
ASHBY ELEMENTARY
300 BIRCH AVE, ASHBY, MN 56309 · (218) 747-2257 · Grant County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY43-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL178 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.4:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
59 students
DISTRICT 34% · STATE 48%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
ASHBY ELEMENTARY→ASHBY SECONDARY
Based on grade levels within ASHBY PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
58.1%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
61.3%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Minnesota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 45.
Source: MCA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
55.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.3%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% typical for Minnesota schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Minnesota's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
178
+32 (+22%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
was 14.2:1
% White
98%
was 96%
% Hispanic
2%
was 3%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About ASHBY ELEMENTARY
Located at 300 BIRCH AVE, in ASHBY, Minnesota, ASHBY ELEMENTARY is an intimate K-5 school that serves 178 students (grades pre-K through 6), one of the schools within ASHBY PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. That puts it 48% leaner than the typical public school in Minnesota, which averages around 344 students.
ASHBY PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 315 students. ASHBY ELEMENTARY is one of those campuses.
On the student-mix side, ASHBY ELEMENTARY logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (98%). That composition is broadly in line with Grant County as a whole.
Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.7:1 average. An estimated 33% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
After controlling for student poverty, ASHBY ELEMENTARY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 47.3%, the actual is 55.1%, a residual of +7.9 points.
In the broader community, community-level numbers for Grant County indicate median household income runs about $73,917, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Grant County's 8 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,012 students), ASHBY ELEMENTARY is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: ASHBY SECONDARY, around 0.0 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, ASHBY ELEMENTARY comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 47.8%.
Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.
Five-year trend. ASHBY ELEMENTARY's enrollment has edged up 22% since 2018, when it stood at 146 (now 178). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 11.3:1 today.
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Grant County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
6,127
Census ACS
Median income
$73,917
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
8
1,012 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Nearby schools
- ASHBY SECONDARY0.0 mi · 137
- Evansville Elementary8.7 mi · 163
- WEST CENTRAL AREA N. EL.10.0 mi · 144
- WCA Middle School13.3 mi · 232
- WEST CENTRAL AREA SECONDARY13.3 mi · 229
- UNDERWOOD SECONDARY13.3 mi · 272
Frequently asked questions
About ASHBY ELEMENTARYWhat is the total enrollment at ASHBY ELEMENTARY?
ASHBY ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 178 students in grades PK-06.
Is ASHBY ELEMENTARY an elementary, middle, or high school?
ASHBY ELEMENTARY is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many students per teacher at ASHBY ELEMENTARY?
Approximately 11.3:1 students per teacher at ASHBY ELEMENTARY.
How diverse is ASHBY ELEMENTARY?
ASHBY ELEMENTARY reports a student body of 98% White, 2% Hispanic, 1% Black.
Who oversees ASHBY ELEMENTARY?
ASHBY ELEMENTARY is overseen by ASHBY PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT in Grant County.
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