Enrollment
230
Elementary
DISTRICT 207 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BATTLE LAKE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 270375000175
BATTLE LAKE ELEMENTARY
402 W SUMMIT ST, BATTLE LAKE, MN 56515 · (218) 864-5217 · Otter Tail County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY43-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL230 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 91% of Minnesota public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Minnesota public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
73 students
DISTRICT 32% · 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 33 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 28 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 41 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 34 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 37 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 29 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 28 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (33) is 18% larger than its 6th grade class (28).
Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 24% · STATE 60% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). 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
BATTLE LAKE ELEMENTARY→BATTLE LAKE SECONDARY
Based on grade levels within BATTLE LAKE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
66.9%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
68.5%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of MN schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
62.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.0%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 48% typical for Minnesota schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 15 points, placing it in Minnesota's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like BATTLE LAKE ELEMENTARY
BATTLE LAKE ELEMENTARY's state test result (62.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BATTLE LAKE ELEMENTARY this school | 230 | 31.7% | 62.8% |
| WIN-E-MAC ELEMENTARY ERSKINE | 247 | 33.6% | 52.2% |
| ALDEN-CONGER ELEMENTARY ALDEN | 229 | 34.5% | 38.1% |
| Adams Elementary FERGUS FALLS | 254 | 35.4% | 59.6% |
| LAKE OF THE WOODS ELEMENTARY BAUDETTE | 234 | 35.5% | 30.8% |
| WATERVILLE ELEMENTARY WATERVILLE | 264 | 35.6% | 42.1% |
Matched among Minnesota elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where BATTLE LAKE ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Otter Tail County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.8% | #104 of 844 | #1 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.5% | #137 of 844 | #2 of 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.9% | #84 of 844 | #1 of 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 230 | #756 of 1,130 | #10 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.3:1 | #215 of 769 | #3 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 23.0% | #648 of 796 | #6 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.7% | #653 of 942 | #11 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +9.0% | #118 of 244 | N/A |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
230
+2 (+1%) vs 2020
-13% since 1990-91, when it was 264
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
was 12.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 230 | 18.8 | 12.3:1 | 32% (73) |
| 2023-24 | 215 | 17 | 12.6:1 | 38% (82) |
| 2022-23 | 224 | 16.8 | 13.4:1 | 45% (100) |
| 2020-21 | 228 | 18 | 12.7:1 | 32% (74) |
| 2017-18 | 211 | 13.6 | 15.6:1 | 34% (71) |
| 2015-16 | 214 | 13 | 16.5:1 | 37% (79) |
| 2010-11 | 248 | 16 | 15.5:1 | 42% (104) |
| 2000-01 | 272 | 15 | 18.1:1 | 46% (126) |
| 1990-91 | 264 | 16 | 16.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BATTLE LAKE ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students up 9% (211 to 230); teachers up 38% (13.6 to 18.8).
About BATTLE LAKE ELEMENTARY
BATTLE LAKE ELEMENTARY is a small elementary school found in BATTLE LAKE, Minnesota. In all, 230 students attend the school in kindergarten through 6. The school is 33% below the average for elementary schools in Minnesota.
BATTLE LAKE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT (2 schools, 414 students) runs BATTLE LAKE ELEMENTARY.
BATTLE LAKE ELEMENTARY is 87% White by enrollment. The remaining shares are 6% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, and 2% Native American. That is in line with Otter Tail County, where about 91% of residents are White. The diversity index for BATTLE LAKE ELEMENTARY is 23%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
With 18.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 12.3:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Minnesota average 13.7:1. Roughly 32% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Otter Tail County, the average is 40%.
BATTLE LAKE ELEMENTARY earns an A on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 91% of Minnesota public elementary schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, BATTLE LAKE ELEMENTARY would score about 48.0%. It scores 62.8%, a top-10% result among Minnesota schools on BeatsExpectations.
American Community Survey estimates for Otter Tail County show that median household income comes to about $72,255, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 28% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Otter Tail County counts 37 public schools with about 8,503 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, BATTLE LAKE SECONDARY, is less than a tenth of a mile. Within ten miles are 3 other public schools. On average proficiency, BATTLE LAKE ELEMENTARY is 1st of 9 nearby schools with test data.
Federal records code the school's setting as Rural: Remote.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 228 to 230.
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Otter Tail County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
60,475
Census ACS
Median income
$72,255
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
37
8,503 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in BATTLE LAKE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
- BATTLE LAKE SECONDARYHigh · 184 students
Nearby schools
- BATTLE LAKE SECONDARY0.0 mi · 184
- UNDERWOOD ELEMENTARY7.2 mi · 282
- UNDERWOOD SECONDARY7.2 mi · 272
- HENNING SECONDARY13.3 mi · 171
- HENNING ELEMENTARY13.3 mi · 210
- ASHBY SECONDARY14.1 mi · 137
Frequently asked questions
About BATTLE LAKE ELEMENTARYHow many students attend BATTLE LAKE ELEMENTARY?
BATTLE LAKE ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 230 students in grades KG-06.
Is BATTLE LAKE ELEMENTARY an elementary, middle, or high school?
BATTLE LAKE ELEMENTARY is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many students per teacher at BATTLE LAKE ELEMENTARY?
Approximately 12.3:1 students per teacher at BATTLE LAKE ELEMENTARY.
What is the student diversity at BATTLE LAKE ELEMENTARY?
Student demographics at BATTLE LAKE ELEMENTARY are roughly 87% White, 5% Hispanic, 6% Two or more.
What district is BATTLE LAKE ELEMENTARY in?
BATTLE LAKE ELEMENTARY is part of BATTLE LAKE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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