Enrollment
294
Elementary
DISTRICT 305 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BELGRADE-BROOTEN-ELROSA SCHOOL DIST·NCES 270010500182
Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Elementary
245 SCHOOL AVENUE, BROOTEN, MN 56316 · (320) 254-8211 · Stearns County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL294 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
117 students
DISTRICT 37% · 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
Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Elementary→Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Sec.
Based on grade levels within BELGRADE-BROOTEN-ELROSA SCHOOL DIST. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
50.3%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
46.9%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 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
42.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.7%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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
294
-51 (-15%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
was 15.0:1
% White
90%
was 87%
% Hispanic
10%
was 12%
% Black
0%
was 0%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Elementary
Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Elementary is a mid-sized K-5 school in BROOTEN, Minnesota, run under BELGRADE-BROOTEN-ELROSA SCHOOL DIST. The school caters to 294 students in grades pre-K through 5.
Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Elementary is one of 2 schools operated by BELGRADE-BROOTEN-ELROSA SCHOOL DIST, a district that caters to 610 students overall.
For racial and ethnic makeup, Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Elementary logs that nearly all students (90%) are White; the rest consists of 10% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 82% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.
Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.7:1 average. About 40% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 43.7%, the actual is 42.4%, a residual of -1.3 points.
Zooming out to the county, Stearns County reports that the typical household earns roughly $77,066 per year, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Stearns County runs 74 public schools (combined enrollment of about 24,160 students), of which Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Elementary is one.
Nearest neighbor: Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Sec., around 7.2 miles off. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Elementary at 5th of 6; the average score across the group is 50.9%.
Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Elementary operates from a small-town location.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Elementary has ticked down 15%, going from 345 students in 2018 to 294 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 in 2025.
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Stearns County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
160,865
Census ACS
Median income
$77,066
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
74
24,160 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in BELGRADE-BROOTEN-ELROSA SCHOOL DIST
- Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Sec.High · 316 students
Nearby schools
- Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Sec.7.2 mi · 316
- MINNEWASKA EARLY CHILDHOOD SP.ED.15.8 mi · 32
- MINNEWASKA AREA ELEMENTARY15.8 mi · 317
- SWWC ELC - New London16.7 mi · 36
- PRAIRIE WOODS ELEMENTARY17.0 mi · 578
- NEW LONDON-SPICER MIDDLE17.0 mi · 454
Frequently asked questions
About Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Elementary?
Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Elementary enrolls approximately 294 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Elementary serve?
Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Elementary?
Approximately 12.2:1 students per teacher at Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Elementary.
How diverse is Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Elementary?
Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Elementary reports a student body of 90% White, 10% Hispanic, 1% Two or more.
Is Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Elementary public or private?
Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by BELGRADE-BROOTEN-ELROSA SCHOOL DIST.
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