Enrollment
284
Elementary
DISTRICT 303 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·YELLOW MEDICINE EAST·NCES 270009900676
BERT RANEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
555 7TH AVE, GRANITE FALLS, MN 56241 · (320) 564-4081 · Yellow Medicine County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL284 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 48% of Minnesota public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
11.3:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.8:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
151 students
DISTRICT 46% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 16 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 48 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 51 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 46 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 37 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 47 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 39 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (48) is 23% larger than its 5th grade class (39).
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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
BERT RANEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→Yellow Medicine East Secondary
Based on grade levels within YELLOW MEDICINE EAST. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
44.1%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
41.5%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 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
41.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.5%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 →
Schools most like BERT RANEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
BERT RANEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (41.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BERT RANEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 284 | 53.2% | 41.1% |
| BRECKENRIDGE ELEMENTARY BRECKENRIDGE | 265 | 53.2% | 39.5% |
| GFW Elementary School GIBBON | 240 | 53.3% | 44.8% |
| JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY WINONA | 322 | 49.7% | 48.6% |
| BOLD-Bird Island Elementary OLIVIA | 260 | 49.6% | 53.2% |
| A.C.G.C. ELEMENTARY ATWATER | 369 | 53.7% | 43.1% |
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 BERT RANEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.1% | #508 of 844 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.5% | #559 of 844 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.1% | #511 of 844 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 284 | #665 of 1,130 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.3:1 | #114 of 769 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.4% | #326 of 796 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.2% | #292 of 942 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.5% | #214 of 499 |
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
284
+4 (+1%) vs 2020
-37% since 2000-01, when it was 451
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
was 10.4:1
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 | 284 | 25.2 | 11.3:1 | 53% (151) |
| 2023-24 | 272 | 24.8 | 11.0:1 | 54% (148) |
| 2022-23 | 267 | 23.8 | 11.2:1 | 59% (157) |
| 2020-21 | 280 | 27 | 10.4:1 | 44% (123) |
| 2017-18 | 336 | 31.2 | 10.8:1 | 43% (143) |
| 2015-16 | 377 | 29 | 13.0:1 | 49% (185) |
| 2010-11 | 414 | 35 | 11.8:1 | 56% (230) |
| 2000-01 | 451 | 29 | 15.6:1 | 31% (139) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BERT RANEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (336 to 284); teachers down 19% (31.2 to 25.2).
About BERT RANEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
BERT RANEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a low-enrollment elementary school in GRANITE FALLS, Minnesota, one of the schools in YELLOW MEDICINE EAST. Enrollment stands at 284 students, covering pre-K through 5.
YELLOW MEDICINE EAST enrolls 605 students, and its 2 schools include BERT RANEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
More than half of enrollment at BERT RANEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is White: 64%. Enrollment also includes 17% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, and 6% Native American. The school's White share is 23 points below the 87% share among Yellow Medicine County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 54%.
The school had 25.2 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 11.3:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Minnesota is 13.7:1. The school reported 53% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That rate is above the 44% average among public schools in Yellow Medicine County.
BERT RANEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 48% of Minnesota public elementary schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, BERT RANEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL would score about 36.5%. It scores 41.1%, 4.6 points above that figure.
In the surrounding county, Yellow Medicine County, median household income comes to about $74,000, about 20% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. The county's public schools total 9, with about 1,274 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Yellow Medicine East Secondary, is less than a tenth of a mile. Ranked by average proficiency, BERT RANEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL places 3rd out of 6 schools in its immediate area.
BERT RANEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is coded as Rural: Remote in federal locale data.
In 2020-21, BERT RANEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolled 280; in 2024-25, 284.
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Yellow Medicine County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
9,451
Census ACS
Median income
$74,000
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
9
1,274 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in YELLOW MEDICINE EAST
- Yellow Medicine East SecondaryHigh · 321 students
- YELLOW MEDICINE EAST MIDDLE SCHOOLCombined
Other schools in GRANITE FALLS
- Yellow Medicine East SecondaryHigh · 321 students
- YELLOW MEDICINE EAST MIDDLE SCHOOLCombined
Nearby schools
- Yellow Medicine East Secondary0.1 mi · 321
- MONTEVIDEO MIDDLE11.7 mi · 393
- MONTEVIDEO SENIOR HIGH11.8 mi · 408
- Sanford Elementary School12.1 mi · 277
- SWWC ELC - Montevideo12.1 mi · 30
- Hawks Nest Early Childhood Center12.2 mi · 34
Frequently asked questions
About BERT RANEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at BERT RANEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
BERT RANEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 284 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does BERT RANEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
BERT RANEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at BERT RANEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at BERT RANEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 11.3:1 (25 FTE teachers).
How diverse is BERT RANEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
BERT RANEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 64% White, 17% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 12% Two or more.
What district is BERT RANEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
BERT RANEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of YELLOW MEDICINE EAST.
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