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Enrollment
341
Elementary
DISTRICT 288 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BLOOMING PRAIRIE PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 270576000214
BLOOMING PRAIRIE ELEMENTARY
123 2ND ST NW, BLOOMING PRAIRIE, MN 55917 · (507) 583-4426 · Steele County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY43-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL341 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 92% 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
11.6:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
117 students
DISTRICT 34% · STATE 48%
Community
1
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 | 14 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 76 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 58 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 57 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 65 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 71 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (76) is 7% larger than its 4th grade class (71).
Student demographics
13%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 12% · 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
Based on grade levels within Blooming Prairie Public Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
57.7%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
72.3%
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 72 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
62.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.6%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 47% 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 16 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 BLOOMING PRAIRIE ELEMENTARY
BLOOMING PRAIRIE ELEMENTARY's state test result (62.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLOOMING PRAIRIE ELEMENTARY this school | 341 | 34.3% | 62.6% |
| Rice Elementary RICE | 357 | 33.3% | 41.7% |
| MINNEWASKA AREA ELEMENTARY GLENWOOD | 317 | 33.1% | 58.7% |
| DASSEL ELEMENTARY DASSEL | 364 | 31.9% | 72.5% |
| BARNUM ELEMENTARY BARNUM | 348 | 32.5% | 46.2% |
| COKATO ELEMENTARY COKATO | 401 | 32.9% | 68.7% |
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 BLOOMING PRAIRIE ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Steele County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.6% | #105 of 844 | #1 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 72.3% | #90 of 844 | #1 of 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.7% | #244 of 844 | #1 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 341 | #583 of 1,130 | #7 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.6:1 | #150 of 769 | #2 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 12.8% | #741 of 796 | #7 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.3% | #617 of 942 | #8 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.3% | #153 of 499 | #1 of 6 |
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
341
-80 (-19%) vs 2020
-45% since 1990-91, when it was 620
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
was 13.2:1
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 | 341 | 29.5 | 11.6:1 | 34% (117) |
| 2023-24 | 342 | 30.7 | 11.1:1 | 42% (142) |
| 2022-23 | 478 | 35.4 | 13.5:1 | 40% (193) |
| 2020-21 | 421 | 32 | 13.2:1 | 28% (117) |
| 2017-18 | 428 | 31.7 | 13.5:1 | 31% (133) |
| 2015-16 | 415 | 28 | 14.8:1 | 42% (175) |
| 2010-11 | 374 | 24 | 15.6:1 | 40% (149) |
| 2000-01 | 396 | 30 | 13.2:1 | 26% (102) |
| 1990-91 | 620 | 34 | 18.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BLOOMING PRAIRIE ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (428 to 341); teachers down 7% (31.7 to 29.5).
About BLOOMING PRAIRIE ELEMENTARY
BLOOMING PRAIRIE ELEMENTARY is a public elementary school in BLOOMING PRAIRIE, Minnesota. The grade span is pre-K through 4, and enrollment is 341 students.
Blooming Prairie Public Schools, which runs BLOOMING PRAIRIE ELEMENTARY, has 3 schools and 864 students.
BLOOMING PRAIRIE ELEMENTARY enrolls a student body that is 93% White. Other reported shares: 3% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. By the diversity index, BLOOMING PRAIRIE ELEMENTARY comes in at 13%.
With 29.5 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at BLOOMING PRAIRIE ELEMENTARY was 11.6:1. The 13.7:1 average for elementary schools in Minnesota is higher than this school's figure. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 34%.
allk12 grades BLOOMING PRAIRIE ELEMENTARY an A. The grade compares the school only with Minnesota public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. BLOOMING PRAIRIE ELEMENTARY beats its 46.6% prediction with 62.6%, a top-10% result in Minnesota.
Census estimates describe Steele County this way: median household income is about $84,196, roughly 28% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. The public schools of Steele County number 24 and enroll about 6,997.
Blooming Prairie High School is the closest public school, about 0.4 miles away in a straight line. BLOOMING PRAIRIE ELEMENTARY is one of several public schools in the area, with 2 others within five miles. The school's 62.6% average proficiency ranks 1st among 8 nearby schools.
BLOOMING PRAIRIE ELEMENTARY has an NCES locale of Rural: Remote.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 19%, from 421 to 341. The school's ratio fell from 13.2:1 to 11.6:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Posts about school safety, transportation, and start times are welcome on this page. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Steele County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
37,439
Census ACS
Median income
$84,196
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
24
6,997 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Blooming Prairie Public Schools
- Blooming Prairie High SchoolHigh · 385 students
- Blooming Prairie Intermediate SchooMiddle · 138 students
Other schools in BLOOMING PRAIRIE
- Blooming Prairie High SchoolHigh · 385 students
- Blooming Prairie Intermediate SchooMiddle · 138 students
Nearby schools
- Blooming Prairie High School0.4 mi · 385
- Blooming Prairie Intermediate Schoo0.4 mi · 138
- HAYFIELD ELEMENTARY10.9 mi · 302
- HAYFIELD SECONDARY10.9 mi · 319
- NRHEG ELEMENTARY12.0 mi · 354
- Sumner Elementary13.9 mi · 387
Frequently asked questions
About BLOOMING PRAIRIE ELEMENTARYWhat is the total enrollment at BLOOMING PRAIRIE ELEMENTARY?
BLOOMING PRAIRIE ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 341 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does BLOOMING PRAIRIE ELEMENTARY serve?
BLOOMING PRAIRIE ELEMENTARY serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at BLOOMING PRAIRIE ELEMENTARY?
The student-to-teacher ratio at BLOOMING PRAIRIE ELEMENTARY is approximately 11.6:1 (29 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at BLOOMING PRAIRIE ELEMENTARY?
At BLOOMING PRAIRIE ELEMENTARY, the student body is approximately 93% White, 3% Hispanic, 0% Black, 3% Two or more.
Is BLOOMING PRAIRIE ELEMENTARY public or private?
BLOOMING PRAIRIE ELEMENTARY is a public K-12 school, overseen by Blooming Prairie Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.