Enrollment
108
Elementary
DISTRICT 257 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALEXANDRIA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 270306000082
Carlos Elementary
20 N DOUGLAS AVE, CARLOS, MN 56319 · (320) 852-7181 · Douglas County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL108 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 89% 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.
- A-Beats 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
10.8:1
10 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
26%
28 students
DISTRICT 31% · 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 | 15 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 22 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 22 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 13 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 17 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 19 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (15) is 21% smaller than its 5th grade class (19).
Student demographics
21%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 21% · 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
Carlos Elementary→Discovery Middle School
Based on grade levels within Alexandria Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
65.4%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
82.7%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 83 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
64.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.1%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 51% 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 14 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 Carlos Elementary
Carlos Elementary's state test result (64.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carlos Elementary this school | 108 | 25.9% | 64.7% |
| GREAT EXPECTATIONS GRAND MARAIS | 113 | 26.5% | 51.6% |
| NERSTRAND CHARTER SCHOOL NERSTRAND | 102 | 23.5% | 52.1% |
| Early Childhood Special Education ALBERTVILLE | 119 | 24.4% | N/A |
| RICHMOND ELEMENTARY RICHMOND | 135 | 25.2% | 48.3% |
| KITTSON CENTRAL ELEMENTARY HALLOCK | 139 | 28.8% | 55.3% |
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 Carlos Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Douglas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.7% | #80 of 844 | #2 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 82.7% | #17 of 844 | #1 of 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.4% | #100 of 844 | #2 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 108 | #928 of 1,130 | #10 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 25.9% | #740 of 942 | #9 of 11 |
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
108
-8 (-7%) vs 2020
-37% since 1990-91, when it was 171
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
was 11.6:1
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 | 108 | 10 | 10.8:1 | 26% (28) |
| 2023-24 | 113 | 9.9 | 11.4:1 | 38% (43) |
| 2022-23 | 117 | 9.8 | 11.9:1 | 41% (48) |
| 2020-21 | 116 | 10 | 11.6:1 | 30% (35) |
| 2017-18 | 120 | 7.8 | 15.3:1 | 28% (34) |
| 2015-16 | 112 | 8 | 14.0:1 | 40% (45) |
| 2010-11 | 147 | 11 | 13.4:1 | 42% (62) |
| 2000-01 | 118 | 10 | 11.8:1 | 29% (34) |
| 1990-91 | 171 | 8 | 21.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Carlos Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (120 to 108); teachers up 27% (7.8 to 10).
About Carlos Elementary
Carlos Elementary is a very small elementary school in CARLOS, Minnesota, under Alexandria Public School District. The school teaches pre-K through 5 and enrolls 108 students. It has 69% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in Minnesota (about 344).
Alexandria Public School District serves 4,034 students across 10 schools.
The share of students at Carlos Elementary who are White is 89%. Enrollment also includes 5% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 21%.
Classroom staffing at Carlos Elementary totals 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 10.8:1. The average for elementary schools in Minnesota is 13.7:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Carlos Elementary is about 26%.
On the allk12 Grade, Carlos Elementary lands at A, ahead of 89% of Minnesota public elementary schools.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Carlos Elementary ranks in the top 10% of Minnesota schools. It scores 64.7%; the prediction is 51.1%.
Looking at the county, Douglas County, the median household earns about $79,043 a year, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Carlos Elementary, Douglas County has 22 public schools.
Of the public schools around it, Carlos Elementary is closest to Miltona Elementary, about 4.7 miles away. Carlos Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within ten miles. Carlos Elementary ranks 1st of 6 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 64.7% against a local average of 52.6%.
Carlos Elementary has an NCES locale of Rural: Fringe.
In 2020-21, Carlos Elementary enrolled 116 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 108.
On allk12, people connected to Carlos Elementary can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Douglas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
39,575
Census ACS
Median income
$79,043
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
22
5,781 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Alexandria Public School District
- Alexandria Area High SchoolHigh · 1,315 students
- Discovery Middle SchoolMiddle · 898 students
- Lincoln ElementaryElementary · 481 students
- Voyager ElementaryElementary · 446 students
- Woodland Elementary SchoolElementary · 410 students
- Miltona ElementaryElementary · 126 students
Nearby schools
- Miltona Elementary4.7 mi · 126
- Voyager Elementary6.0 mi · 446
- Discovery Middle School6.2 mi · 898
- Runestone Alternative School6.2 mi · 22
- Early Education Center7.5 mi · 114
- Woodland Elementary School7.5 mi · 410
Frequently asked questions
About Carlos ElementaryHow many students attend Carlos Elementary?
Carlos Elementary enrolls approximately 108 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Carlos Elementary serve?
Carlos Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Carlos Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Carlos Elementary is approximately 10.8:1 (10 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Carlos Elementary?
At Carlos Elementary, the student body is approximately 89% White, 5% Hispanic, 5% Two or more.
What district is Carlos Elementary in?
Carlos Elementary is part of Alexandria Public School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.