Enrollment
361
Elementary
DISTRICT 225 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FERGUS FALLS PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 271188000574
Cleveland Elementary
919 NORTHERN AVE, FERGUS FALLS, MN 56537 · (218) 998-0544 · Otter Tail County
GRADES 04–05ELEMENTARY33-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL361 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 80% of Minnesota public elementary schools
- A-Test 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
19.3:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
139 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 4 | 162 | 45% |
| Grade 5 | 199 | 55% |
Student demographics
22%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 34% · 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
Based on grade levels within Fergus Falls Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
61.5%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
62.9%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 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
56.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.4%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% 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 →
Schools most like Cleveland Elementary
Cleveland Elementary's state test result (56.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Elementary this school | 361 | 38.5% | 56.3% |
| LOWELL ELEMENTARY BRAINERD | 355 | 39.7% | 66.7% |
| MINNEHAHA ELEMENTARY TWO HARBORS | 367 | 39.2% | 51.9% |
| CHERRY ELEMENTARY IRON | 297 | 38.0% | 46.7% |
| C.E. JACOBSON ELEMENTARY RUSH CITY | 414 | 38.2% | 45.0% |
| BRAHAM ELEMENTARY BRAHAM | 429 | 40.3% | 51.7% |
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 Cleveland Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Otter Tail County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.3% | #216 of 844 | #5 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.9% | #217 of 844 | #6 of 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.5% | #171 of 844 | #2 of 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 361 | #551 of 1,130 | #4 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.3:1 | #754 of 769 | #10 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 22.3% | #651 of 796 | #7 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 38.5% | #536 of 942 | #7 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.7% | #380 of 499 | 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
361
+2 (+1%) vs 2020
+21% since 1990-91, when it was 299
Student : Teacher
19.3:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 361 | 18.7 | 19.3:1 | 39% (139) |
| 2023-24 | 352 | 24.4 | 14.4:1 | 45% (160) |
| 2022-23 | 369 | 23.7 | 15.6:1 | 47% (174) |
| 2020-21 | 359 | 26 | 13.8:1 | 30% (108) |
| 2017-18 | 387 | 30.2 | 12.8:1 | 38% (148) |
| 2015-16 | 530 | 30 | 17.7:1 | 39% (207) |
| 2010-11 | 460 | 28 | 16.4:1 | 38% (175) |
| 2000-01 | 258 | 15 | 17.2:1 | 25% (65) |
| 1990-91 | 299 | 15 | 19.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cleveland Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (387 to 361); teachers down 38% (30.2 to 18.7).
About Cleveland Elementary
Cleveland Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in FERGUS FALLS, Minnesota, (ZIP code 56537). A federal count lists 361 students at the school, in grades 4 through 5.
Fergus Falls Public School District is the local district for Cleveland Elementary. It runs 11 schools with 3,235 students.
Most students at Cleveland Elementary are White: 88% of enrollment. Other groups make up 7% multiracial and 3% Hispanic. County-wide, about 91% of residents are White. Cleveland Elementary has a diversity index of 22%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Dividing enrollment by its 18.7 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 19.3:1. Among elementary schools in Minnesota, the typical ratio is 13.7:1. Eligible students account for 39% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. Across public schools in Otter Tail County, the average is about the same, 40%.
Cleveland Elementary is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 80% of Minnesota public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Cleveland Elementary is 44.4%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 56.3%.
Within Otter Tail County, median household income is about $72,255, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 28% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Federal data list 37 public schools in Otter Tail County, with a combined enrollment of about 8,503.
The next-closest public school is Kennedy High School, about 0.3 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Cleveland Elementary. On proficiency, Cleveland Elementary is ahead of the 54.5% nearby average, ranking 1st of 4.
NCES assigns Cleveland Elementary the locale Town: Remote, meaning in a town far from an urbanized area.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 361, close to the 359 recorded in 2020-21. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 13.8:1; by 2024-25 it was 19.3:1.
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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 Fergus Falls Public School District
- Kennedy High SchoolHigh · 714 students
- Kennedy Middle SchoolMiddle · 558 students
- iQ Academy 9-12High · 375 students
- Adams ElementaryElementary · 254 students
- McKinley ElementaryElementary · 249 students
- Lincoln SchoolElementary · 236 students
Other schools in FERGUS FALLS
- Kennedy High SchoolHigh · 714 students
- Kennedy Middle SchoolMiddle · 558 students
- iQ Academy 9-12High · 375 students
- Adams ElementaryElementary · 254 students
- McKinley ElementaryElementary · 249 students
- Lincoln SchoolElementary · 236 students
Other Cleveland Elementary schools
22 other US public schools in 15 states are named Cleveland Elementary. Cleveland Elementary is the 15th largest of the 23.
- CLEVELAND ELEMENTARYCLEVELAND, MN · 390 students
- Cleveland ElementaryClayton, NC · 851 students
- Cleveland ElementaryStockton, CA · 587 students
- Cleveland Elementary SchoolElkhart, IN · 519 students
- Cleveland Elementary SchoolNorman, OK · 514 students
Nearby schools
- Kennedy High School0.3 mi · 714
- Kennedy Middle School0.3 mi · 558
- iQ Academy 9-120.3 mi · 375
- iQ Academy 6-80.3 mi · 155
- Fergus Falls Area Learning Center0.3 mi · 83
- iQ Academy K-50.3 mi · 208
Frequently asked questions
About Cleveland ElementaryHow large is Cleveland Elementary?
Cleveland Elementary enrolls approximately 361 students in grades 04-05.
What grades does Cleveland Elementary serve?
Cleveland Elementary serves grades 04-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Cleveland Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Cleveland Elementary is approximately 19.3:1 (19 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Cleveland Elementary?
At Cleveland Elementary, the student body is approximately 88% White, 3% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Cleveland Elementary public or private?
Cleveland Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Fergus Falls Public School District.
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