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
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
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
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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
361
-26 (-7%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
19.3:1
was 12.8:1
% White
88%
was 88%
% Hispanic
3%
was 3%
% Black
2%
was 3%
% Asian
0%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Cleveland Elementary
Cleveland Elementary operates as a moderately sized primary school in FERGUS FALLS, Minnesota, operated by Fergus Falls Public School District. Current enrollment sits at 361 students spanning grades 4 through 5.
Fergus Falls Public School District comprises 11 schools with combined enrollment of 3,235 students; Cleveland Elementary is among them.
On the student-mix side, Cleveland Elementary lists that 88% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school lists 7% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
Looking at the economic backdrop, Cleveland Elementary logs 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.7:1 average. An estimated 39% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Cleveland Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 44.4%, the actual is 56.3%, a residual of +11.9 points.
Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Otter Tail County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $72,255 per year, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Otter Tail County's 37 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,503 students), Cleveland Elementary is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: Kennedy Middle School, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Cleveland Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 54.5%.
The school occupies a town-center site.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 7%: 387 students in 2018 compared to 361 in 2025. Class-load math has grew: from 12.8:1 in 2018 to 19.3:1 in 2025.
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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
Nearby schools
- Kennedy Middle School0.3 mi · 558
- Kennedy High School0.3 mi · 714
- iQ Academy 6-80.3 mi · 155
- iQ Academy 9-120.3 mi · 375
- 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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