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Enrollment
401
Elementary
DISTRICT 383 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DASSEL-COKATO PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 271006000426
COKATO ELEMENTARY
200 5TH ST SW, COKATO, MN 55321 · (320) 286-4100 · Wright County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL401 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
132 students
DISTRICT 31% · STATE 48%
Community
5
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 | 17 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 74 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 76 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 75 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 91 | 23% |
| Grade 4 | 68 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (74) is 9% larger than its 4th grade class (68).
Student demographics
15%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 15% · 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
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
62.5%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
81.3%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 81 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
68.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.4%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+21.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% 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 21 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 COKATO ELEMENTARY
COKATO ELEMENTARY's state test result (68.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| COKATO ELEMENTARY this school | 401 | 32.9% | 68.7% |
| Rice Elementary RICE | 357 | 33.3% | 41.7% |
| DASSEL ELEMENTARY DASSEL | 364 | 31.9% | 72.5% |
| ROYALTON ELEMENTARY ROYALTON | 420 | 30.5% | 53.7% |
| BLOOMING PRAIRIE ELEMENTARY BLOOMING PRAIRIE | 341 | 34.3% | 62.6% |
| EDEN VALLEY ELEMENTARY EDEN VALLEY | 383 | 31.1% | 55.2% |
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 COKATO ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Wright County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.7% | #39 of 844 | #2 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 81.3% | #24 of 844 | #1 of 20 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.5% | #150 of 844 | #3 of 20 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 401 | #477 of 1,130 | #13 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.7:1 | #499 of 769 | #9 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 14.6% | #724 of 796 | #17 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 32.9% | #637 of 942 | #8 of 24 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.8% | #162 of 499 | #4 of 14 |
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
401
+21 (+6%) vs 2020
-12% since 1990-91, when it was 457
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
was 13.1:1
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 | 401 | 27.3 | 14.7:1 | 33% (132) |
| 2023-24 | 410 | 29.3 | 14.0:1 | 37% (151) |
| 2022-23 | 428 | 28.5 | 15.0:1 | 37% (159) |
| 2020-21 | 380 | 29 | 13.1:1 | 26% (98) |
| 2017-18 | 500 | 31.3 | 16.0:1 | 28% (138) |
| 2015-16 | 524 | 32 | 16.4:1 | 32% (169) |
| 2010-11 | 523 | 33 | 15.8:1 | 42% (221) |
| 2000-01 | 477 | 29 | 16.4:1 | 26% (125) |
| 1990-91 | 457 | 23 | 19.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for COKATO ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (500 to 401); teachers down 13% (31.3 to 27.3).
About COKATO ELEMENTARY
COKATO ELEMENTARY is a public medium-sized elementary school in COKATO, Minnesota. It educates 401 students in pre-K through 4.
COKATO ELEMENTARY is one school in a 5-school district, Dassel-Cokato Public Schools, which enrolls 2,020 students.
White students make up 92% of enrollment at COKATO ELEMENTARY. The remaining students are 4% multiracial and 3% Hispanic. For comparison, Wright County is about 89% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 15% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teachers at COKATO ELEMENTARY total 27.3 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 14.7:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 13.7:1 average for elementary schools in Minnesota. The school counts 132 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 33%. It compares with 24% for public schools in Wright County.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, COKATO ELEMENTARY is in the top 10% of Minnesota schools: 68.7% actual against 47.4% predicted.
Wright County census figures show that the median household income is $107,209, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 4%. Wright County is home to 88 public schools and about 27,879 public school students.
Nearby, DASSEL-COKATO ALTERNATIVE CTR. is about 0.4 miles away. There are 4 more public schools inside five miles. Nearby schools average 59.0% on proficiency, and COKATO ELEMENTARY is above that at 68.7%.
The school's federal locale classification is Rural: Distant.
Federal data show a 6% enrollment increase, from 380 in 2020-21 to 401 in 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio rose from 13.1:1 to 14.7:1.
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Wright County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
148,269
Census ACS
Median income
$107,209
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
88
27,879 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Dassel-Cokato Public Schools
- DASSEL-COKATO SENIOR HIGHHigh · 601 students
- DASSEL-COKATO MIDDLEMiddle · 576 students
- DASSEL ELEMENTARYElementary · 364 students
- DASSEL-COKATO ALTERNATIVE CTR.High · 78 students
- Dassel-Cokato Virtual School ELElementary
- Dassel-Cokato Virtual School MiddleMiddle
Other schools in COKATO
- DASSEL-COKATO SENIOR HIGHHigh · 601 students
- DASSEL-COKATO MIDDLEMiddle · 576 students
- DASSEL-COKATO ALTERNATIVE CTR.High · 78 students
- Village Ranch Alternative ProgramHigh · 33 students
- Dassel-Cokato Virtual School ELElementary
- Dassel-Cokato Virtual School MiddleMiddle
Nearby schools
- DASSEL-COKATO ALTERNATIVE CTR.0.4 mi · 78
- Village Ranch Alternative Program1.4 mi · 33
- DASSEL-COKATO SENIOR HIGH2.1 mi · 601
- DASSEL-COKATO MIDDLE2.1 mi · 576
- DASSEL ELEMENTARY5.6 mi · 364
- Journeys Alternative Program6.0 mi · 9
Frequently asked questions
About COKATO ELEMENTARYHow many students attend COKATO ELEMENTARY?
COKATO ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 401 students in grades PK-04.
What grades does COKATO ELEMENTARY serve?
COKATO ELEMENTARY serves grades PK-04.
How many students per teacher at COKATO ELEMENTARY?
Approximately 14.7:1 students per teacher at COKATO ELEMENTARY.
How diverse is COKATO ELEMENTARY?
COKATO ELEMENTARY reports a student body of 92% White, 3% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees COKATO ELEMENTARY?
COKATO ELEMENTARY is overseen by Dassel-Cokato Public Schools in Wright County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.