Enrollment
163
Elementary
DISTRICT 150 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CROMWELL-WRIGHT PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 270969000410
CROMWELL-WRIGHT ELEMENTARY
5624 HIGHWAY 210, CROMWELL, MN 55726 · (218) 644-3716 · Carlton County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY43-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL163 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
36%
58 students
DISTRICT 30% · 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
Students here typically continue to
CROMWELL-WRIGHT ELEMENTARY→CROMWELL-WRIGHT SECONDARY
Based on grade levels within CROMWELL-WRIGHT PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
61.2%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
55.3%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 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
56.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.9%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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
163
-13 (-7%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
was 13.1:1
% White
94%
was 89%
% Hispanic
1%
was 2%
% Asian
0%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About CROMWELL-WRIGHT ELEMENTARY
CROMWELL-WRIGHT ELEMENTARY operates as a tight-knit elementary school in CROMWELL, Minnesota, overseen by CROMWELL-WRIGHT PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Current enrollment sits at 163 students spanning grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 53% smaller than the typical public school in Minnesota, which averages around 344 students.
Within CROMWELL-WRIGHT PUBLIC SCHOOLS, which oversees 2 schools and 300 students, CROMWELL-WRIGHT ELEMENTARY is one campus in the system.
Looking at the student body, CROMWELL-WRIGHT ELEMENTARY reports that 94% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder reads as 5% multiracial.
In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.7:1, putting CROMWELL-WRIGHT ELEMENTARY tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 36% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
After controlling for student poverty, CROMWELL-WRIGHT ELEMENTARY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 45.9%; this one delivers 56.9%.
Zooming out to the county, census data for Carlton County shows median household earnings sit near $80,573, about 27% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Carlton County runs 25 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,201 students), of which CROMWELL-WRIGHT ELEMENTARY is one.
Nearest neighbor: CROMWELL-WRIGHT SECONDARY, around 0.0 miles off. On composite proficiency, CROMWELL-WRIGHT ELEMENTARY comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 41.5%.
The school occupies a countryside site.
Five-year trend. CROMWELL-WRIGHT ELEMENTARY's enrollment has shrank 7% since 2018, when it stood at 176 (now 163). Over the same period, the White share edged up from 89% to 94%.
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Carlton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
36,518
Census ACS
Median income
$80,573
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
25
6,201 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CROMWELL-WRIGHT PUBLIC SCHOOLS
- CROMWELL-WRIGHT SECONDARYHigh · 137 students
Nearby schools
- CROMWELL-WRIGHT SECONDARY0.0 mi · 137
- BARNUM ELEMENTARY15.1 mi · 348
- BARNUM SECONDARY15.4 mi · 312
- FLOODWOOD ELEMENTARY17.4 mi · 88
- FLOODWOOD SECONDARY17.4 mi · 80
- MCF-MOOSE LAKE/WILLOW RIVER17.6 mi · 3
Frequently asked questions
About CROMWELL-WRIGHT ELEMENTARYWhat is the total enrollment at CROMWELL-WRIGHT ELEMENTARY?
CROMWELL-WRIGHT ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 163 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does CROMWELL-WRIGHT ELEMENTARY serve?
CROMWELL-WRIGHT ELEMENTARY serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at CROMWELL-WRIGHT ELEMENTARY?
Approximately 12.4:1 students per teacher at CROMWELL-WRIGHT ELEMENTARY.
How diverse is CROMWELL-WRIGHT ELEMENTARY?
CROMWELL-WRIGHT ELEMENTARY reports a student body of 94% White, 1% Hispanic, 1% Black, 5% Two or more.
Is CROMWELL-WRIGHT ELEMENTARY public or private?
CROMWELL-WRIGHT ELEMENTARY is a public K-12 school, overseen by CROMWELL-WRIGHT PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
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