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What's the most underrated thing about DELANO ELEMENTARY that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
744
Elementary
DISTRICT 819 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DELANO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 271017000436
DELANO ELEMENTARY
678 TIGER DR, DELANO, MN 55328 · (763) 972-6200 · Wright County
GRADES PK–03ELEMENTARY31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL744 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.1:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
14%
105 students
DISTRICT 13% · STATE 48%
Community
3
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
Based on grade levels within DELANO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
64.8%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
72.0%
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 72 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
67.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.5%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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
744
-174 (-19%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 16.6:1
% White
89%
was 93%
% Hispanic
5%
was 2%
% Black
1%
was 0%
% Asian
1%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About DELANO ELEMENTARY
DELANO ELEMENTARY, a big elementary campus in DELANO, Minnesota, operated by DELANO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, hosts 744 students, covering grades pre-K through 3. Enrollment runs roughly 116% bigger than the state mean of about 344.
DELANO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 2,457 students. DELANO ELEMENTARY is one of those campuses.
On demographics, DELANO ELEMENTARY shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (89%). The remainder consists of 5% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
On the resource side, DELANO ELEMENTARY records 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.7:1, putting DELANO ELEMENTARY higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 14% of students at DELANO ELEMENTARY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is south of Wright County's rate of about 24%.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, DELANO ELEMENTARY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 57.5%; this one delivers 67.2%.
Across the wider county, Wright County reports that median household income runs about $107,209, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Wright County's 88 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,879 students), DELANO ELEMENTARY is one campus in the mix.
Delano Intermediate School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around DELANO ELEMENTARY. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), DELANO ELEMENTARY ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 54.4%.
The campus sits in a town-center setting.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at DELANO ELEMENTARY has decreased 19%, going from 918 students in 2018 to 744 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 15.6:1 today.
On the community side, the feed for DELANO ELEMENTARY typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 DELANO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
- Delano High SchoolHigh · 1,158 students
- Delano Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 555 students
Other schools in DELANO
- Delano High SchoolHigh · 1,158 students
- Delano Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 555 students
Nearby schools
- Delano Intermediate School0.2 mi · 555
- Delano High School0.3 mi · 1,158
- ROCKFORD MIDDLE3.4 mi · 487
- Rockford Elementary Arts Magnet3.7 mi · 599
- ROCKFORD SECONDARY3.8 mi · 479
- Watertown-Mayer Elementary School6.6 mi · 482
Frequently asked questions
About DELANO ELEMENTARYWhat is the total enrollment at DELANO ELEMENTARY?
DELANO ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 744 students in grades PK-03.
What age range does DELANO ELEMENTARY serve?
DELANO ELEMENTARY serves students from grade PK through grade 03.
How many students per teacher at DELANO ELEMENTARY?
Approximately 15.6:1 students per teacher at DELANO ELEMENTARY.
What is the racial breakdown of students at DELANO ELEMENTARY?
At DELANO ELEMENTARY, the student body is approximately 89% White, 5% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is DELANO ELEMENTARY in?
DELANO ELEMENTARY is part of DELANO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.