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How has Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton Elementary changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
555
Elementary
DISTRICT 384 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DILWORTH-GLYNDON-FELTON·NCES 271026000447
Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton Elementary
108 N MAIN, DILWORTH, MN 56529 · (218) 477-6844 · Clay County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL555 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 38% of Minnesota public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
13.9:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
36%
198 students
DISTRICT 38% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 94 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 118 | 21% |
| Grade 2 | 104 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 127 | 23% |
| Grade 4 | 112 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (94) is 16% smaller than its 4th grade class (112).
Student demographics
30%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 29% · 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
Students here typically continue to
Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton Elementary→DILWORTH-GLYNDON-FELTON MIDDLE SCH
Based on grade levels within DILWORTH-GLYNDON-FELTON. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
38.5%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
53.6%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 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
43.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.9%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% 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 →
Schools most like Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton Elementary
Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton Elementary's state test result (43.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton Elementary this school | 555 | 35.7% | 43.7% |
| BLUFF VIEW ELEMENTARY LAKE CITY | 592 | 37.0% | 40.7% |
| LINCOLN ELEMENTARY OWATONNA | 505 | 36.6% | 45.5% |
| LUVERNE ELEMENTARY LUVERNE | 515 | 36.7% | 56.3% |
| JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY NEW ULM | 643 | 37.6% | 49.6% |
| Kennedy Elementary HASTINGS | 461 | 35.4% | 47.1% |
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 Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Clay County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.7% | #456 of 844 | #6 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.6% | #384 of 844 | #5 of 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.5% | #596 of 844 | #7 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 555 | #223 of 1,130 | #6 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #423 of 769 | #5 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 30.1% | #580 of 796 | #7 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.7% | #594 of 942 | #8 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +9.5% | #115 of 244 | 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
555
+103 (+23%) vs 2020
+68% since 1990-91, when it was 331
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 15.1:1
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 | 555 | 40 | 13.9:1 | 36% (198) |
| 2023-24 | 624 | 43 | 14.5:1 | 38% (240) |
| 2022-23 | 606 | 40.4 | 15.0:1 | 39% (239) |
| 2020-21 | 452 | 30 | 15.1:1 | 26% (118) |
| 2017-18 | 507 | 34.6 | 14.7:1 | 33% (168) |
| 2015-16 | 522 | 33 | 15.8:1 | 35% (184) |
| 2010-11 | 513 | 32 | 16.0:1 | 35% (178) |
| 2000-01 | 375 | 28 | 13.4:1 | 40% (149) |
| 1990-91 | 331 | 19 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 9% (507 to 555); teachers up 16% (34.6 to 40).
About Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton Elementary
Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton Elementary is a high-enrollment elementary school based in DILWORTH, Minnesota. The school serves pre-K through 4. Enrollment is 555 students. Elementary schools in Minnesota have about 344 students on average; enrollment here is 61% higher.
The 4 schools of DILWORTH-GLYNDON-FELTON, including Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton Elementary, enroll 1,535 students.
White students account for 83% of the school's enrollment. Other reported shares: 10% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 2% Black. Among Clay County residents, the White share is about 85%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 30, compared with 70 nationally.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 13.9:1. The school has 40 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among elementary schools in Minnesota is similar, at 13.7:1. In all, 36% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among Minnesota public elementary schools, Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton Elementary outscored 38%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton Elementary is -2.2 points: 43.7% actual, 45.9% predicted.
The school's county is Clay County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $81,172, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 39%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Clay County's 32 public schools enroll about 11,470 students and include Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton Elementary.
Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton Elementary is about 1.4 miles from HORIZON MIDDLE SCHOOL, its nearest public school. Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton Elementary ranks 3rd of 6 nearby schools, at 43.7% versus a 43.5% average.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Mid-size, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton Elementary had a net gain of 103 students, or 23%. Its ratio of students to teachers was 15.1:1 in 2020-21, and 13.9:1 in 2024-25.
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Clay County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
66,059
Census ACS
Median income
$81,172
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
32
11,470 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in DILWORTH-GLYNDON-FELTON
- DILWORTH-GLYNDON-FELTON MIDDLE SCHMiddle · 508 students
- DILWORTH-GLYNDON-FELTON SENIOR HIGHHigh · 449 students
- Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton ALPHigh · 23 students
Nearby schools
- HORIZON MIDDLE SCHOOL1.4 mi · 2,158
- Dorothy Dodds Elementary School1.5 mi · 625
- MOORHEAD HIGH SCHOOL1.8 mi · 2,122
- West Central Academy-N2.2 mi · 16
- Moorhead ALC2.5 mi · 138
- Robert Asp Elementary2.8 mi · 580
Frequently asked questions
About Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton ElementaryHow large is Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton Elementary?
Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton Elementary enrolls approximately 555 students in grades PK-04.
Is Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-04.
How many teachers does Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton Elementary have?
Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton Elementary employs 40 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton Elementary?
Student demographics at Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton Elementary are roughly 83% White, 10% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton Elementary in?
Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton Elementary is part of DILWORTH-GLYNDON-FELTON.
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