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Enrollment
383
Elementary
DISTRICT 222 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EDEN VALLEY-WATKINS SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 271119000501
EDEN VALLEY ELEMENTARY
901 STEARNS AVE E, EDEN VALLEY, MN 55329 · (320) 453-2900 · Stearns County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL383 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 71% 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.
- BBeats 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
15.3:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
119 students
DISTRICT 29% · STATE 48%
Community
1
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 | 17 | 4% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 49 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 71 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 54 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 62 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 60 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (17) is 72% smaller than its 6th grade class (60).
Student demographics
15%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 14% · 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
EDEN VALLEY ELEMENTARY→EDEN VALLEY SECONDARY
Based on grade levels within EDEN VALLEY-WATKINS SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
53.4%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
64.4%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 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
55.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.4%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 EDEN VALLEY ELEMENTARY
EDEN VALLEY ELEMENTARY's state test result (55.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| EDEN VALLEY ELEMENTARY this school | 383 | 31.1% | 55.2% |
| KIMBALL ELEMENTARY KIMBALL | 346 | 30.6% | 42.9% |
| DASSEL ELEMENTARY DASSEL | 364 | 31.9% | 72.5% |
| Paynesville Area Elementary PAYNESVILLE | 429 | 29.6% | 54.4% |
| LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARY COTTONWOOD | 389 | 31.4% | 50.6% |
| COKATO ELEMENTARY COKATO | 401 | 32.9% | 68.7% |
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 EDEN VALLEY ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Stearns County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.2% | #239 of 844 | #4 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.4% | #195 of 844 | #4 of 21 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.4% | #337 of 844 | #6 of 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 383 | #521 of 1,130 | #12 of 28 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #568 of 769 | #19 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 15.1% | #722 of 796 | #16 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.1% | #667 of 942 | #15 of 24 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.6% | #194 of 499 | #7 of 8 |
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
383
-12 (-3%) vs 2020
-19% since 1990-91, when it was 470
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 383 | 25.1 | 15.3:1 | 31% (119) |
| 2023-24 | 391 | 28.3 | 13.8:1 | 35% (138) |
| 2022-23 | 403 | 26.1 | 15.4:1 | 35% (140) |
| 2020-21 | 395 | 26 | 15.2:1 | 29% (114) |
| 2017-18 | 459 | 28.7 | 16.0:1 | 33% (152) |
| 2015-16 | 498 | 30 | 16.6:1 | 35% (173) |
| 2010-11 | 457 | 28 | 16.3:1 | 44% (200) |
| 2000-01 | 383 | 28 | 13.7:1 | 37% (143) |
| 1990-91 | 470 | 29 | 16.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for EDEN VALLEY ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (459 to 383); teachers down 12% (28.7 to 25.1).
About EDEN VALLEY ELEMENTARY
The public elementary school EDEN VALLEY ELEMENTARY is located in EDEN VALLEY, Minnesota. It had 383 students in 2024-25, spanning kindergarten through 6.
District-wide, EDEN VALLEY-WATKINS SCHOOL DISTRICT has 3 schools and 868 students.
EDEN VALLEY ELEMENTARY is 92% White by enrollment. Next come 7% Hispanic. That compares with about 82% White among all Stearns County residents. The diversity index for EDEN VALLEY ELEMENTARY is 15%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school lists 25.1 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.3:1. Compared with the 13.7:1 average for elementary schools in Minnesota, this school's ratio is higher. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 31% of the student body. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Stearns County is 44%.
On the allk12 Grade, EDEN VALLEY ELEMENTARY lands at B+, ahead of 71% of Minnesota public elementary schools.
Compared with Minnesota schools that have similar shares of low-income students, EDEN VALLEY ELEMENTARY's results are 6.8 points above predicted: 55.2% against 48.4%.
The school's county is Stearns County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $77,066, roughly 29% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. EDEN VALLEY ELEMENTARY shares Stearns County with 73 other public schools.
About 0.5 miles separate EDEN VALLEY ELEMENTARY from the closest public school, EDEN VALLEY SECONDARY. Other public schools within ten miles: 6. Compared with its nearest neighbors, EDEN VALLEY ELEMENTARY ranks 1st of 6 on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as Rural: Distant. That means it sits in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 3% decline, from 395 to 383.
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Stearns County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
160,865
Census ACS
Median income
$77,066
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
74
24,160 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in EDEN VALLEY-WATKINS SCHOOL DISTRICT
- EDEN VALLEY SECONDARYHigh · 425 students
- WATKINS ELEMENTARYElementary · 60 students
- EDEN VALLEY-WATKINS ALPHigh
Other schools in EDEN VALLEY
- EDEN VALLEY SECONDARYHigh · 425 students
- EDEN VALLEY-WATKINS ALPHigh
Nearby schools
- EDEN VALLEY SECONDARY0.5 mi · 425
- WATKINS ELEMENTARY6.0 mi · 60
- RICHMOND ELEMENTARY8.9 mi · 135
- Paynesville Area Elementary9.4 mi · 429
- WCED 18-22 Program9.8 mi · 10
- Paynesville Area Secondary School9.8 mi · 465
Frequently asked questions
About EDEN VALLEY ELEMENTARYWhat is the total enrollment at EDEN VALLEY ELEMENTARY?
EDEN VALLEY ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 383 students in grades KG-06.
Is EDEN VALLEY ELEMENTARY an elementary, middle, or high school?
EDEN VALLEY ELEMENTARY is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at EDEN VALLEY ELEMENTARY?
The student-to-teacher ratio at EDEN VALLEY ELEMENTARY is approximately 15.3:1 (25 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at EDEN VALLEY ELEMENTARY?
At EDEN VALLEY ELEMENTARY, the student body is approximately 92% White, 7% Hispanic, 2% Two or more.
Is EDEN VALLEY ELEMENTARY public or private?
EDEN VALLEY ELEMENTARY is a public K-12 school, overseen by EDEN VALLEY-WATKINS SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.