Enrollment
76
Elementary
DISTRICT 68 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ELLSWORTH PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 271146000525
ELLSWORTH ELEMENTARY
513 S BROADWAY ST, ELLSWORTH, MN 56129 · (507) 967-2151 · Nobles County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL76 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 74% 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.
- A-Beats 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
10.8:1
7 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.0:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
35 students
DISTRICT 39% · 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 7 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 11 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 8 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 7 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 14 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 13 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 10 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 6 | 8% |
Student demographics
19%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 25% · 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
ELLSWORTH ELEMENTARY→ELLSWORTH SECONDARY
Based on grade levels within ELLSWORTH PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
57.8%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
60.0%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 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
53.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.3%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 40% 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 14 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 ELLSWORTH ELEMENTARY
ELLSWORTH ELEMENTARY's state test result (53.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELLSWORTH ELEMENTARY this school | 76 | 46.1% | 53.8% |
| VIKING ELEMENTARY VIKING | 77 | 42.9% | N/A |
| Rollingstone Community School ROLLINGSTONE | 59 | 44.1% | 24.1% |
| MARBLE EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER MARBLE | 78 | 43.6% | N/A |
| Minnesota New Country Elementary HENDERSON | 81 | 44.4% | 23.8% |
| NORMAN COUNTY EAST ELEMENTARY TWIN VALLEY | 95 | 47.4% | 32.3% |
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 ELLSWORTH ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Nobles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 76 | #975 of 1,130 | #6 of 7 |
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
76
+1 (+1%) vs 2020
-43% since 1990-91, when it was 134
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
was 9.4:1
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 | 76 | 7.1 | 10.8:1 | 46% (35) |
| 2023-24 | 66 | 7.4 | 8.9:1 | 44% (29) |
| 2022-23 | 68 | 10.1 | 6.7:1 | 47% (32) |
| 2020-21 | 75 | 8 | 9.4:1 | 41% (31) |
| 2017-18 | 81 | 9.5 | 8.5:1 | 49% (40) |
| 2015-16 | 76 | 9 | 8.4:1 | 51% (39) |
| 2010-11 | 71 | 10 | 7.1:1 | 46% (33) |
| 2000-01 | 98 | 8 | 12.3:1 | 36% (35) |
| 1990-91 | 134 | 8 | 16.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ELLSWORTH ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (81 to 76); teachers down 26% (9.5 to 7.1).
About ELLSWORTH ELEMENTARY
At 513 S BROADWAY ST in ELLSWORTH, Minnesota, ELLSWORTH ELEMENTARY operates as a small elementary school. The school's 76 students are in pre-K through 6. Enrollment is 78% lower than the average for elementary schools in Minnesota, which is about 344.
ELLSWORTH PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, which runs ELLSWORTH ELEMENTARY, has 2 schools and 136 students.
Federal enrollment data show ELLSWORTH ELEMENTARY is 89% White. After that, the student body is 9% Hispanic. Among all residents of Nobles County, the White share is about 56%. The school's diversity index is 19%, meaning two students picked at random have a 19% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
At ELLSWORTH ELEMENTARY, 7.1 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 10.8:1. On average, elementary schools in Minnesota have 13.7:1, compared with 10.8:1 here. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 46%. Compared with the 61% average for public schools in Nobles County, the school's rate is lower.
The allk12 Grade for ELLSWORTH ELEMENTARY is B+. Compared with Minnesota public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 74% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
ELLSWORTH ELEMENTARY is 13.5 points above expectations on state tests, given its student poverty level, placing it in the top 10% in Minnesota.
Across Nobles County, the median household income is $66,101, about 18% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. In all, Nobles County has 21 public schools and roughly 5,284 students.
The school nearest to ELLSWORTH ELEMENTARY is ELLSWORTH SECONDARY, at a distance of less than a tenth of a mile. A ten-mile radius around the school includes 6 other public schools. On state test proficiency, ELLSWORTH ELEMENTARY ranks 5th in a group of 9 nearby schools.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Rural: Remote, meaning it is in rural territory far from an urban area.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 75 to 76. The school's ratio rose from 9.4:1 to 10.8:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Nobles County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
22,041
Census ACS
Median income
$66,101
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
21
5,284 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ELLSWORTH PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
- ELLSWORTH SECONDARYHigh · 60 students
Other Ellsworth Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 6 states are named Ellsworth Elementary. ELLSWORTH ELEMENTARY is the 6th largest of the 6.
- Ellsworth ElementaryEllsworth, WI · 734 students
- Ellsworth Elementary SchoolQUEEN CREEK, AZ · 516 students
- Ellsworth Elementary SchoolVancouver, WA · 401 students
- Ellsworth Elementary SchoolNaperville, IL · 227 students
- Ellsworth ElemEllsworth, KS · 188 students
Nearby schools
- ELLSWORTH SECONDARY0.0 mi · 60
- George-Little Rock Elementary School8.6 mi · 232
- ADRIAN SECONDARY9.1 mi · 155
- ADRIAN MIDDLE9.1 mi · 139
- ADRIAN ELEMENTARY9.2 mi · 295
- Central Lyon Secondary School10.0 mi · 358
Frequently asked questions
About ELLSWORTH ELEMENTARYHow large is ELLSWORTH ELEMENTARY?
ELLSWORTH ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 76 students in grades PK-06.
Is ELLSWORTH ELEMENTARY an elementary, middle, or high school?
ELLSWORTH ELEMENTARY is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many teachers does ELLSWORTH ELEMENTARY have?
ELLSWORTH ELEMENTARY employs 7 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.8:1.
How diverse is ELLSWORTH ELEMENTARY?
ELLSWORTH ELEMENTARY reports a student body of 89% White, 9% Hispanic, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees ELLSWORTH ELEMENTARY?
ELLSWORTH ELEMENTARY is overseen by ELLSWORTH PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT in Nobles County.
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