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What tradition at Gage Elementary School should never be changed?
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Enrollment
412
Elementary
DISTRICT 336 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROCHESTER PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 273180000996
Gage Elementary School
1300 40TH ST NW, ROCHESTER, MN 55901 · (507) 328-3400 · Olmsted County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL412 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
,
0 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
302 students
DISTRICT 46% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 23 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 83 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 57 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 63 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 63 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 61 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 62 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (83) is 34% larger than its 5th grade class (62).
Student demographics
75%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
18.7%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
16.7%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 19 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 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
15.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 15% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% 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 Gage Elementary School
Gage Elementary School's state test result (15.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gage Elementary School this school | 412 | 73.3% | 15.3% |
| Pillsbury Elementary MINNEAPOLIS | 439 | 72.4% | 17.5% |
| Stevenson Elementary FRIDLEY | 459 | 70.6% | 31.9% |
| Marcy Elementary MINNEAPOLIS | 415 | 68.9% | 24.5% |
| FOREST ELEMENTARY CRYSTAL | 464 | 67.9% | 25.4% |
| NEILL ELEMENTARY CRYSTAL | 359 | 73.0% | 32.0% |
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 Gage Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Olmsted County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 15.3% | #793 of 844 | #21 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.7% | #777 of 844 | #21 of 21 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 18.7% | #793 of 844 | #21 of 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 412 | #456 of 1,130 | #15 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 75.1% | #33 of 796 | #1 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.3% | #134 of 942 | #2 of 27 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -40.5% | #21 of 499 | #1 of 17 |
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
412
-272 (-40%) vs 2020
-49% since 2000-01, when it was 815
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 | 412 | N/A | N/A | 73% (302) |
| 2023-24 | 563 | 47.5 | 11.8:1 | 62% (349) |
| 2022-23 | 581 | 40.4 | 14.4:1 | 63% (368) |
| 2020-21 | 684 | 47 | 14.6:1 | 53% (365) |
| 2017-18 | 693 | 54.5 | 12.7:1 | 62% (430) |
| 2015-16 | 696 | 51 | 13.7:1 | 66% (457) |
| 2010-11 | 600 | 45 | 13.3:1 | 60% (357) |
| 2000-01 | 815 | 49 | 16.6:1 | 28% (232) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Gage Elementary School.
About Gage Elementary School
This page covers Gage Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school in ROCHESTER, Minnesota. It is open to students in pre-K through 5 and enrolls 412 students.
Gage Elementary School falls under Rochester Public School District, which has 47 schools enrolling 17,430 students.
No group is above 50% at Gage Elementary School; the largest is Black, at 36%. Beyond that, enrollment is 23% Hispanic, 23% White, 12% multiracial, and 7% Asian. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 8%. The diversity index for Gage Elementary School is 75%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
In all, 73% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 35% average among public schools in Olmsted County.
In Minnesota, Gage Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 15.3% actual against a predicted 25.7%.
In Olmsted County, median household income comes to about $95,406, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 49% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Olmsted County counts 72 public schools with about 24,627 students.
John Adams Middle School, about 0.5 miles away, is the closest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 6 closest schools with test data, this one included, Gage Elementary School ranks 6th on average proficiency.
Gage Elementary School is coded as City: Mid-size in federal locale data.
Enrollment fell by 40% across 4 years, from 684 in 2020-21 to 412 in 2024-25.
You can use this page to share news and ask questions about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Olmsted County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
164,498
Census ACS
Median income
$95,406
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
49%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
72
24,627 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Rochester Public School District
- Mayo High SchoolHigh · 1,787 students
- Century High SchoolHigh · 1,608 students
- John Marshall High SchoolHigh · 1,549 students
- Dakota Middle SchoolMiddle · 921 students
- John Adams Middle SchoolMiddle · 867 students
- Willow Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 864 students
Other schools in ROCHESTER
- Mayo High SchoolHigh · 1,787 students
- Century High SchoolHigh · 1,608 students
- John Marshall High SchoolHigh · 1,549 students
- Dakota Middle SchoolMiddle · 921 students
- John Adams Middle SchoolMiddle · 867 students
- Willow Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 864 students
Other Gage Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Gage Elementary. Gage Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Gage ElementarySan Diego, CA · 698 students
Nearby schools
- John Adams Middle School0.5 mi · 867
- Elton Hills Elementary School0.9 mi · 308
- Hoover Elementary School1.3 mi · 228
- ECSE Community1.3 mi · 40
- Hoover Early Learning School1.3 mi · 211
- Early Childhood Assessment1.3 mi · 1
Frequently asked questions
About Gage Elementary SchoolHow large is Gage Elementary School?
Gage Elementary School enrolls approximately 412 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Gage Elementary School serve?
Gage Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Gage Elementary School?
Approximately unreported students per teacher at Gage Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Gage Elementary School?
At Gage Elementary School, the student body is approximately 23% White, 23% Hispanic, 36% Black, 7% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Is Gage Elementary School public or private?
Gage Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Rochester Public School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.