Enrollment
240
Elementary
DISTRICT 191 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GFW PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 271258000042
GFW Elementary School
323 E 11TH ST, GIBBON, MN 55335 · (507) 207-2216 · Sibley County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL240 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 59% 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.
- B+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
13.8:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
128 students
DISTRICT 47% · 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 | 32 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 28 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 36 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 36 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 37 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 30 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 41 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (28) is 32% smaller than its 5th grade class (41).
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · 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
48.5%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
50.5%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 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
44.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.4%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 GFW Elementary School
GFW Elementary School's state test result (44.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| GFW Elementary School this school | 240 | 53.3% | 44.8% |
| Sanford Elementary School MONTEVIDEO | 277 | 54.9% | 46.0% |
| BOLD-Bird Island Elementary OLIVIA | 260 | 49.6% | 53.2% |
| BERT RANEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GRANITE FALLS | 284 | 53.2% | 41.1% |
| CANNON RIVER STEM SCHOOL FARIBAULT | 224 | 58.5% | 22.4% |
| Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart Element HECTOR | 186 | 50.5% | 64.9% |
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 GFW Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.8% | #442 of 844 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.5% | #430 of 844 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.5% | #422 of 844 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 240 | #736 of 1,130 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #399 of 769 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.2% | #452 of 796 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.3% | #289 of 942 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.8% | #302 of 499 |
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
240
-45 (-16%) vs 2020
-24% since 2000-01, when it was 314
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 16.8:1
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 | 240 | 17.5 | 13.8:1 | 53% (128) |
| 2023-24 | 211 | 18.9 | 11.2:1 | 62% (130) |
| 2022-23 | 199 | 19.2 | 10.3:1 | 63% (125) |
| 2020-21 | 285 | 17 | 16.8:1 | 42% (119) |
| 2017-18 | 269 | 23.7 | 11.4:1 | 46% (124) |
| 2015-16 | 285 | 22 | 12.9:1 | 51% (146) |
| 2010-11 | 276 | 21 | 13.1:1 | 50% (138) |
| 2000-01 | 314 | 21 | 14.9:1 | 39% (123) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for GFW Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (269 to 240); teachers down 26% (23.7 to 17.5).
About GFW Elementary School
GFW Elementary School is an elementary school in GIBBON, Minnesota, according to federal school records. The grade span is pre-K through 5, and enrollment is 240 students. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Minnesota) has about 344 students.
The 3 schools in GFW Public Schools enroll 572 students altogether, GFW Elementary School among them.
At 73%, White students outnumber all other groups at GFW Elementary School combined. Other students are 23% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. By comparison, Sibley County residents are about 88% White. The chance that two students picked at random at GFW Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 42%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 13.8:1, with 17.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in Minnesota average about 13.7:1, a similar figure. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 53% of enrollment. For comparison, public schools in Sibley County average 41%.
allk12 grades GFW Elementary School a B. The grade compares the school only with Minnesota public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Schools in Minnesota with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 36.4%. GFW Elementary School scores 44.8%.
Sibley County has these Census figures: median household income is about $77,634, about 19% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. GFW Elementary School is among the 12 public schools in Sibley County.
The school nearest to GFW Elementary School is GFW Middle School, at a distance of about 7.7 miles. Around the school, 2 other public schools are within ten miles. Of the 7 nearby schools with scores, including this one, GFW Elementary School is 4th on average proficiency.
The federal government classifies GFW Elementary School's location as Rural: Remote.
The number of students declined from 285 to 240 over 4 years. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 13.8:1, from 16.8:1.
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Sibley County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
15,005
Census ACS
Median income
$77,634
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
12
2,034 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in GFW Public Schools
- GFW High SchoolHigh · 211 students
- GFW Middle SchoolMiddle · 121 students
Nearby schools
- GFW Middle School7.7 mi · 121
- GFW High School7.7 mi · 211
- Washington Learning Center14.7 mi · 180
- Little Stangs Learning Center14.8 mi · 20
- NEW ULM HIGH SCHOOL15.3 mi · 687
- SIBLEY EAST-GAYLORD ELEMENTARY15.7 mi · 503
Frequently asked questions
About GFW Elementary SchoolHow large is GFW Elementary School?
GFW Elementary School enrolls approximately 240 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does GFW Elementary School serve?
GFW Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at GFW Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at GFW Elementary School is approximately 13.8:1 (17 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at GFW Elementary School?
Student demographics at GFW Elementary School are roughly 73% White, 23% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is GFW Elementary School public or private?
GFW Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by GFW Public Schools.
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