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Enrollment
797
Elementary
DISTRICT 532 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTH WASHINGTON COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 273381002305
GREY CLOUD ELEMENTARY
9525 INDIAN BLVD S, COTTAGE GROVE, MN 55016 · (651) 425-4201 · Washington County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL797 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 41% of Minnesota public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
15.8:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
16%
131 students
DISTRICT 28% · 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 | 122 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 142 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 127 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 150 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 127 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 129 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (122) is 5% smaller than its 5th grade class (129).
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
54.8%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
59.2%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 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
50.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.2%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 GREY CLOUD ELEMENTARY
GREY CLOUD ELEMENTARY's state test result (50.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| GREY CLOUD ELEMENTARY this school | 797 | 16.4% | 50.3% |
| East Lake Elementary School LAKEVILLE | 844 | 17.7% | 61.3% |
| BASSWOOD ELEMENTARY MAPLE GROVE | 848 | 18.6% | 58.2% |
| Island Lake Elementary SHOREVIEW | 741 | 18.8% | 59.6% |
| RUSH CREEK ELEMENTARY MAPLE GROVE | 762 | 18.9% | 57.9% |
| WOODLAND ELEMENTARY EAGAN | 720 | 14.3% | 66.4% |
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 GREY CLOUD ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Washington County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.3% | #337 of 844 | #17 of 35 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.2% | #291 of 844 | #15 of 35 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.8% | #304 of 844 | #17 of 35 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 797 | #37 of 1,130 | #2 of 42 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #620 of 769 | #21 of 36 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.4% | #341 of 796 | #22 of 36 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 16.4% | #879 of 942 | #29 of 38 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.8% | #229 of 244 | #15 of 16 |
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
797
+86 (+12%) vs 2020
+4% since 2000-01, when it was 768
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
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 | 797 | 50.4 | 15.8:1 | 16% (131) |
| 2023-24 | 774 | 51.1 | 15.1:1 | 18% (136) |
| 2022-23 | 763 | 48 | 15.9:1 | 18% (137) |
| 2020-21 | 711 | 47 | 15.1:1 | 8% (58) |
| 2017-18 | 791 | 48.6 | 16.3:1 | 15% (122) |
| 2015-16 | 685 | 44 | 15.6:1 | 14% (98) |
| 2010-11 | 616 | 41 | 15.0:1 | 16% (96) |
| 2000-01 | 768 | 44 | 17.4:1 | 4% (33) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for GREY CLOUD ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (791 to 797); teachers up 4% (48.6 to 50.4).
About GREY CLOUD ELEMENTARY
GREY CLOUD ELEMENTARY is a high-enrollment elementary school. Its address is in COTTAGE GROVE, Minnesota. The school had 797 students in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Minnesota is about 344, so this school runs 132% larger than that.
South Washington County Schools (28 schools, 19,578 students) runs GREY CLOUD ELEMENTARY.
GREY CLOUD ELEMENTARY's enrollment is 66% White. Enrollment also includes 10% Asian, 10% Black, 7% multiracial, and 7% Hispanic. Among people living in Washington County, the White share is about 78%. GREY CLOUD ELEMENTARY has a diversity index of 53%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Federal data list 50.4 full-time-equivalent teachers at GREY CLOUD ELEMENTARY in 2024-25, for a ratio of 15.8:1. Among elementary schools in Minnesota, the typical ratio is 13.7:1. The lunch program counts 16% of students at GREY CLOUD ELEMENTARY as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. For comparison, public schools in Washington County average 26%.
allk12 grades GREY CLOUD ELEMENTARY a C+. The grade compares the school only with Minnesota public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
A school with GREY CLOUD ELEMENTARY's lunch-eligibility share in Minnesota is predicted to score 56.2%. GREY CLOUD ELEMENTARY scores 50.3%, 6.0 points below that line.
Washington County has about 276,238 residents, and median household income is about $115,345, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 49%, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Washington County number 103 and enroll about 46,313.
Nearest public school: COTTAGE GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL, about 0.2 miles away. The five-mile area around GREY CLOUD ELEMENTARY holds at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: GREY CLOUD ELEMENTARY ranks 1st of 6 nearby schools, at 50.3% versus a 37.6% average.
NCES describes the area around GREY CLOUD ELEMENTARY as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal counts put enrollment at 711 in 2020-21 and 797 in 2024-25, a 12% increase.
Discussions about GREY CLOUD ELEMENTARY may include school safety, transportation, and start times. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Washington County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
276,238
Census ACS
Median income
$115,345
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
49%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
103
46,313 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in South Washington County Schools
- EAST RIDGE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,072 students
- Park High SchoolHigh · 1,992 students
- Woodbury High SchoolHigh · 1,943 students
- LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,165 students
- WOODBURY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,160 students
- COTTAGE GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,005 students
Other schools in COTTAGE GROVE
- Park High SchoolHigh · 1,992 students
- COTTAGE GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,005 students
- OLTMAN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 956 students
- Ages 3-5 Early Childhood Special EdElementary · 591 students
- PINE HILL ELEMENTARYElementary · 502 students
- COTTAGE GROVE ELEMENTARYElementary · 432 students
Nearby schools
- COTTAGE GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL0.2 mi · 1,005
- Park High School1.6 mi · 1,992
- HILLSIDE ELEMENTARY1.8 mi · 417
- ARMSTRONG ELEMENTARY1.8 mi · 325
- CRESTVIEW ELEMENTARY1.9 mi · 425
- South Washington Alternative HS2.0 mi · 97
Frequently asked questions
About GREY CLOUD ELEMENTARYHow many students attend GREY CLOUD ELEMENTARY?
GREY CLOUD ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 797 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does GREY CLOUD ELEMENTARY serve?
GREY CLOUD ELEMENTARY serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at GREY CLOUD ELEMENTARY?
Approximately 15.8:1 students per teacher at GREY CLOUD ELEMENTARY.
How diverse is GREY CLOUD ELEMENTARY?
GREY CLOUD ELEMENTARY reports a student body of 66% White, 7% Hispanic, 10% Black, 10% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees GREY CLOUD ELEMENTARY?
GREY CLOUD ELEMENTARY is overseen by South Washington County Schools in Washington County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.