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Enrollment
731
Elementary
DISTRICT 387 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HERMANTOWN COMMUNITY SCHOOLS·NCES 271392000715
Hermantown Elementary
5365 W ARROWHEAD, HERMANTOWN, MN 55811 · (218) 729-6891 · St. Louis County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL731 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 66% of Minnesota public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
16.1:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.4:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
17%
127 students
DISTRICT 21% · 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 | 135 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 139 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 151 | 21% |
| Grade 3 | 137 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 169 | 23% |
This year's kindergarten class (135) is 20% smaller than its 4th grade class (169).
Student demographics
21%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 19% · 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
Hermantown Elementary→Hermantown Middle
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Hermantown Community Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
53.5%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
65.9%
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 66 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
57.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.7%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% 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 Hermantown Elementary
Hermantown Elementary's state test result (57.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hermantown Elementary this school | 731 | 17.4% | 57.8% |
| WINTERQUIST ELEMENTARY ESKO | 684 | 16.4% | 63.4% |
| Lakeside El. CHISAGO CITY | 804 | 20.1% | 51.9% |
| DELANO ELEMENTARY DELANO | 744 | 14.1% | 67.2% |
| BECKER INTERMEDIATE ELEMENTARY BECKER | 644 | 20.5% | 51.9% |
| PINE ISLAND ELEMENTARY PINE ISLAND | 610 | 19.0% | 62.1% |
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 Hermantown Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In St. Louis County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.8% | #183 of 844 | #7 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.9% | #178 of 844 | #5 of 26 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.5% | #336 of 844 | #15 of 26 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 731 | #63 of 1,130 | #1 of 36 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.1:1 | #639 of 769 | #23 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.9% | #663 of 796 | #22 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 17.4% | #868 of 942 | #29 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.7% | #469 of 499 | #19 of 19 |
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
731
-10 (-1%) vs 2020
+15% since 1990-91, when it was 634
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
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 | 731 | 45.4 | 16.1:1 | 17% (127) |
| 2023-24 | 723 | 45.6 | 15.9:1 | 22% (158) |
| 2022-23 | 739 | 45.4 | 16.3:1 | 23% (167) |
| 2020-21 | 741 | 44 | 16.8:1 | 11% (85) |
| 2017-18 | 744 | 39.3 | 18.9:1 | 16% (120) |
| 2015-16 | 777 | 37 | 21.0:1 | 19% (147) |
| 2010-11 | 588 | 29 | 20.3:1 | 13% (79) |
| 2000-01 | 525 | 28 | 18.8:1 | 10% (55) |
| 1990-91 | 634 | 36 | 17.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hermantown Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (744 to 731); teachers up 15% (39.3 to 45.4).
About Hermantown Elementary
Hermantown Elementary is an elementary school in HERMANTOWN, Minnesota, and it is part of Hermantown Community Schools. Federal data show 731 students enrolled in kindergarten through 4 in 2024-25. On average, elementary schools in Minnesota enroll around 344, and this school is 113% larger than that mark.
Hermantown Community Schools has 2,118 students in 5 schools, and Hermantown Elementary is one of those schools.
The share of White students at Hermantown Elementary is 89%. Other groups make up 6% multiracial and 3% Hispanic. In St. Louis County overall, the White share is about 90%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 21%.
Classroom staffing at Hermantown Elementary totals 45.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 16.1:1. Compared with the 13.7:1 average for elementary schools in Minnesota, this school's ratio is higher. Federal data show 17% of students (127) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in St. Louis County is 40%.
On the allk12 Grade, Hermantown Elementary lands at B+, ahead of 66% of Minnesota public elementary schools.
A school with Hermantown Elementary's lunch-eligibility share in Minnesota is predicted to score 55.7%. Hermantown Elementary scores 57.8%, 2.1 points above that line.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for St. Louis County show that median household income comes to about $70,069, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. St. Louis County counts 100 public schools with about 23,921 students.
Among nearby public schools, Hermantown Early Childhood is closest at about 0.1 miles. There are 6 more public schools inside five miles. Among the 6 closest schools with test data, this one included, Hermantown Elementary ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, Hermantown Elementary is Rural: Fringe.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 741 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 731.
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St. Louis County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
200,123
Census ACS
Median income
$70,069
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
100
23,921 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hermantown Community Schools
- Hermantown MiddleMiddle · 677 students
- Hermantown Senior HighHigh · 655 students
- Hermantown Early ChildhoodElementary · 43 students
- Hermantown Alternative Learning PrgHigh · 12 students
Other schools in HERMANTOWN
- Hermantown MiddleMiddle · 677 students
- Hermantown Senior HighHigh · 655 students
- Hermantown Early ChildhoodElementary · 43 students
- Hermantown Alternative Learning PrgHigh · 12 students
Nearby schools
- Hermantown Early Childhood0.1 mi · 43
- Hermantown Alternative Learning Prg0.2 mi · 12
- Hermantown Middle0.2 mi · 677
- Hermantown Senior High0.2 mi · 655
- Pike Lake Elementary3.3 mi · 293
- PIEDMONT ELEMENTARY4.9 mi · 410
Frequently asked questions
About Hermantown ElementaryHow many students attend Hermantown Elementary?
Hermantown Elementary enrolls approximately 731 students in grades KG-04.
What age range does Hermantown Elementary serve?
Hermantown Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 04.
How many teachers does Hermantown Elementary have?
Hermantown Elementary employs 45 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Hermantown Elementary?
Student demographics at Hermantown Elementary are roughly 89% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Hermantown Elementary in?
Hermantown Elementary is part of Hermantown Community Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.