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If you could change one rule at HOLDINGFORD ELEMENTARY, what would it be?
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Enrollment
589
Elementary
DISTRICT 549 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOLDINGFORD PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 271419000732
HOLDINGFORD ELEMENTARY
900 5TH ST, HOLDINGFORD, MN 56340 · (320) 746-4462 · Stearns County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL589 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 88% of Minnesota public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.0:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
186 students
DISTRICT 29% · 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 | 12 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 75 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 74 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 84 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 82 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 89 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 85 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 88 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (75) is 15% smaller than its 6th grade class (88).
Student demographics
8%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 7% · 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
HOLDINGFORD ELEMENTARY→HOLDINGFORD SECONDARY
Based on grade levels within HOLDINGFORD PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
64.1%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
66.0%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 64 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
60.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.1%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 HOLDINGFORD ELEMENTARY
HOLDINGFORD ELEMENTARY's state test result (60.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOLDINGFORD ELEMENTARY this school | 589 | 31.6% | 60.7% |
| PIONEER ELEMENTARY PIERZ | 607 | 30.5% | 64.6% |
| FOLEY ELEMENTARY FOLEY | 552 | 29.9% | 72.2% |
| WESTWOOD ELEMENTARY ZIMMERMAN | 562 | 31.1% | 50.0% |
| BAXTER ELEMENTARY BAXTER | 506 | 31.8% | 56.5% |
| ROSEAU ELEMENTARY ROSEAU | 574 | 32.4% | 46.0% |
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 HOLDINGFORD ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Stearns County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.7% | #129 of 844 | #1 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #176 of 844 | #1 of 21 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.1% | #124 of 844 | #1 of 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 589 | #173 of 1,130 | #5 of 28 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #404 of 769 | #13 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 8.3% | #774 of 796 | #20 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.6% | #659 of 942 | #14 of 24 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.4% | #215 of 244 | #10 of 11 |
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
589
+35 (+6%) vs 2020
-12% since 1990-91, when it was 667
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 13.5:1
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 | 589 | 42.8 | 13.8:1 | 32% (186) |
| 2023-24 | 564 | 42.3 | 13.3:1 | 24% (137) |
| 2022-23 | 594 | 43.3 | 13.7:1 | 23% (138) |
| 2020-21 | 554 | 41 | 13.5:1 | 18% (101) |
| 2017-18 | 581 | 39.9 | 14.6:1 | 28% (160) |
| 2015-16 | 525 | 37 | 14.2:1 | 31% (161) |
| 2010-11 | 527 | 35 | 15.1:1 | 27% (141) |
| 2000-01 | 505 | 33 | 15.3:1 | 19% (96) |
| 1990-91 | 667 | 39 | 17.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HOLDINGFORD ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (581 to 589); teachers up 7% (39.9 to 42.8).
About HOLDINGFORD ELEMENTARY
As a large elementary school, HOLDINGFORD ELEMENTARY serves students in HOLDINGFORD, Minnesota. There are 589 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 6. On average, elementary schools in Minnesota enroll around 344, and this school is 71% bigger than that mark.
In HOLDINGFORD PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, 2 schools enroll a combined 1,098 students.
By race and ethnicity, HOLDINGFORD ELEMENTARY is 96% White. Stearns County as a whole is about 82% White, so the school's share is higher. A diversity index of 8% means there is an 8% chance two randomly chosen students at HOLDINGFORD ELEMENTARY are from different groups.
With 42.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 13.8:1. The 13.7:1 average for elementary schools in Minnesota is close to this figure. Roughly 32% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 44% for public schools in Stearns County.
HOLDINGFORD ELEMENTARY earns an A on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 88% of Minnesota public elementary schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, HOLDINGFORD ELEMENTARY is 12.6 points above the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 60.7% actual, 48.1% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Minnesota.
In Stearns County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $77,066 a year, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Stearns County number 74, with about 24,160 students.
A public school less than a tenth of a mile away, HOLDINGFORD SECONDARY, is the closest to HOLDINGFORD ELEMENTARY. Inside a ten-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. HOLDINGFORD ELEMENTARY comes in 1st of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
HOLDINGFORD ELEMENTARY has an NCES locale of Rural: Distant.
Enrollment rose 6% over 4 years, reaching 589 in 2024-25.
HOLDINGFORD ELEMENTARY has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Stearns County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
160,865
Census ACS
Median income
$77,066
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
74
24,160 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in HOLDINGFORD PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
- HOLDINGFORD SECONDARYHigh · 509 students
Other schools in HOLDINGFORD
- HOLDINGFORD SECONDARYHigh · 509 students
- ALC - HoldingfordHigh
Nearby schools
- HOLDINGFORD SECONDARY0.0 mi · 509
- UPSALA ELEMENTARY7.0 mi · 181
- UPSALA SECONDARY7.0 mi · 146
- Albany Area Early Learning Center8.2 mi · 59
- AVON ELEMENTARY8.3 mi · 264
- ALBANY ELEMENTARY8.4 mi · 380
Frequently asked questions
About HOLDINGFORD ELEMENTARYHow many students attend HOLDINGFORD ELEMENTARY?
HOLDINGFORD ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 589 students in grades PK-06.
Is HOLDINGFORD ELEMENTARY an elementary, middle, or high school?
HOLDINGFORD ELEMENTARY is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many teachers does HOLDINGFORD ELEMENTARY have?
HOLDINGFORD ELEMENTARY employs 43 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.8:1.
How diverse is HOLDINGFORD ELEMENTARY?
HOLDINGFORD ELEMENTARY reports a student body of 96% White, 1% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees HOLDINGFORD ELEMENTARY?
HOLDINGFORD ELEMENTARY is overseen by HOLDINGFORD PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT in Stearns County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.