Enrollment
247
Elementary
DISTRICT 320 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOUSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 271428000748
HOUSTON ELEMENTARY
310 S SHERMAN, HOUSTON, MN 55943 · (507) 896-5323 · Houston County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL247 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.1:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
99 students
DISTRICT 53% · 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 | 45 | 18% |
| Kindergarten | 20 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 36 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 35 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 24 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 25 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 27 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 35 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (20) is 43% smaller than its 6th grade class (35).
Student demographics
12%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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
HOUSTON ELEMENTARY→HOUSTON SECONDARY
Based on grade levels within HOUSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
62.6%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
61.7%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of MN schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
60.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.5%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 44% typical for Minnesota schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 17 points, placing it in Minnesota's top 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 HOUSTON ELEMENTARY
HOUSTON ELEMENTARY's state test result (60.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOUSTON ELEMENTARY this school | 247 | 40.1% | 60.3% |
| LANESBORO ELEMENTARY LANESBORO | 249 | 39.8% | 41.2% |
| VERNDALE ELEMENTARY VERNDALE | 253 | 41.5% | 42.3% |
| RED ROCK CENTRAL ELEMENTARY LAMBERTON | 244 | 40.6% | 56.3% |
| FERTILE-BELTRAMI ELEMENTARY FERTILE | 249 | 43.4% | 59.3% |
| MOOSE LAKE ELEMENTARY MOOSE LAKE | 285 | 39.3% | 41.4% |
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 HOUSTON ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.3% | #138 of 844 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.7% | #244 of 844 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.6% | #147 of 844 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 247 | #726 of 1,130 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.3:1 | #122 of 769 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 11.5% | #752 of 796 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.1% | #496 of 942 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.5% | #228 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
247
+22 (+10%) vs 2020
-28% since 1990-91, when it was 344
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
was 9.8:1
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 | 247 | 21.8 | 11.3:1 | 40% (99) |
| 2023-24 | 206 | 22 | 9.3:1 | 45% (92) |
| 2022-23 | 222 | 24.5 | 9.1:1 | 52% (115) |
| 2020-21 | 225 | 23 | 9.8:1 | 37% (83) |
| 2017-18 | 289 | 24.5 | 11.8:1 | 31% (91) |
| 2015-16 | 225 | 23 | 9.8:1 | 38% (86) |
| 2010-11 | 214 | 19 | 11.3:1 | 45% (97) |
| 2000-01 | 252 | 16 | 15.8:1 | 27% (69) |
| 1990-91 | 344 | 19 | 18.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HOUSTON ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (289 to 247); teachers down 11% (24.5 to 21.8).
About HOUSTON ELEMENTARY
HOUSTON ELEMENTARY is an elementary school located in HOUSTON, Minnesota, in Houston County. It offers pre-K through 6 and has 247 students enrolled. It has 28% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in Minnesota (about 344).
HOUSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT is the district for HOUSTON ELEMENTARY. It has 6 schools and 1,934 students.
The share of students at HOUSTON ELEMENTARY who are White is 94%. Other groups include 4% multiracial. Houston County residents are about 94% White, a similar share. A diversity index of 12% means there is a 12% chance two randomly chosen students at HOUSTON ELEMENTARY are from different groups.
HOUSTON ELEMENTARY reports a ratio of 11.3 students per teacher, from 21.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across elementary schools in Minnesota, the average ratio is 13.7:1. Lunch program data show 40% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is in line with the 38% average for public schools in Houston County.
HOUSTON ELEMENTARY beats its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results by 16.8 points (60.3% versus 43.5%), a top-10% result in Minnesota on BeatsExpectations.
The school is in Houston County, where the median household earns about $79,825 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 30% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 3%. Across Houston County, 20 public schools serve about 4,089 students.
The closest school to HOUSTON ELEMENTARY is Minnesota Virtual Academy Middle, located about 0.3 miles away. There are 5 more public schools inside five miles. Local comparison: HOUSTON ELEMENTARY ranks 2nd of 5 nearby schools, at 60.3% versus a 48.7% average.
The school's federal locale classification is Rural: Distant.
Federal enrollment counts rose from 225 (2020-21) to 247 (2024-25). There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (11.3:1) than in 2020-21 (9.8:1).
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Houston County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
18,653
Census ACS
Median income
$79,825
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
20
4,089 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in HOUSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
- Minnesota Virtual Academy HighHigh · 706 students
- Minnesota Virtual Academy ElementarElementary · 392 students
- Minnesota Virtual Academy MiddleMiddle · 333 students
- HOUSTON SECONDARYHigh · 234 students
- SUMMIT LEARNING PROGRAMHigh · 22 students
Other schools in HOUSTON
- Minnesota Virtual Academy HighHigh · 706 students
- Minnesota Virtual Academy ElementarElementary · 392 students
- Minnesota Virtual Academy MiddleMiddle · 333 students
- HOUSTON SECONDARYHigh · 234 students
- RIDGEWAY COMMUNITY SCHOOLElementary · 97 students
- SUMMIT LEARNING PROGRAMHigh · 22 students
Other Houston Elementary schools
13 other US public schools in 5 states are named Houston Elementary. HOUSTON ELEMENTARY is the 14th largest of the 14.
- Houston Elementary SchoolCONROE, TX · 741 students
- Houston Elementary SchoolPORT ARTHUR, TX · 689 students
- Houston Elementary SchoolLANCASTER, TX · 613 students
- Houston Elementary SchoolDENTON, TX · 537 students
- Houston ElementaryVisalia, CA · 523 students
Nearby schools
- Minnesota Virtual Academy Middle0.3 mi · 333
- HOUSTON SECONDARY0.3 mi · 234
- Minnesota Virtual Academy Elementar0.3 mi · 392
- Minnesota Virtual Academy High0.3 mi · 706
- SUMMIT LEARNING PROGRAM0.3 mi · 22
- CALEDONIA SENIOR HIGH8.7 mi · 259
Frequently asked questions
About HOUSTON ELEMENTARYHow large is HOUSTON ELEMENTARY?
HOUSTON ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 247 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does HOUSTON ELEMENTARY serve?
HOUSTON ELEMENTARY serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at HOUSTON ELEMENTARY?
Approximately 11.3:1 students per teacher at HOUSTON ELEMENTARY.
What is the racial breakdown of students at HOUSTON ELEMENTARY?
At HOUSTON ELEMENTARY, the student body is approximately 94% White, 0% Hispanic, 1% Black, 4% Two or more.
Is HOUSTON ELEMENTARY public or private?
HOUSTON ELEMENTARY is a public K-12 school, overseen by HOUSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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