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Enrollment
701
Elementary
DISTRICT 365 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JORDAN PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 271575001630
JORDAN ELEMENTARY
815 SUNSET DR, JORDAN, MN 55352 · (952) 492-2336 · Scott County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL701 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 42% 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.
- 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
14.3:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
29%
201 students
DISTRICT 30% · 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 | 80 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 110 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 122 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 139 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 134 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 116 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (110) is 5% smaller than its 4th grade class (116).
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 41% · 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
Based on grade levels within JORDAN PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
42.3%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
55.9%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 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
47.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.7%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 JORDAN ELEMENTARY
JORDAN ELEMENTARY's state test result (47.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| JORDAN ELEMENTARY this school | 701 | 28.7% | 47.0% |
| BRIDGEWATER ELEMENTARY NORTHFIELD | 564 | 25.7% | 60.5% |
| Rockford Elementary Arts Magnet ROCKFORD | 599 | 34.2% | 49.0% |
| Little Mountain Elementary MONTICELLO | 576 | 32.6% | 50.8% |
| PRAIRIE WOODS ELEMENTARY NEW LONDON | 578 | 28.0% | 60.1% |
| LIBERTY ELEMENTARY BIG LAKE | 756 | 34.4% | N/A |
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 JORDAN ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Scott County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #392 of 844 | #14 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.9% | #339 of 844 | #12 of 21 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.3% | #554 of 844 | #19 of 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 701 | #80 of 1,130 | #1 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #464 of 769 | #8 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.4% | #470 of 796 | #14 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.7% | #704 of 942 | #13 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +10.4% | #110 of 244 | N/A |
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
701
+113 (+19%) vs 2020
+4% since 2000-01, when it was 671
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 701 | 49.1 | 14.3:1 | 29% (201) |
| 2023-24 | 624 | 50.1 | 12.5:1 | 35% (216) |
| 2022-23 | 632 | 48.2 | 13.1:1 | 33% (207) |
| 2020-21 | 588 | 46 | 12.8:1 | 21% (123) |
| 2017-18 | 635 | 45.9 | 13.8:1 | 25% (160) |
| 2015-16 | 675 | 46 | 14.7:1 | 26% (176) |
| 2010-11 | 657 | 43 | 15.3:1 | 28% (181) |
| 2000-01 | 671 | 38 | 17.7:1 | 28% (187) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for JORDAN ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students up 10% (635 to 701); teachers up 7% (45.9 to 49.1).
About JORDAN ELEMENTARY
JORDAN ELEMENTARY is a large elementary school with its address in JORDAN, Minnesota. The school counts 701 students across pre-K through 4. The typical figure for elementary schools in Minnesota is about 344 students.
JORDAN PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT (4 schools, 1,877 students) runs JORDAN ELEMENTARY.
By race and ethnicity, JORDAN ELEMENTARY is 76% White. It is also 13% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 4% Black. For comparison, Scott County is about 77% White. JORDAN ELEMENTARY has a diversity index of 40%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Its 49.1 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 14.3:1. Elementary schools in Minnesota have a similar average ratio of 13.7:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 29%. That is close to the 28% average for public schools in Scott County.
The allk12 Grade for JORDAN ELEMENTARY is C+. Compared with Minnesota public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 42% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, JORDAN ELEMENTARY is 2.6 points below the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 47.0% actual, 49.7% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Minnesota.
Within Scott County, median household income is about $119,314, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 44%, and roughly 3% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Scott County number 66 and enroll about 26,041.
The nearest other public school, JORDAN EARLY CHILDHOOD, is less than a tenth of a mile away. The count of other public schools within five miles is 7.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Town: Fringe, meaning it is in a town close to an urbanized area.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count grew from 588 to 701. Students per teacher rose from 12.8 in 2020-21 to 14.3 in 2024-25.
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Scott County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
154,557
Census ACS
Median income
$119,314
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
44%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
66
26,041 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in JORDAN PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
- Jordan High SchoolHigh · 619 students
- JORDAN MIDDLEMiddle · 528 students
- JORDAN EARLY CHILDHOODElementary · 29 students
Other schools in JORDAN
- Jordan High SchoolHigh · 619 students
- JORDAN MIDDLEMiddle · 528 students
- SWMetro RVEC Level 4Elementary · 71 students
- JORDAN EARLY CHILDHOODElementary · 29 students
- SWMetro JAFHigh · 2 students
- Jordan Credit RecoveryHigh
Other Jordan Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 6 states are named Jordan Elementary. JORDAN ELEMENTARY is the largest of the 6.
- Jordan Elementary SchoolBrentwood, TN · 611 students
- Jordan ElementaryWhittier, CA · 516 students
- Jordan Elementary SchoolAUSTIN, TX · 492 students
- Jordan Elementary SchoolCentralia, IL · 228 students
- Jordan Elementary SchoolJordan, MT · 84 students
Nearby schools
- JORDAN EARLY CHILDHOOD0.0 mi · 29
- Jordan High School0.2 mi · 619
- JORDAN MIDDLE0.2 mi · 528
- SWMetro RVEC Level 40.3 mi · 71
- SWMetro JAF2.8 mi · 2
- SWMetro East Union Reflections4.7 mi · 4
Frequently asked questions
About JORDAN ELEMENTARYHow large is JORDAN ELEMENTARY?
JORDAN ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 701 students in grades PK-04.
Is JORDAN ELEMENTARY an elementary, middle, or high school?
JORDAN ELEMENTARY is an elementary school covering grades PK-04.
How many teachers does JORDAN ELEMENTARY have?
JORDAN ELEMENTARY employs 49 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.3:1.
What is the student diversity at JORDAN ELEMENTARY?
Student demographics at JORDAN ELEMENTARY are roughly 76% White, 13% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is JORDAN ELEMENTARY public or private?
JORDAN ELEMENTARY is a public K-12 school, overseen by JORDAN PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.