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JORDAN ELEMENTARY
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Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsWhat 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.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About JORDAN ELEMENTARY
JORDAN ELEMENTARY is a big elementary school in JORDAN, Minnesota, overseen by JORDAN PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school educates 701 students in grades pre-K through 4. Compared to the state average of about 344 students per school, that is 104% bigger than typical.
Within JORDAN PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 4 schools and 1,877 students, JORDAN ELEMENTARY is one campus in the system.
On demographics, JORDAN ELEMENTARY logs that White students make up the majority at 76%. The remainder comes out to 13% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 4% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Scott County as a whole.
On the resource side, The school reports having 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 29% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
After controlling for student poverty, JORDAN ELEMENTARY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 49.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 47.0%.
In the broader community, ACS estimates for Scott County put the typical household earns roughly $119,314 per year, 44% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 3%. Across Scott County's 66 public schools (combined enrollment of about 26,041 students), JORDAN ELEMENTARY is one campus in the mix.
JORDAN EARLY CHILDHOOD is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.
The school occupies a town-based site.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at JORDAN ELEMENTARY has climbed 10%, going from 635 students in 2018 to 701 in 2025.
On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
Scott County at a glance
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