Enrollment
96
Elementary
DISTRICT 90 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TRI-COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 279144602313
KARLSTAD ELEMENTARY
303 PEMBINA TRL S, KARLSTAD, MN 56732 · (218) 436-2374 · Kittson County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL96 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 34% of Minnesota public elementary schools
- C+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
14.2:1
7 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.5:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
46 students
DISTRICT 50% · 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 | 9 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 15 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 11 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 15 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 9 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 13 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 14 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 10 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (15) is 50% larger than its 6th grade class (10).
Student demographics
12%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 13% · 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
KARLSTAD ELEMENTARY→TRI-COUNTY SECONDARY
Based on grade levels within TRI-COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
41.3%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
50.0%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 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
38.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.3%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 KARLSTAD ELEMENTARY
KARLSTAD ELEMENTARY's state test result (38.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| KARLSTAD ELEMENTARY this school | 96 | 47.9% | 38.8% |
| NEWFOLDEN ELEMENTARY NEWFOLDEN | 93 | 44.1% | 50.9% |
| Minnesota New Country Elementary HENDERSON | 81 | 44.4% | 23.8% |
| MARBLE EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER MARBLE | 78 | 43.6% | N/A |
| CHOKIO-ALBERTA ELEMENTARY CHOKIO | 73 | 43.8% | 40.2% |
| GLACIAL HILLS ELEMENTARY STARBUCK | 97 | 51.5% | 48.7% |
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 KARLSTAD ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota |
|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 96 | #947 of 1,130 |
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
96
-38 (-28%) vs 2020
-41% since 2000-01, when it was 163
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 13.4:1
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 | 96 | 6.7 | 14.2:1 | 48% (46) |
| 2023-24 | 93 | 8.3 | 11.2:1 | 54% (50) |
| 2022-23 | 115 | 9 | 12.7:1 | 56% (64) |
| 2020-21 | 134 | 10 | 13.4:1 | 43% (57) |
| 2017-18 | 113 | 10.9 | 10.4:1 | 50% (56) |
| 2015-16 | 96 | 9 | 10.7:1 | 57% (55) |
| 2010-11 | 120 | 11 | 10.9:1 | 61% (73) |
| 2000-01 | 163 | 12 | 13.6:1 | 56% (92) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for KARLSTAD ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (113 to 96); teachers down 38% (10.9 to 6.7).
About KARLSTAD ELEMENTARY
KARLSTAD ELEMENTARY is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in KARLSTAD, Minnesota. Enrollment totals 96 students across pre-K through 6. That puts enrollment 72% below the 344-student average for elementary schools in Minnesota.
The district, TRI-COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, has 179 students enrolled across 2 schools.
A large majority of enrollment at KARLSTAD ELEMENTARY is White, at 94%. The school is also 2% Asian. Among Kittson County residents, the White share is about 93%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, KARLSTAD ELEMENTARY scores 12%.
On staff are 6.7 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 14.2:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Minnesota is similar, at 13.7:1. KARLSTAD ELEMENTARY has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 48%.
Among Minnesota public elementary schools, KARLSTAD ELEMENTARY outscored 34%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
Compared with Minnesota schools that have similar shares of low-income students, KARLSTAD ELEMENTARY's results are within a point of predicted: 38.8% against 39.3%.
In the surrounding county, Kittson County, median household income comes to about $76,100, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 29% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 4%. The county has 6 public schools and about 634 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, TRI-COUNTY SECONDARY, is less than a tenth of a mile. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, KARLSTAD ELEMENTARY is 7th on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as Rural: Remote. That means it sits in rural territory far from an urban area.
The school's enrollment decreased 28% from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
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Kittson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
4,084
Census ACS
Median income
$76,100
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
6
634 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Nearby schools
- TRI-COUNTY SECONDARY0.0 mi · 83
- Marshall County Central Middle Scho17.3 mi · 78
- MARSHALL COUNTY CENTRAL HIGH17.3 mi · 215
- NEWFOLDEN ELEMENTARY17.4 mi · 93
- GREENBUSH ELEMENTARY17.7 mi · 120
- Greenbush-Middle River Secondary17.7 mi · 102
Frequently asked questions
About KARLSTAD ELEMENTARYHow many students attend KARLSTAD ELEMENTARY?
KARLSTAD ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 96 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does KARLSTAD ELEMENTARY serve?
KARLSTAD ELEMENTARY serves grades PK-06.
How many students per teacher at KARLSTAD ELEMENTARY?
Approximately 14.2:1 students per teacher at KARLSTAD ELEMENTARY.
What is the student diversity at KARLSTAD ELEMENTARY?
Student demographics at KARLSTAD ELEMENTARY are roughly 94% White, 1% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees KARLSTAD ELEMENTARY?
KARLSTAD ELEMENTARY is overseen by TRI-COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT in Kittson County.
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