Enrollment
313
Elementary
DISTRICT 271 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NASHWAUK-KEEWATIN SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 272331001136
Keewatin-Nashwauk Elementary School
300 W 3RD AVE, KEEWATIN, MN 55753 · (218) 778-1280 · Itasca County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL313 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 30% of Minnesota public elementary schools
- CTest 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
12.1:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.5:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
165 students
DISTRICT 52% · 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 | 30 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 33 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 41 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 33 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 48 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 46 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 46 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 36 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (33) is 8% smaller than its 6th grade class (36).
Student demographics
25%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 28% · 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
Keewatin-Nashwauk Elementary School→NASHWAUK SECONDARY
Based on grade levels within NASHWAUK-KEEWATIN SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
43.6%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
32.6%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 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
36.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.7%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 Keewatin-Nashwauk Elementary School
Keewatin-Nashwauk Elementary School's state test result (36.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keewatin-Nashwauk Elementary School this school | 313 | 52.7% | 36.7% |
| Staples-Motley Elementary STAPLES | 308 | 55.8% | 38.3% |
| Bertha Elementary BERTHA | 293 | 51.2% | 46.3% |
| GARFIELD ELEMENTARY BRAINERD | 250 | 52.4% | 34.1% |
| Parkview Elementary VIRGINIA | 336 | 52.4% | N/A |
| CLEARBROOK-GONVICK ELEMENTARY CLEARBROOK | 254 | 51.6% | 44.9% |
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 Keewatin-Nashwauk Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Itasca County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.7% | #583 of 844 | #6 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.6% | #664 of 844 | #6 of 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.6% | #522 of 844 | #6 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 313 | #617 of 1,130 | #5 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.1:1 | #191 of 769 | #2 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 24.9% | #631 of 796 | #5 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.7% | #297 of 942 | #4 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.1% | #263 of 499 | 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
313
-3 (-1%) vs 2020
-17% since 1990-91, when it was 378
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
was 13.2:1
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 | 313 | 25.9 | 12.1:1 | 53% (165) |
| 2023-24 | 334 | 21.3 | 15.7:1 | 53% (177) |
| 2022-23 | 332 | 22.5 | 14.7:1 | 53% (176) |
| 2020-21 | 316 | 24 | 13.2:1 | 51% (161) |
| 2017-18 | 360 | 24.6 | 14.6:1 | 54% (193) |
| 2015-16 | 335 | 23 | 14.6:1 | 61% (204) |
| 2010-11 | 322 | 19 | 16.9:1 | 53% (170) |
| 2000-01 | 355 | 23 | 15.4:1 | 43% (153) |
| 1990-91 | 378 | 20 | 18.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Keewatin-Nashwauk Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (360 to 313); teachers up 5% (24.6 to 25.9).
About Keewatin-Nashwauk Elementary School
Keewatin-Nashwauk Elementary School sits in KEEWATIN, Minnesota, and is classified as an elementary school. It offers pre-K through 6 and has 313 students enrolled.
NASHWAUK-KEEWATIN SCHOOL DISTRICT has a total of 2 schools and 541 students, Keewatin-Nashwauk Elementary School among them.
By race and ethnicity, Keewatin-Nashwauk Elementary School is 86% White. Other groups include 11% multiracial. In Itasca County overall, the White share is about 89%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 25, compared with 70 nationally.
Keewatin-Nashwauk Elementary School has 25.9 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.1:1. The gap from the 13.7:1 average for elementary schools in Minnesota is 1.6 students per teacher. At Keewatin-Nashwauk Elementary School, 53% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25.
Keewatin-Nashwauk Elementary School holds a C allk12 Grade, placing it above 30% of Minnesota public elementary schools.
A school with Keewatin-Nashwauk Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in Minnesota is predicted to score 36.7%. Keewatin-Nashwauk Elementary School scores 36.7%, within a point of that line.
Itasca County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $68,603, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Itasca County's 26 public schools enroll about 6,407 students and include Keewatin-Nashwauk Elementary School.
Among nearby public schools, NASHWAUK SECONDARY is closest at about 4.4 miles. Other public schools within ten miles number 7. Nearby schools with test data average 39.5% proficiency; Keewatin-Nashwauk Elementary School posts 36.7%.
For locale, NCES codes Keewatin-Nashwauk Elementary School as Rural: Distant.
Keewatin-Nashwauk Elementary School had 316 students in 2020-21 and 313 in 2024-25, nearly the same. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (12.1:1) than in 2020-21 (13.2:1).
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Itasca County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
45,275
Census ACS
Median income
$68,603
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
26
6,407 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in NASHWAUK-KEEWATIN SCHOOL DISTRICT
- NASHWAUK SECONDARYHigh · 228 students
- NASHWAUK-KEEWATIN ALPHigh
Nearby schools
- NASHWAUK SECONDARY4.4 mi · 228
- Greenhaven Elementary6.7 mi · 312
- Mesabi Area Learning Center7.1 mi · 24
- Hibbing High7.1 mi · 829
- Lincoln Middle School7.3 mi · 647
- Hibbing Early Learning Center7.4 mi · 110
Frequently asked questions
About Keewatin-Nashwauk Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Keewatin-Nashwauk Elementary School?
Keewatin-Nashwauk Elementary School enrolls approximately 313 students in grades PK-06.
Is Keewatin-Nashwauk Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Keewatin-Nashwauk Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many teachers does Keewatin-Nashwauk Elementary School have?
Keewatin-Nashwauk Elementary School employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.1:1.
How diverse is Keewatin-Nashwauk Elementary School?
Keewatin-Nashwauk Elementary School reports a student body of 86% White, 2% Hispanic, 1% Black, 11% Two or more.
What district is Keewatin-Nashwauk Elementary School in?
Keewatin-Nashwauk Elementary School is part of NASHWAUK-KEEWATIN SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.