Enrollment
346
Elementary
DISTRICT 380 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KIMBALL PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 271722000796
KIMBALL ELEMENTARY
405 HAZEL AVE E, KIMBALL, MN 55353 · (320) 398-5425 · Stearns County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL346 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
106 students
DISTRICT 25% · 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 | 16 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 49 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 58 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 57 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 64 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 58 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 44 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (49) is 11% larger than its 5th grade class (44).
Student demographics
15%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
KIMBALL ELEMENTARY→KIMBALL SECONDARY
Based on grade levels within KIMBALL PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
43.6%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
50.3%
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 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
42.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.6%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 KIMBALL ELEMENTARY
KIMBALL ELEMENTARY's state test result (42.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| KIMBALL ELEMENTARY this school | 346 | 30.6% | 42.9% |
| DASSEL ELEMENTARY DASSEL | 364 | 31.9% | 72.5% |
| EDEN VALLEY ELEMENTARY EDEN VALLEY | 383 | 31.1% | 55.2% |
| Zumbrota-Mazeppa Elementary School MAZEPPA | 349 | 28.9% | 67.2% |
| CALEDONIA ELEMENTARY CALEDONIA | 295 | 30.8% | 65.2% |
| Rice Elementary RICE | 357 | 33.3% | 41.7% |
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 KIMBALL ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Stearns County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.9% | #469 of 844 | #9 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.3% | #432 of 844 | #10 of 21 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.6% | #520 of 844 | #12 of 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 346 | #577 of 1,130 | #15 of 28 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #246 of 769 | #7 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 14.7% | #723 of 796 | #17 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.6% | #674 of 942 | #16 of 24 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.2% | #165 of 244 | #9 of 11 |
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
346
+58 (+20%) vs 2020
-35% since 1990-91, when it was 533
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 346 | 27.3 | 12.7:1 | 31% (106) |
| 2023-24 | 323 | 23.3 | 13.8:1 | 33% (107) |
| 2022-23 | 310 | 22.8 | 13.6:1 | 36% (111) |
| 2020-21 | 288 | 20 | 14.4:1 | 19% (54) |
| 2017-18 | 329 | 24.9 | 13.2:1 | 30% (98) |
| 2015-16 | 391 | 24 | 16.3:1 | 35% (138) |
| 2010-11 | 344 | 21 | 16.4:1 | 30% (102) |
| 2000-01 | 436 | 34 | 12.8:1 | 27% (119) |
| 1990-91 | 533 | 27 | 19.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for KIMBALL ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (329 to 346); teachers up 10% (24.9 to 27.3).
About KIMBALL ELEMENTARY
A mid-sized elementary school in KIMBALL, Minnesota, KIMBALL ELEMENTARY is part of KIMBALL PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. Enrollment stands at 346 students, covering pre-K through 5.
District-wide, KIMBALL PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT has 2 schools and 759 students.
Of every 100 students at KIMBALL ELEMENTARY, about 92 are White. The school is also 5% Hispanic. That is higher than the 82% White share among all Stearns County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 15%.
KIMBALL ELEMENTARY lists 27.3 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 12.7 students per teacher. The gap from the 13.7:1 average for elementary schools in Minnesota is 1.0 students per teacher. About 31% of students at KIMBALL ELEMENTARY are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 44% average for public schools in Stearns County is 13 points.
Test results at KIMBALL ELEMENTARY are 5.7 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (42.9% actual, 48.6% predicted).
For Stearns County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $77,066, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 29%, and about 8% of people live in poverty. There are 74 public schools in the county, enrolling about 24,160, KIMBALL ELEMENTARY among them.
Of the public schools around it, KIMBALL ELEMENTARY is closest to KIMBALL SECONDARY, about 0.4 miles away. The count of other public schools within ten miles is 5. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 52.5%; KIMBALL ELEMENTARY's is 42.9%, ranking 6th of 7.
The school's federal locale classification is Rural: Distant.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has grown 20%, from 288 to 346. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 14.4:1 to 12.7:1.
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Stearns County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
160,865
Census ACS
Median income
$77,066
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
74
24,160 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in KIMBALL PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
- KIMBALL SECONDARYHigh · 413 students
Other Kimball Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 7 states are named Kimball Elementary. KIMBALL ELEMENTARY is the 3rd largest of the 7.
- Kimball ElementaryAntioch, CA · 450 students
- Kimball Elementary SchoolSEATTLE, WA · 384 students
- Kimball Elementary SchoolWashington, DC · 330 students
- Kimball Elementary SchoolMESQUITE, TX · 208 students
- Kimball Elementary SchoolKimball, WV · 164 students
Nearby schools
- KIMBALL SECONDARY0.4 mi · 413
- WATKINS ELEMENTARY5.8 mi · 60
- ANNANDALE MIDDLE SCHOOL9.1 mi · 466
- ANNANDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL9.4 mi · 929
- ANNANDALE SENIOR HIGH9.6 mi · 611
- Sholund School for Girls10.2 mi · 8
Frequently asked questions
About KIMBALL ELEMENTARYHow large is KIMBALL ELEMENTARY?
KIMBALL ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 346 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does KIMBALL ELEMENTARY serve?
KIMBALL ELEMENTARY serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does KIMBALL ELEMENTARY have?
KIMBALL ELEMENTARY employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.7:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at KIMBALL ELEMENTARY?
At KIMBALL ELEMENTARY, the student body is approximately 92% White, 5% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is KIMBALL ELEMENTARY public or private?
KIMBALL ELEMENTARY is a public K-12 school, overseen by KIMBALL PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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