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Enrollment
390
Elementary
DISTRICT 198 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DEER RIVER PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 271014000434
KING ELEMENTARY
500 5TH ST SE, DEER RIVER, MN 56636 · (218) 246-8860 · Itasca County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL390 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
8.5:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 6.8:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
265 students
DISTRICT 68% · STATE 48%
Community
1
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 | 50 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 60 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 52 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 60 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 56 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 60 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 52 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (60) is 15% larger than its 5th grade class (52).
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
KING ELEMENTARY→DEER RIVER SECONDARY
Based on grade levels within DEER RIVER PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
56.0%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
63.5%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of MN schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
55.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.5%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+26.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 29% typical for Minnesota schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 27 points, placing it in Minnesota's top 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 KING ELEMENTARY
KING ELEMENTARY's state test result (55.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| KING ELEMENTARY this school | 390 | 67.9% | 55.3% |
| W.H.A. Elementary WALKER | 369 | 61.8% | 33.7% |
| HINCKLEY ELEMENTARY HINCKLEY | 395 | 63.3% | 34.9% |
| LAURA MACARTHUR ELEMENTARY DULUTH | 277 | 69.7% | 26.2% |
| BAGLEY ELEMENTARY BAGLEY | 482 | 59.1% | 32.5% |
| PIEDMONT ELEMENTARY DULUTH | 410 | 58.3% | 54.3% |
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 KING ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Itasca County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.3% | #236 of 844 | #3 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.5% | #207 of 844 | #1 of 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #276 of 844 | #3 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 390 | #502 of 1,130 | #3 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.5:1 | #15 of 769 | #1 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.3% | #252 of 796 | #1 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.9% | #175 of 942 | #1 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.9% | #115 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
390
-66 (-14%) vs 2020
-25% since 1990-91, when it was 520
Student : Teacher
8.5:1
was 11.7:1
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 | 390 | 45.8 | 8.5:1 | 68% (265) |
| 2023-24 | 396 | 42.7 | 9.3:1 | 71% (282) |
| 2022-23 | 424 | 44.2 | 9.6:1 | 72% (306) |
| 2020-21 | 456 | 39 | 11.7:1 | 68% (309) |
| 2017-18 | 506 | 41.7 | 12.2:1 | 69% (349) |
| 2015-16 | 457 | 39 | 11.7:1 | 69% (315) |
| 2010-11 | 411 | 31 | 13.3:1 | 72% (296) |
| 2000-01 | 469 | 29 | 16.2:1 | 56% (261) |
| 1990-91 | 520 | 28 | 18.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for KING ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (506 to 390); teachers up 10% (41.7 to 45.8).
About KING ELEMENTARY
KING ELEMENTARY is a mid-sized elementary school found in DEER RIVER, Minnesota. The school counted 390 students in 2024-25, covering pre-K through 5.
DEER RIVER PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT is made up of 4 schools with 833 students in all.
At KING ELEMENTARY, 52% of students are White. Smaller groups are 26% Native American and 19% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Itasca County is roughly 89% White. The diversity index for KING ELEMENTARY is 62%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school had 45.8 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 8.5:1. The gap from the 13.7:1 average for elementary schools in Minnesota is 5.2 students per teacher. The school reported 68% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That is 20 points above the 48% average for public schools in Itasca County.
KING ELEMENTARY beats its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results by 26.8 points (55.3% versus 28.5%), a top-10% result in Minnesota on BeatsExpectations.
Census data for Itasca County show median household income comes to about $68,603, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 26%, and about 8% of people live in poverty. There are 26 public schools in the county, enrolling about 6,407, KING ELEMENTARY among them.
About 0.4 miles separate KING ELEMENTARY from the closest public school, Deer River Schools SPED. A five-mile radius around the school includes 3 other public schools. Local comparison: KING ELEMENTARY ranks 2nd of 4 nearby schools, at 55.3% versus a 43.5% average.
For locale, NCES codes KING ELEMENTARY as Rural: Distant.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 14%, from 456 to 390. Students per teacher dropped from 11.7 in 2020-21 to 8.5 in 2024-25.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about open houses, carpools, and field trips at KING ELEMENTARY. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 DEER RIVER PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
- DEER RIVER SECONDARYHigh · 425 students
- Deer River High School ALPHigh · 13 students
- Deer River Schools SPEDElementary · 5 students
Other schools in DEER RIVER
- DEER RIVER SECONDARYHigh · 425 students
- Deer River High School ALPHigh · 13 students
- Deer River Schools SPEDElementary · 5 students
Other King Elementary schools
15 other US public schools in 13 states are named King Elementary. KING ELEMENTARY is the 7th largest of the 16.
- King ElementaryStockton, CA · 942 students
- King ElementaryLong Beach, CA · 598 students
- King ElementaryFresno, CA · 566 students
- King Elementary SchoolDorchester, MA · 464 students
- KING ELEMENTARY SCHOOLVAN BUREN, AR · 437 students
Nearby schools
- Deer River Schools SPED0.4 mi · 5
- Deer River High School ALP0.5 mi · 13
- DEER RIVER SECONDARY0.5 mi · 425
- COHASSET ELEMENTARY9.0 mi · 312
- West Rapids Elementary12.7 mi · 612
- GRAND RAPIDS SENIOR HIGH12.8 mi · 1,091
Frequently asked questions
About KING ELEMENTARYHow large is KING ELEMENTARY?
KING ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 390 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does KING ELEMENTARY serve?
KING ELEMENTARY serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at KING ELEMENTARY?
The student-to-teacher ratio at KING ELEMENTARY is approximately 8.5:1 (46 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at KING ELEMENTARY?
At KING ELEMENTARY, the student body is approximately 52% White, 2% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 19% Two or more.
Who oversees KING ELEMENTARY?
KING ELEMENTARY is overseen by DEER RIVER PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT in Itasca County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.