Enrollment
234
Elementary
DISTRICT 231 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAKE OF THE WOODS SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 271757000808
LAKE OF THE WOODS ELEMENTARY
236 15TH AVE SW, BAUDETTE, MN 56623 · (218) 634-2510 · Lake of the Woods County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY43-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL234 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 9% 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.
- FBeats 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
13.5:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
83 students
DISTRICT 34% · 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 | 32 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 35 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 29 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 40 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 38 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 24 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 36 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (35) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (36).
Student demographics
30%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 31% · 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
LAKE OF THE WOODS ELEMENTARY→LAKE OF THE WOODS SECONDARY
Based on grade levels within LAKE OF THE WOODS SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
35.1%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
34.0%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of MN schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
30.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.0%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 46% typical for Minnesota schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 LAKE OF THE WOODS ELEMENTARY
LAKE OF THE WOODS ELEMENTARY's state test result (30.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAKE OF THE WOODS ELEMENTARY this school | 234 | 35.5% | 30.8% |
| Adams Elementary FERGUS FALLS | 254 | 35.4% | 59.6% |
| ALDEN-CONGER ELEMENTARY ALDEN | 229 | 34.5% | 38.1% |
| Trimont Elementary TRIMONT | 200 | 36.5% | 41.4% |
| WABASHA-KELLOGG ELEMENTARY WABASHA | 205 | 36.6% | 46.0% |
| WIN-E-MAC ELEMENTARY ERSKINE | 247 | 33.6% | 52.2% |
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 LAKE OF THE WOODS ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.8% | #666 of 844 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #647 of 844 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.1% | #647 of 844 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 234 | #748 of 1,130 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.5:1 | #372 of 769 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 30.3% | #576 of 796 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.5% | #598 of 942 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.5% | #452 of 499 |
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
234
-12 (-5%) vs 2020
-47% since 1990-91, when it was 440
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
was 11.2:1
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 | 234 | 17.3 | 13.5:1 | 35% (83) |
| 2023-24 | 228 | 18.4 | 12.4:1 | 50% (113) |
| 2022-23 | 255 | 17.7 | 14.4:1 | 45% (115) |
| 2020-21 | 246 | 22 | 11.2:1 | 26% (64) |
| 2017-18 | 240 | 20.3 | 11.8:1 | 50% (119) |
| 2015-16 | 267 | 19 | 14.1:1 | 55% (147) |
| 2010-11 | 282 | 19 | 14.8:1 | 56% (159) |
| 2000-01 | 403 | 29 | 13.9:1 | 44% (176) |
| 1990-91 | 440 | 31 | 14.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LAKE OF THE WOODS ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (240 to 234); teachers down 15% (20.3 to 17.3).
About LAKE OF THE WOODS ELEMENTARY
LAKE OF THE WOODS ELEMENTARY is a small elementary school in LAKE OF THE WOODS SCHOOL DISTRICT, located in BAUDETTE, Minnesota. In all, 234 students attend the school in pre-K through 5. It has 32% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in Minnesota (about 344).
Besides LAKE OF THE WOODS ELEMENTARY, LAKE OF THE WOODS SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 1 other school. The district enrolls 462 students.
At LAKE OF THE WOODS ELEMENTARY, 83% of students are White. The school is also 9% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, and 2% Asian. The diversity index for LAKE OF THE WOODS ELEMENTARY is 30%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school has 17.3 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 13.5 students per teacher. The ratio is within a point of the 13.7:1 average for elementary schools in Minnesota. The school reported 35% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. Public schools in Lake of the Woods County average a similar 34%.
On the allk12 Grade, LAKE OF THE WOODS ELEMENTARY lands at D, ahead of 9% of Minnesota public elementary schools.
A school in Minnesota with LAKE OF THE WOODS ELEMENTARY's free or reduced-price lunch share would be expected to score about 46.0%. LAKE OF THE WOODS ELEMENTARY scores 30.8%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Lake of the Woods County show that the median household earns about $77,546 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 25%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Lake of the Woods County has 3 public schools with about 467 students, including LAKE OF THE WOODS ELEMENTARY.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, LAKE OF THE WOODS SECONDARY, is less than a tenth of a mile. On average proficiency, LAKE OF THE WOODS ELEMENTARY is 3rd of 4 nearby schools with test data.
The school's locale code, Rural: Remote, means it is in rural territory far from an urban area.
From 246 students in 2020-21, enrollment fell to 234 by 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio increased from 11.2:1 to 13.5:1.
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Lake of the Woods County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
3,821
Census ACS
Median income
$77,546
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
3
467 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LAKE OF THE WOODS SCHOOL DISTRICT
- LAKE OF THE WOODS SECONDARYHigh · 228 students
Other schools in BAUDETTE
- LAKE OF THE WOODS SECONDARYHigh · 228 students
- INDUS ELEMENTARYCombined
- INDUS SECONDARYCombined
Nearby schools
- LAKE OF THE WOODS SECONDARY0.0 mi · 228
- WARROAD HIGH SCHOOL34.5 mi · 548
- Warroad Early Childhood Special Edu34.5 mi · 13
- WARROAD ELEMENTARY34.5 mi · 475
Frequently asked questions
About LAKE OF THE WOODS ELEMENTARYHow large is LAKE OF THE WOODS ELEMENTARY?
LAKE OF THE WOODS ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 234 students in grades PK-05.
Is LAKE OF THE WOODS ELEMENTARY an elementary, middle, or high school?
LAKE OF THE WOODS ELEMENTARY is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at LAKE OF THE WOODS ELEMENTARY?
Approximately 13.5:1 students per teacher at LAKE OF THE WOODS ELEMENTARY.
What is the student diversity at LAKE OF THE WOODS ELEMENTARY?
Student demographics at LAKE OF THE WOODS ELEMENTARY are roughly 83% White, 4% Hispanic, 0% Black, 2% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees LAKE OF THE WOODS ELEMENTARY?
LAKE OF THE WOODS ELEMENTARY is overseen by LAKE OF THE WOODS SCHOOL DISTRICT in Lake of the Woods County.
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