Enrollment
249
Elementary
DISTRICT 221 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LANESBORO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 271791000823
LANESBORO ELEMENTARY
100 KIRKWOOD ST E, LANESBORO, MN 55949 · (507) 467-2229 · Fillmore County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL249 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 33% 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.
- CBeats 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
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
99 students
DISTRICT 35% · 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 | 5 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 30 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 32 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 41 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 40 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 41 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 37 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 23 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (30) is 30% larger than its 6th grade class (23).
Student demographics
10%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 10% · 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
LANESBORO ELEMENTARY→LANESBORO SECONDARY
Based on grade levels within LANESBORO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
45.7%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
50.0%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 46 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
41.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.7%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 LANESBORO ELEMENTARY
LANESBORO ELEMENTARY's state test result (41.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LANESBORO ELEMENTARY this school | 249 | 39.8% | 41.2% |
| HOUSTON ELEMENTARY HOUSTON | 247 | 40.1% | 60.3% |
| VERNDALE ELEMENTARY VERNDALE | 253 | 41.5% | 42.3% |
| RED ROCK CENTRAL ELEMENTARY LAMBERTON | 244 | 40.6% | 56.3% |
| MOOSE LAKE ELEMENTARY MOOSE LAKE | 285 | 39.3% | 41.4% |
| RUSHFORD-PETERSON ELEMENTARY RUSHFORD | 266 | 36.8% | 47.2% |
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 LANESBORO ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Fillmore County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.2% | #504 of 844 | #6 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #438 of 844 | #6 of 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.7% | #476 of 844 | #6 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 249 | #725 of 1,130 | #5 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #452 of 769 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 10.1% | #764 of 796 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 39.8% | #514 of 942 | #3 of 6 |
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
249
+43 (+21%) vs 2020
+19% since 1990-91, when it was 209
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 18.7:1
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 | 249 | 17.6 | 14.2:1 | 40% (99) |
| 2023-24 | 253 | 19.9 | 12.7:1 | 39% (98) |
| 2022-23 | 251 | 10.8 | 23.3:1 | 45% (112) |
| 2020-21 | 206 | 11 | 18.7:1 | 28% (57) |
| 2017-18 | 195 | 12.1 | 16.1:1 | 41% (80) |
| 2015-16 | 187 | 11 | 17.0:1 | 43% (81) |
| 2010-11 | 184 | 10 | 18.4:1 | 41% (75) |
| 2000-01 | 186 | 13 | 14.3:1 | 46% (85) |
| 1990-91 | 209 | 13 | 16.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LANESBORO ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students up 28% (195 to 249); teachers up 45% (12.1 to 17.6).
About LANESBORO ELEMENTARY
LANESBORO ELEMENTARY is a small elementary school serving families in LANESBORO, Minnesota. Total enrollment is 249 students, and the grades served are pre-K through 6. By comparison, elementary schools in Minnesota enroll about 344 students on average.
LANESBORO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT serves 442 students across 2 schools.
The share of White students at LANESBORO ELEMENTARY is 95%. Enrollment also includes 2% multiracial. In Fillmore County overall, the White share is about 95%. The diversity index for LANESBORO ELEMENTARY is 10%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
LANESBORO ELEMENTARY has 17.6 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.2:1. The ratio is within a point of the 13.7:1 average for elementary schools in Minnesota. The school has 40% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, LANESBORO ELEMENTARY lands at C, ahead of 33% of Minnesota public elementary schools.
In Minnesota, LANESBORO ELEMENTARY is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 41.2% actual against a predicted 43.7%.
Census data for Fillmore County show the median household earns about $77,512 a year, roughly 24% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Public schools in Fillmore County number 15, with about 2,946 students.
Measured in a straight line, LANESBORO SECONDARY is less than a tenth of a mile from LANESBORO ELEMENTARY. Other public schools within ten miles: 2. Nearby schools with test data average 44.7% proficiency; LANESBORO ELEMENTARY posts 41.2%.
By NCES locale, the school is Rural: Remote, or in rural territory far from an urban area.
Enrollment was 249 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 206. The ratio of students to teachers went from 18.7:1 to 14.2:1 over the same years.
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Fillmore County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
21,414
Census ACS
Median income
$77,512
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
2,946 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LANESBORO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
- LANESBORO SECONDARYHigh · 193 students
Nearby schools
- LANESBORO SECONDARY0.0 mi · 193
- FILLMORE CENTRAL ELEMENTARY6.4 mi · 311
- FILLMORE CENTRAL SENIOR HIGH11.5 mi · 264
- CHATFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL13.0 mi · 469
- RUSHFORD-PETERSON ELEMENTARY13.5 mi · 266
- RUSHFORD-PETERSON MIDDLE13.5 mi · 145
Frequently asked questions
About LANESBORO ELEMENTARYHow many students attend LANESBORO ELEMENTARY?
LANESBORO ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 249 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does LANESBORO ELEMENTARY serve?
LANESBORO ELEMENTARY serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many teachers does LANESBORO ELEMENTARY have?
LANESBORO ELEMENTARY employs 18 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.2:1.
How diverse is LANESBORO ELEMENTARY?
LANESBORO ELEMENTARY reports a student body of 95% White, 2% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is LANESBORO ELEMENTARY public or private?
LANESBORO ELEMENTARY is a public K-12 school, overseen by LANESBORO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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