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What's something LINDBERGH ELEMENTARY does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
473
Elementary
DISTRICT 356 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LITTLE FALLS COMMUNITY SCHOOLS·NCES 271824000961
LINDBERGH ELEMENTARY
101 9TH ST SE, LITTLE FALLS, MN 56345 · (320) 616-3200 · Morrison County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL473 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 37% 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.
- 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
13.0:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
216 students
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 48%
Community
5
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 169 | 36% |
| Grade 4 | 140 | 30% |
| Grade 5 | 164 | 35% |
Student demographics
20%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 19% · 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
LINDBERGH ELEMENTARY→COMMUNITY MIDDLE
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Little Falls Community Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
42.5%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
49.7%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 43 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
40.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.5%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 LINDBERGH ELEMENTARY
LINDBERGH ELEMENTARY's state test result (40.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LINDBERGH ELEMENTARY this school | 473 | 45.7% | 40.7% |
| NEW YORK MILLS ELEMENTARY NEW YORK MILLS | 460 | 43.9% | 58.1% |
| Rippleside Elementary AITKIN | 476 | 47.3% | 54.8% |
| Cuyuna Range Elementary CROSBY | 533 | 47.7% | 39.2% |
| Laurentian Elementary EVELETH | 488 | 42.2% | 54.9% |
| FRAZEE ELEMENTARY FRAZEE | 453 | 47.9% | 46.9% |
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 LINDBERGH ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Morrison County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.7% | #515 of 844 | #4 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.7% | #445 of 844 | #4 of 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.5% | #552 of 844 | #5 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 473 | #341 of 1,130 | #3 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #296 of 769 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.1% | #673 of 796 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.7% | #391 of 942 | #2 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.4% | #176 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
473
-35 (-7%) vs 2020
-32% since 2000-01, when it was 693
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 13.4:1
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 | 473 | 36.3 | 13.0:1 | 46% (216) |
| 2023-24 | 473 | 35 | 13.5:1 | 57% (268) |
| 2022-23 | 503 | 34.5 | 14.6:1 | 58% (293) |
| 2020-21 | 508 | 38 | 13.4:1 | 39% (200) |
| 2017-18 | 580 | 42 | 13.8:1 | 48% (277) |
| 2015-16 | 669 | 47 | 14.2:1 | 47% (316) |
| 2010-11 | 592 | 41 | 14.4:1 | 48% (283) |
| 2000-01 | 693 | 45 | 15.4:1 | 40% (274) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LINDBERGH ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (580 to 473); teachers down 13% (42 to 36.3).
About LINDBERGH ELEMENTARY
LINDBERGH ELEMENTARY is a medium-sized elementary school in Little Falls Community Schools, located in LITTLE FALLS, Minnesota. Classes run from 3 through 5, and the school has 473 students. Against the 344-student average for elementary schools in Minnesota, enrollment here is 38% higher.
Little Falls Community Schools is the local district for LINDBERGH ELEMENTARY. It runs 6 schools with 2,424 students.
White students are the large majority at LINDBERGH ELEMENTARY, with 89% of enrollment. The next largest groups are 4% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 3% Black. LINDBERGH ELEMENTARY has a diversity index of 20%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school employs the equivalent of 36.3 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 13.0:1. Across elementary schools in Minnesota, the average ratio is about 13.7:1. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at LINDBERGH ELEMENTARY is 46%. Across public schools in Morrison County, the average is 35%.
LINDBERGH ELEMENTARY is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 37% of Minnesota public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
After adjusting for student poverty, LINDBERGH ELEMENTARY lands between the top and bottom 10% of Minnesota schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 40.7%; the prediction is 40.5%.
Federal survey data for Morrison County show that median household income is about $69,446, about 19% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. A total of 28 public schools operate in Morrison County, serving about 5,330 students.
The closest public school, COMMUNITY MIDDLE, is about 0.1 miles from LINDBERGH ELEMENTARY. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Town: Distant: in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 473 was 7% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 508.
Community posts for LINDBERGH ELEMENTARY can cover sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Morrison County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
34,249
Census ACS
Median income
$69,446
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
28
5,330 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Little Falls Community Schools
- LITTLE FALLS SENIOR HIGHHigh · 747 students
- COMMUNITY MIDDLEMiddle · 496 students
- LINCOLN ELEMENTARYElementary · 477 students
- KNIGHT ELEMENTARYElementary · 119 students
- LITTLE FALLS CONTINUING EDUCATIONHigh · 112 students
- Out of State Care and TreatmentCombined
Other schools in LITTLE FALLS
- LITTLE FALLS SENIOR HIGHHigh · 747 students
- COMMUNITY MIDDLEMiddle · 496 students
- LINCOLN ELEMENTARYElementary · 477 students
- LITTLE FALLS CONTINUING EDUCATIONHigh · 112 students
- MSED Birth to 3Elementary · 14 students
- WIN-High SchoolHigh · 14 students
Other Lindbergh Elementary schools
8 other US public schools in 9 states are named Lindbergh Elementary. LINDBERGH ELEMENTARY is the 4th largest of the 9.
- Lindbergh Elementary SchoolPALISADES PARK, NJ · 762 students
- Lindbergh ElementaryLynwood, CA · 552 students
- Lindbergh Elementary SchoolTulsa, OK · 492 students
- Lindbergh Elementary SchoolMESA, AZ · 442 students
- LINDBERGH ELEM.ST JOSEPH, MO · 431 students
Nearby schools
- COMMUNITY MIDDLE0.1 mi · 496
- LITTLE FALLS CONTINUING EDUCATION0.2 mi · 112
- LITTLE FALLS SENIOR HIGH0.2 mi · 747
- MSED Birth to 31.3 mi · 14
- SUN Program1.3 mi · 9
- WIN-Elementary School1.3 mi · 9
Frequently asked questions
About LINDBERGH ELEMENTARYHow many students attend LINDBERGH ELEMENTARY?
LINDBERGH ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 473 students in grades 03-05.
What grades does LINDBERGH ELEMENTARY serve?
LINDBERGH ELEMENTARY serves grades 03-05.
How many teachers does LINDBERGH ELEMENTARY have?
LINDBERGH ELEMENTARY employs 36 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.0:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at LINDBERGH ELEMENTARY?
At LINDBERGH ELEMENTARY, the student body is approximately 89% White, 4% Hispanic, 3% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is LINDBERGH ELEMENTARY public or private?
LINDBERGH ELEMENTARY is a public K-12 school, overseen by Little Falls Community Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.