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Enrollment
423
Elementary
DISTRICT 226 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAKE CRYSTAL-WELLCOME MEMORIAL·NCES 279144502308
Lk Crystal Wellcome Memorial El
502 E WATONWAN ST, LAKE CRYSTAL, MN 56055 · (507) 726-2320 · Blue Earth County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL423 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 92% of Minnesota public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
10.9:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.9:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
106 students
DISTRICT 29% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 84 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 59 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 61 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 69 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 68 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 82 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (84) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (82).
Student demographics
19%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 17% · 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
Lk Crystal Wellcome Memorial El→Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial Sec
Based on grade levels within LAKE CRYSTAL-WELLCOME MEMORIAL. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
69.5%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
80.5%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 81 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
65.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.6%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 52% 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 14 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 Lk Crystal Wellcome Memorial El
Lk Crystal Wellcome Memorial El's state test result (65.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lk Crystal Wellcome Memorial El this school | 423 | 25.1% | 65.2% |
| GOODHUE ELEMENTARY GOODHUE | 416 | 26.2% | 54.0% |
| Bear Cave Intermediate School STEWARTVILLE | 436 | 25.0% | 53.9% |
| CLEVELAND ELEMENTARY CLEVELAND | 390 | 23.3% | 55.1% |
| Linwood Elementary WYOMING | 400 | 24.5% | 50.8% |
| CANNON FALLS ELEMENTARY CANNON FALLS | 519 | 23.9% | 44.5% |
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 Lk Crystal Wellcome Memorial El ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Blue Earth County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.2% | #74 of 844 | #1 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 80.5% | #28 of 844 | #2 of 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.5% | #58 of 844 | #1 of 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 423 | #437 of 1,130 | #3 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.9:1 | #88 of 769 | #1 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 19.1% | #684 of 796 | #8 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 25.1% | #752 of 942 | #10 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.0% | #323 of 499 | #8 of 8 |
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
423
+1 (+0%) vs 2020
+21% since 2000-01, when it was 351
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
was 11.1:1
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 | 423 | 38.8 | 10.9:1 | 25% (106) |
| 2023-24 | 432 | 38.8 | 11.1:1 | 31% (134) |
| 2022-23 | 439 | 37.2 | 11.8:1 | 31% (137) |
| 2020-21 | 422 | 38 | 11.1:1 | 19% (82) |
| 2017-18 | 470 | 36.4 | 12.9:1 | 29% (136) |
| 2015-16 | 508 | 36 | 14.1:1 | 30% (150) |
| 2010-11 | 420 | 31 | 13.6:1 | 36% (153) |
| 2000-01 | 351 | 24 | 14.6:1 | 28% (97) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lk Crystal Wellcome Memorial El.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (470 to 423); teachers up 7% (36.4 to 38.8).
About Lk Crystal Wellcome Memorial El
Lk Crystal Wellcome Memorial El is an elementary school in LAKE CRYSTAL, Minnesota, according to federal school records. It offers pre-K through 5 and has 423 students enrolled. Elementary schools in Minnesota have about 344 students on average; enrollment here is 23% higher.
The 3 schools in LAKE CRYSTAL-WELLCOME MEMORIAL enroll 957 students altogether, Lk Crystal Wellcome Memorial El among them.
The share of White students at Lk Crystal Wellcome Memorial El is 90%. The remaining shares are 8% Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 19%.
The school's 38.8 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.9:1. Elementary schools in Minnesota average 13.7:1, 2.8 more students per teacher than here. Income data for the school show 25% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is below the 37% average among public schools in Blue Earth County.
Among Minnesota public elementary schools, Lk Crystal Wellcome Memorial El outscored 92%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Lk Crystal Wellcome Memorial El is in the top 10% of Minnesota schools: 65.2% actual against 51.6% predicted.
In Blue Earth County, home to about 69,871 people, the median household earns about $74,477 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Public schools in Blue Earth County number 31, with about 9,034 students.
The closest school to Lk Crystal Wellcome Memorial El is Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial Sec, located about 0.9 miles away. Lk Crystal Wellcome Memorial El is one of several public schools in the area, with 2 others within five miles. Local comparison: Lk Crystal Wellcome Memorial El ranks 1st of 6 nearby schools, at 65.2% versus a 51.1% average.
For locale, NCES codes Lk Crystal Wellcome Memorial El as Rural: Distant.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 422 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 423.
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Blue Earth County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
69,871
Census ACS
Median income
$74,477
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
31
9,034 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LAKE CRYSTAL-WELLCOME MEMORIAL
- Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial SecHigh · 506 students
- LCWM ECSEElementary · 28 students
- LCWM ALPHigh
Other schools in LAKE CRYSTAL
- Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial SecHigh · 506 students
- LCWM ECSEElementary · 28 students
- LCWM ALPHigh
Nearby schools
- Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial Sec0.9 mi · 506
- LCWM ECSE0.9 mi · 28
- HOOVER ELEMENTARY9.7 mi · 461
- Futures Sun9.9 mi · 21
- Dakota Meadows Middle School10.0 mi · 852
- ROOSEVELT ELEMENTARY10.2 mi · 302
Frequently asked questions
About Lk Crystal Wellcome Memorial ElHow many students attend Lk Crystal Wellcome Memorial El?
Lk Crystal Wellcome Memorial El enrolls approximately 423 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Lk Crystal Wellcome Memorial El serve?
Lk Crystal Wellcome Memorial El serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lk Crystal Wellcome Memorial El?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lk Crystal Wellcome Memorial El is approximately 10.9:1 (39 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Lk Crystal Wellcome Memorial El?
Student demographics at Lk Crystal Wellcome Memorial El are roughly 90% White, 8% Hispanic, 0% Black, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Lk Crystal Wellcome Memorial El?
Lk Crystal Wellcome Memorial El is overseen by LAKE CRYSTAL-WELLCOME MEMORIAL in Blue Earth County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.