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What's the one class at Long Prairie-Grey Eagle Elementary every student should take?
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Enrollment
518
Elementary
DISTRICT 492 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LONG PRAIRIE-GREY EAGLE SCHOOL DIST·NCES 270010900680
Long Prairie-Grey Eagle Elementary
205 2ND ST S, LONG PRAIRIE, MN 56347 · (320) 732-2194 · Todd County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL518 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 9% of Minnesota public elementary schools
- DTest 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
10.7:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.7:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
383 students
DISTRICT 70% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 22 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 70 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 61 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 71 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 71 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 72 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 79 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is 11% smaller than its 6th grade class (79).
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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
Long Prairie-Grey Eagle Elementary→Long Prairie-Grey Eagle Secondary
Based on grade levels within Long Prairie-Grey Eagle School Dist. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
25.6%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
17.7%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 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
20.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.3%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% 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 Long Prairie-Grey Eagle Elementary
Long Prairie-Grey Eagle Elementary's state test result (20.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Long Prairie-Grey Eagle Elementary this school | 518 | 73.9% | 20.4% |
| Lakeland Elementary School WILLMAR | 623 | 72.2% | 22.5% |
| Round Lake-Brewster Elementary BREWSTER | 377 | 73.2% | 34.2% |
| Valley View Elementary COLUMBIA HEIGHTS | 568 | 79.2% | 13.2% |
| Intermediate School WORTHINGTON | 705 | 70.4% | 27.9% |
| PRAIRIE ELEMENTARY WORTHINGTON | 690 | 73.2% | N/A |
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 Long Prairie-Grey Eagle Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.4% | #761 of 844 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.7% | #768 of 844 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.6% | #746 of 844 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 518 | #270 of 1,130 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.7:1 | #70 of 769 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.8% | #369 of 796 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.9% | #131 of 942 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +11.4% | #103 of 244 |
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
518
+12 (+2%) vs 2020
+17% since 2000-01, when it was 443
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
was 12.1:1
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 | 518 | 48.6 | 10.7:1 | 74% (383) |
| 2023-24 | 511 | 46.8 | 10.9:1 | 76% (390) |
| 2022-23 | 500 | 47.2 | 10.6:1 | 75% (377) |
| 2020-21 | 506 | 42 | 12.1:1 | 55% (280) |
| 2017-18 | 465 | 37.3 | 12.4:1 | 68% (315) |
| 2015-16 | 481 | 38 | 12.7:1 | 69% (334) |
| 2010-11 | 424 | 39 | 10.9:1 | 70% (296) |
| 2000-01 | 443 | 28 | 15.8:1 | 46% (204) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Long Prairie-Grey Eagle Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 11% (465 to 518); teachers up 30% (37.3 to 48.6).
About Long Prairie-Grey Eagle Elementary
The public elementary school Long Prairie-Grey Eagle Elementary is located in LONG PRAIRIE, Minnesota. Grades offered run from pre-K through 6, with 518 students enrolled. The average among elementary schools in Minnesota is roughly 344 students; this school is 51% bigger than that.
Long Prairie-Grey Eagle School Dist (2 schools, 984 students) runs Long Prairie-Grey Eagle Elementary.
At Long Prairie-Grey Eagle Elementary, Hispanic students make up 61% of the student body. After that, the student body is 34% White and 2% multiracial. Census figures show Todd County is about 10% Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 51%, meaning two students picked at random have a 51% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school has about 10.7 students per teacher and 48.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 13.7:1 average for elementary schools in Minnesota. About 74% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. That is higher than the 56% average for public schools in Todd County.
Long Prairie-Grey Eagle Elementary is graded D by allk12, scoring above 9% of Minnesota public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The model predicts 25.3% for a school in Minnesota with Long Prairie-Grey Eagle Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch share. Long Prairie-Grey Eagle Elementary posts 20.4%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Todd County show that the median household income is $67,662, about 16% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. Besides Long Prairie-Grey Eagle Elementary, Todd County has 12 other public schools.
Nearby, Long Prairie-Grey Eagle Secondary is about 1.0 miles away. There are 3 more public schools inside ten miles. Long Prairie-Grey Eagle Elementary ranks 8th of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 20.4% against a local average of 35.2%.
The school's federal locale classification is Rural: Remote.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (506) to 2024-25 (518). Federal data show the ratio falling from 12.1:1 to 10.7:1.
Topics for discussion here include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Todd County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
25,575
Census ACS
Median income
$67,662
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
16%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
13
2,957 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Long Prairie-Grey Eagle School Dist
- Long Prairie-Grey Eagle SecondaryHigh · 466 students
Other schools in LONG PRAIRIE
- Long Prairie-Grey Eagle SecondaryHigh · 466 students
- Freshwater Long Prairie ALCElementary
Nearby schools
- Long Prairie-Grey Eagle Secondary1.0 mi · 466
- BROWERVILLE SECONDARY8.0 mi · 291
- BROWERVILLE ELEMENTARY8.0 mi · 275
- SWANVILLE SECONDARY11.4 mi · 152
- SWANVILLE ELEMENTARY11.4 mi · 215
- OSAKIS SECONDARY15.7 mi · 415
Frequently asked questions
About Long Prairie-Grey Eagle ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Long Prairie-Grey Eagle Elementary?
Long Prairie-Grey Eagle Elementary enrolls approximately 518 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Long Prairie-Grey Eagle Elementary serve?
Long Prairie-Grey Eagle Elementary serves grades PK-06.
How many teachers does Long Prairie-Grey Eagle Elementary have?
Long Prairie-Grey Eagle Elementary employs 49 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Long Prairie-Grey Eagle Elementary?
Student demographics at Long Prairie-Grey Eagle Elementary are roughly 34% White, 61% Hispanic, 0% Black, 2% Two or more.
What district is Long Prairie-Grey Eagle Elementary in?
Long Prairie-Grey Eagle Elementary is part of Long Prairie-Grey Eagle School Dist.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.