Enrollment
265
Elementary
DISTRICT 336 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROCHESTER PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 273180001006
Longfellow Elementary School
2435 20TH ST SE, ROCHESTER, MN 55904 · (507) 328-3600 · Olmsted County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL265 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 48% of Minnesota public elementary schools
- B-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
,
0 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
97 students
DISTRICT 46% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 41 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 43 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 47 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 40 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 42 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 52 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (41) is 21% smaller than its 5th grade class (52).
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
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MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
46.0%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
59.7%
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 60 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
46.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.4%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 Longfellow Elementary School
Longfellow Elementary School's state test result (46.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Longfellow Elementary School this school | 265 | 36.6% | 46.5% |
| Windom Elementary MINNEAPOLIS | 369 | 37.7% | 57.8% |
| Hoover Elementary School ROCHESTER | 228 | 42.1% | 39.4% |
| Lake Nokomis Keewaydin Elementary MINNEAPOLIS | 349 | 33.5% | 45.4% |
| L'Etoile du Nord French Immersion SAINT PAUL | 282 | 37.6% | 54.7% |
| Hiawatha Elementary MINNEAPOLIS | 201 | 34.8% | 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 Longfellow Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Olmsted County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.5% | #405 of 844 | #12 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.7% | #281 of 844 | #11 of 21 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #468 of 844 | #12 of 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 265 | #691 of 1,130 | #22 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.0% | #245 of 796 | #12 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 36.6% | #575 of 942 | #14 of 27 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.0% | #170 of 499 | #9 of 17 |
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
265
-38 (-13%) vs 2020
+19% since 2000-01, when it was 223
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 | 265 | N/A | N/A | 37% (97) |
| 2023-24 | 334 | 22.1 | 15.1:1 | 42% (141) |
| 2022-23 | 340 | 23.8 | 14.3:1 | 46% (156) |
| 2020-21 | 303 | 20 | 15.2:1 | 37% (111) |
| 2017-18 | 327 | 21.5 | 15.2:1 | 35% (115) |
| 2015-16 | 326 | 21 | 15.5:1 | 37% (120) |
| 2010-11 | 294 | 23 | 12.8:1 | 57% (169) |
| 2000-01 | 223 | 19 | 11.7:1 | 69% (153) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Longfellow Elementary School.
About Longfellow Elementary School
Longfellow Elementary School, located in ROCHESTER, Minnesota, is a low-enrollment elementary school. The school's 265 students are in pre-K through 5. Enrollment is 23% lower than the average for elementary schools in Minnesota, which is about 344.
Longfellow Elementary School falls under Rochester Public School District, which has 47 schools enrolling 17,430 students.
White students account for 55% of enrollment at Longfellow Elementary School. Other groups include 17% Black, 17% Hispanic, and 9% multiracial. The county population is about 77% White. By the diversity index, Longfellow Elementary School comes in at 63%.
Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 37%. Across public schools in Olmsted County, the average is about the same, 35%.
Longfellow Elementary School is graded B- by allk12, scoring above 48% of Minnesota public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Longfellow Elementary School is 45.4%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 46.5%.
Within Olmsted County, median household income is about $95,406, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Olmsted County number 72 and enroll about 24,627.
The school nearest to Longfellow Elementary School is RPS Online Middle School, at a distance of less than a tenth of a mile. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Longfellow Elementary School places 2nd of 5 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Mid-size, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment was 303 in 2020-21 and 265 in 2024-25, a decrease of 38 students.
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Olmsted County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
164,498
Census ACS
Median income
$95,406
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
49%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
72
24,627 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Rochester Public School District
- Mayo High SchoolHigh · 1,787 students
- Century High SchoolHigh · 1,608 students
- John Marshall High SchoolHigh · 1,549 students
- Dakota Middle SchoolMiddle · 921 students
- John Adams Middle SchoolMiddle · 867 students
- Willow Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 864 students
Other schools in ROCHESTER
- Mayo High SchoolHigh · 1,787 students
- Century High SchoolHigh · 1,608 students
- John Marshall High SchoolHigh · 1,549 students
- Dakota Middle SchoolMiddle · 921 students
- John Adams Middle SchoolMiddle · 867 students
- Willow Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 864 students
Other Longfellow Elementary schools
36 other US public schools in 18 states are named Longfellow Elementary. Longfellow Elementary School is the 29th largest of the 37.
- Longfellow ElementaryLong Beach, CA · 904 students
- Longfellow ElementaryBakersfield, CA · 780 students
- Longfellow ElementaryMilwaukee, WI · 773 students
- Longfellow ElementaryRiverside, CA · 701 students
- LONGFELLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLIDAHO FALLS, ID · 577 students
Nearby schools
- RPS Online Middle School0.0 mi · 58
- Pinewood Elementary School0.0 mi · 380
- Willow Creek Middle School0.9 mi · 864
- Mayo High School1.0 mi · 1,787
- Franklin Elementary School1.0 mi · 600
- Montessori at Franklin Elementary1.0 mi · 174
Frequently asked questions
About Longfellow Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Longfellow Elementary School?
Longfellow Elementary School enrolls approximately 265 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Longfellow Elementary School serve?
Longfellow Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Longfellow Elementary School have?
Longfellow Elementary School employs 0 FTE teachers.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Longfellow Elementary School?
At Longfellow Elementary School, the student body is approximately 55% White, 17% Hispanic, 17% Black, 2% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Longfellow Elementary School in?
Longfellow Elementary School is part of Rochester Public School District.
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