Enrollment
340
Elementary
DISTRICT 298 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FOSSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 271230000603
MAGELSSEN ELEMENTARY
700 1ST ST E, FOSSTON, MN 56542 · (218) 435-6036 · Polk County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL340 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 76% of Minnesota public elementary schools
- BTest 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
12.6:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
199 students
DISTRICT 54% · 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 | 36 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 42 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 39 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 47 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 51 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 43 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 42 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 40 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (42) is 5% larger than its 6th grade class (40).
Student demographics
32%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 33% · 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
MAGELSSEN ELEMENTARY→FOSSTON SECONDARY
Based on grade levels within FOSSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
59.1%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
49.7%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 59 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of MN schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
50.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.6%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 34% 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 17 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 MAGELSSEN ELEMENTARY
MAGELSSEN ELEMENTARY's state test result (50.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MAGELSSEN ELEMENTARY this school | 340 | 58.5% | 50.7% |
| Greenhaven Elementary HIBBING | 312 | 58.3% | 50.7% |
| Washington Elementary HIBBING | 310 | 59.4% | N/A |
| VANDYKE ELEMENTARY COLERAINE | 377 | 59.2% | 48.7% |
| RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY BRAINERD | 407 | 57.5% | 44.9% |
| BLACKDUCK ELEMENTARY BLACKDUCK | 412 | 60.9% | 35.0% |
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 MAGELSSEN ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Polk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.7% | #324 of 844 | #3 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.7% | #442 of 844 | #4 of 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.1% | #220 of 844 | #2 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 340 | #584 of 1,130 | #4 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #241 of 769 | #2 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.4% | #554 of 796 | #4 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.5% | #238 of 942 | #1 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.3% | #177 of 244 | 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
340
+53 (+18%) vs 2020
-12% since 1990-91, when it was 385
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 12.0:1
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 | 340 | 26.9 | 12.6:1 | 59% (199) |
| 2023-24 | 344 | 28.1 | 12.2:1 | 57% (196) |
| 2022-23 | 343 | 24.2 | 14.2:1 | 55% (190) |
| 2020-21 | 287 | 24 | 12.0:1 | 40% (116) |
| 2017-18 | 326 | 25.8 | 12.6:1 | 47% (153) |
| 2015-16 | 340 | 26 | 13.1:1 | 48% (164) |
| 2010-11 | 331 | 23 | 14.4:1 | 44% (147) |
| 2000-01 | 321 | 23 | 14.0:1 | 51% (163) |
| 1990-91 | 385 | 23 | 16.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MAGELSSEN ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (326 to 340); teachers up 4% (25.8 to 26.9).
About MAGELSSEN ELEMENTARY
MAGELSSEN ELEMENTARY is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in FOSSTON, Minnesota. Total enrollment is 340 students, and the grades served are pre-K through 6.
MAGELSSEN ELEMENTARY is one school in a 2-school district, FOSSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, which enrolls 596 students.
The share of students at MAGELSSEN ELEMENTARY who are White is 81%. Smaller groups are 9% Native American, 6% multiracial, and 4% Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 32%.
The school's 26.9 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.6:1. The average for elementary schools in Minnesota is 13.7:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. At MAGELSSEN ELEMENTARY, 59% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. On average, public schools in Polk County report 43%.
MAGELSSEN ELEMENTARY holds an A- allk12 Grade, placing it above 76% of Minnesota public elementary schools.
After accounting for student poverty, MAGELSSEN ELEMENTARY is in the top 10% of Minnesota schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results of 50.7% is 17.1 points above the 33.6% predicted for its lunch-eligibility share.
In Polk County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $73,107, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 28%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. There are 20 public schools in the county, enrolling about 5,075, MAGELSSEN ELEMENTARY among them.
FOSSTON SECONDARY is the nearest public school to MAGELSSEN ELEMENTARY, about 0.3 miles away. Its average proficiency rate of 50.7% is above the 37.9% average for nearby schools.
The school is in rural territory far from an urban area, according to its NCES locale (Rural: Remote).
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment increased 18%.
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Polk County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
30,705
Census ACS
Median income
$73,107
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
20
5,075 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in FOSSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
- FOSSTON SECONDARYHigh · 256 students
Nearby schools
- FOSSTON SECONDARY0.3 mi · 256
- WIN-E-MAC ELEMENTARY12.9 mi · 247
- WIN-E-MAC SECONDARY12.9 mi · 211
- BAGLEY ELEMENTARY16.3 mi · 482
- BAGLEY SECONDARY16.4 mi · 388
- CLEARBROOK-GONVICK ELEMENTARY17.0 mi · 254
Frequently asked questions
About MAGELSSEN ELEMENTARYHow large is MAGELSSEN ELEMENTARY?
MAGELSSEN ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 340 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does MAGELSSEN ELEMENTARY serve?
MAGELSSEN ELEMENTARY serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at MAGELSSEN ELEMENTARY?
The student-to-teacher ratio at MAGELSSEN ELEMENTARY is approximately 12.6:1 (27 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at MAGELSSEN ELEMENTARY?
At MAGELSSEN ELEMENTARY, the student body is approximately 81% White, 4% Hispanic, 1% Black, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees MAGELSSEN ELEMENTARY?
MAGELSSEN ELEMENTARY is overseen by FOSSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT in Polk County.
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