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If you could change one rule at MAPLE LAKE ELEMENTARY, what would it be?
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Enrollment
404
Elementary
DISTRICT 372 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MAPLE LAKE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 271881000885
MAPLE LAKE ELEMENTARY
200 HIGHWAY 55 E, MAPLE LAKE, MN 55358 · (320) 963-3024 · Wright County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL404 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 55% 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.
- 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
12.2:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
27%
110 students
DISTRICT 23% · STATE 48%
Community
4
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 | 16 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 36 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 57 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 60 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 73 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 47 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 54 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 61 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (36) is 41% smaller than its 6th grade class (61).
Student demographics
10%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 10% · 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
MAPLE LAKE ELEMENTARY→MAPLE LAKE SECONDARY
Based on grade levels within MAPLE LAKE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
52.9%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
59.0%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 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
51.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.4%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 MAPLE LAKE ELEMENTARY
MAPLE LAKE ELEMENTARY's state test result (51.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MAPLE LAKE ELEMENTARY this school | 404 | 27.2% | 51.4% |
| NORTHWINDS ELEMENTARY BUFFALO | 419 | 25.8% | 52.2% |
| HOMECROFT ELEMENTARY DULUTH | 448 | 26.3% | 60.7% |
| Voyager Elementary ALEXANDRIA | 446 | 27.8% | 54.4% |
| CHATFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHATFIELD | 469 | 26.7% | 60.3% |
| La Crescent-Hokah Elementary LA CRESCENT | 359 | 26.5% | 58.0% |
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 MAPLE LAKE ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Wright County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.4% | #310 of 844 | #12 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #293 of 844 | #11 of 20 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.9% | #344 of 844 | #13 of 20 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 404 | #474 of 1,130 | #12 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.2:1 | #208 of 769 | #3 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 9.6% | #768 of 796 | #20 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 27.2% | #719 of 942 | #12 of 24 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.8% | #208 of 244 | #7 of 7 |
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
404
+25 (+7%) vs 2020
-1% since 1990-91, when it was 410
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
was 13.1:1
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 | 404 | 33 | 12.2:1 | 27% (110) |
| 2023-24 | 407 | 30 | 13.6:1 | 29% (120) |
| 2022-23 | 396 | 30.9 | 12.8:1 | 33% (131) |
| 2020-21 | 379 | 29 | 13.1:1 | 20% (74) |
| 2017-18 | 397 | 29.6 | 13.4:1 | 24% (97) |
| 2015-16 | 438 | 29 | 15.1:1 | 28% (122) |
| 2010-11 | 498 | 34 | 14.7:1 | 26% (130) |
| 2000-01 | 448 | 26 | 17.2:1 | 17% (78) |
| 1990-91 | 410 | 26 | 15.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MAPLE LAKE ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (397 to 404); teachers up 11% (29.6 to 33).
About MAPLE LAKE ELEMENTARY
MAPLE LAKE ELEMENTARY is a mid-sized elementary school based in MAPLE LAKE, Minnesota. It teaches 404 students in pre-K through 6.
MAPLE LAKE ELEMENTARY is one school in a 2-school district, MAPLE LAKE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, which enrolls 744 students.
A large majority of enrollment at MAPLE LAKE ELEMENTARY is White, at 95%. After that, the student body is 2% multiracial. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 10%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 12.2:1. The school has 33 full-time-equivalent teachers. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Minnesota is 13.7:1. In all, 27% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
MAPLE LAKE ELEMENTARY earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 55% of Minnesota public elementary schools.
Test results at MAPLE LAKE ELEMENTARY are within a point of what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (51.4% actual, 50.4% predicted).
In the surrounding county, Wright County, median household income comes to about $107,209, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 4%. The county's public schools total 88, with about 27,879 students.
MAPLE LAKE ELEMENTARY's closest public school neighbor is MAPLE LAKE SECONDARY, less than a tenth of a mile away. Within ten miles are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, MAPLE LAKE ELEMENTARY is behind the 53.7% nearby average, ranking 5th of 6.
MAPLE LAKE ELEMENTARY falls in the Rural: Distant locale category, used for schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
By 2024-25, enrollment had risen to 404, from 379 in 2020-21.
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Wright County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
148,269
Census ACS
Median income
$107,209
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
88
27,879 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MAPLE LAKE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
- MAPLE LAKE SECONDARYHigh · 340 students
Other schools in MAPLE LAKE
- MAPLE LAKE SECONDARYHigh · 340 students
- WESTSIDE ALTERNATIVE PROGRAMCombined
Nearby schools
- MAPLE LAKE SECONDARY0.1 mi · 340
- Sholund School for Girls5.3 mi · 8
- ANNANDALE SENIOR HIGH5.9 mi · 611
- ANNANDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL6.1 mi · 929
- NORTHWINDS ELEMENTARY6.2 mi · 419
- ANNANDALE MIDDLE SCHOOL6.4 mi · 466
Frequently asked questions
About MAPLE LAKE ELEMENTARYHow many students attend MAPLE LAKE ELEMENTARY?
MAPLE LAKE ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 404 students in grades PK-06.
Is MAPLE LAKE ELEMENTARY an elementary, middle, or high school?
MAPLE LAKE ELEMENTARY is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many teachers does MAPLE LAKE ELEMENTARY have?
MAPLE LAKE ELEMENTARY employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.2:1.
What is the student diversity at MAPLE LAKE ELEMENTARY?
Student demographics at MAPLE LAKE ELEMENTARY are roughly 95% White, 2% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is MAPLE LAKE ELEMENTARY in?
MAPLE LAKE ELEMENTARY is part of MAPLE LAKE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.