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What's one thing MESABI EAST ELEMENTARY gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
470
Elementary
DISTRICT 431 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MESABI EAST SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 279145002323
MESABI EAST ELEMENTARY
601 N 1ST ST W, AURORA, MN 55705 · (218) 229-3321 · St. Louis County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL470 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 45% of Minnesota public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
14.8:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.2:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
234 students
DISTRICT 48% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 56 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 43 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 112 | 24% |
| Grade 2 | 3 | 1% |
| Grade 3 | 62 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 59 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 74 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 61 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (43) is 30% smaller than its 6th grade class (61).
Student demographics
26%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 23% · 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
MESABI EAST ELEMENTARY→MESABI EAST SECONDARY
Based on grade levels within MESABI EAST SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
47.8%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
40.8%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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
41.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.3%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 MESABI EAST ELEMENTARY
MESABI EAST ELEMENTARY's state test result (41.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MESABI EAST ELEMENTARY this school | 470 | 49.8% | 41.3% |
| FALLS ELEMENTARY INTERNATIONAL FALLS | 425 | 50.1% | 42.7% |
| Rippleside Elementary AITKIN | 476 | 47.3% | 54.8% |
| WADENA-DEER CREEK ELEMENTARY WADENA | 450 | 52.2% | 36.0% |
| FRAZEE ELEMENTARY FRAZEE | 453 | 47.9% | 46.9% |
| Cuyuna Range Elementary CROSBY | 533 | 47.7% | 39.2% |
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 MESABI EAST ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In St. Louis County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.3% | #503 of 844 | #19 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.8% | #570 of 844 | #19 of 26 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.8% | #437 of 844 | #16 of 26 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 470 | #347 of 1,130 | #7 of 36 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #513 of 769 | #19 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 25.6% | #623 of 796 | #18 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.8% | #336 of 942 | #14 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.6% | #252 of 499 | #10 of 19 |
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
470
-13 (-3%) vs 2020
+55% since 2000-01, when it was 303
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 11.5:1
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 | 470 | 31.7 | 14.8:1 | 50% (234) |
| 2023-24 | 476 | 38.1 | 12.5:1 | 53% (251) |
| 2022-23 | 474 | 38.1 | 12.4:1 | 51% (242) |
| 2020-21 | 483 | 42 | 11.5:1 | 43% (208) |
| 2017-18 | 544 | 38.7 | 14.1:1 | 42% (230) |
| 2015-16 | 464 | 36 | 12.9:1 | 50% (233) |
| 2010-11 | 501 | 32 | 15.7:1 | 48% (239) |
| 2000-01 | 303 | 22 | 13.8:1 | 40% (120) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MESABI EAST ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (544 to 470); teachers down 18% (38.7 to 31.7).
About MESABI EAST ELEMENTARY
The public elementary school MESABI EAST ELEMENTARY is located in AURORA, Minnesota. The school runs pre-K through 6 and enrolls 470 students. By comparison, elementary schools in Minnesota enroll about 344 students on average.
District-wide, MESABI EAST SCHOOL DISTRICT has 2 schools and 862 students.
MESABI EAST ELEMENTARY is 86% White by enrollment. The next largest groups are 9% multiracial and 3% Native American. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 26%.
Its staff includes 31.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 14.8 students per teacher. The gap from the 13.7:1 average for elementary schools in Minnesota is 1.1 students per teacher. Roughly 50% of students at MESABI EAST ELEMENTARY can receive free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 40% average for public schools in St. Louis County, the school's rate is higher.
On the allk12 Grade, MESABI EAST ELEMENTARY lands at B-, ahead of 45% of Minnesota public elementary schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For MESABI EAST ELEMENTARY, the prediction is 38.3% and the result is 41.3%.
In St. Louis County, home to about 200,123 people, median household income comes to about $70,069, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. There are 100 public schools in the county, enrolling about 23,921, MESABI EAST ELEMENTARY among them.
MESABI EAST SECONDARY is less than a tenth of a mile from MESABI EAST ELEMENTARY, the shortest distance to any other public school. The nearest schools with test data average 42.1%, higher than MESABI EAST ELEMENTARY's 41.3%.
Its NCES locale code is Rural: Remote: the school is in rural territory far from an urban area.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell from 483 to 470, a 3% decline. The student-to-teacher ratio increased from 11.5:1 in 2020-21 to 14.8:1 in 2024-25.
MESABI EAST ELEMENTARY has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
St. Louis County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
200,123
Census ACS
Median income
$70,069
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
100
23,921 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MESABI EAST SCHOOL DISTRICT
- MESABI EAST SECONDARYHigh · 392 students
Other schools in AURORA
- MESABI EAST SECONDARYHigh · 392 students
- Mesabi East ISD2711 Credit RecoveryHigh
Nearby schools
- MESABI EAST SECONDARY0.0 mi · 392
- Rock Ridge High School ALP13.5 mi · 27
- Rock Ridge High School13.6 mi · 1,048
- Laurentian Elementary13.6 mi · 488
- North Star Elementary14.0 mi · 389
- NLC 6076 Transition Program14.1 mi · 25
Frequently asked questions
About MESABI EAST ELEMENTARYHow many students attend MESABI EAST ELEMENTARY?
MESABI EAST ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 470 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does MESABI EAST ELEMENTARY serve?
MESABI EAST ELEMENTARY serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at MESABI EAST ELEMENTARY?
Approximately 14.8:1 students per teacher at MESABI EAST ELEMENTARY.
How diverse is MESABI EAST ELEMENTARY?
MESABI EAST ELEMENTARY reports a student body of 86% White, 2% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is MESABI EAST ELEMENTARY in?
MESABI EAST ELEMENTARY is part of MESABI EAST SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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