Enrollment
134
Elementary
STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NAYTAHWAUSH COMMUNITY SCHOOL·NCES 270027503580
NAYTAHWAUSH COMMUNITY SCHOOL
242 CHURCH ST, NAYTAHWAUSH, MN 56566 · (218) 935-5025 · Mahnomen County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY43-RURALCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL134 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 21% 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
8.6:1
16 FTE teachers
STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
81%
109 students
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 | 18 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 15 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 19 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 25 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 20 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 17 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 20 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (18) is 10% smaller than its 6th grade class (20).
Student demographics
3%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
26.0%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
23.9%
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 24 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
22.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
21.3%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 21% 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 →
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NAYTAHWAUSH COMMUNITY SCHOOL's state test result (22.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| NAYTAHWAUSH COMMUNITY SCHOOL this school | 134 | 81.3% | 22.7% |
| Endazhi-Nitaawiging RED LAKE | 113 | 78.8% | 7.9% |
| PONEMAH ELEMENTARY PONEMAH | 136 | 88.2% | 5.5% |
| RED LAKE EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER RED LAKE | 137 | 71.5% | N/A |
| Anishinabe Academy Elementary MINNEAPOLIS | 183 | 91.3% | 7.6% |
| J.W. Smith Elementary BEMIDJI | 238 | 82.4% | 17.3% |
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 NAYTAHWAUSH COMMUNITY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.7% | #732 of 844 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.9% | #730 of 844 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.0% | #738 of 844 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 134 | #883 of 1,130 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.3% | #96 of 942 |
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
134
+2 (+2%) vs 2020
+14% since 2010-11, when it was 118
Student : Teacher
8.6:1
was 8.8:1
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 | 134 | 15.6 | 8.6:1 | 81% (109) |
| 2023-24 | 145 | 16.7 | 8.7:1 | 92% (134) |
| 2022-23 | 136 | 20 | 6.8:1 | 85% (115) |
| 2020-21 | 132 | 15 | 8.8:1 | 77% (102) |
| 2017-18 | 113 | 14 | 8.1:1 | 85% (96) |
| 2015-16 | 100 | 13 | 7.7:1 | 90% (90) |
| 2010-11 | 118 | 15 | 7.9:1 | 96% (113) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for NAYTAHWAUSH COMMUNITY SCHOOL.
Since 2017-18: students up 19% (113 to 134); teachers up 11% (14 to 15.6).
About NAYTAHWAUSH COMMUNITY SCHOOL
Students in NAYTAHWAUSH, Minnesota, attend NAYTAHWAUSH COMMUNITY SCHOOL, a very small elementary school. The school enrolls 134 students in kindergarten through 6. That compares with an average of about 344 students for elementary schools in Minnesota.
NAYTAHWAUSH COMMUNITY SCHOOL is not part of a larger district; federal data list it as its own local education agency.
At NAYTAHWAUSH COMMUNITY SCHOOL, 99% of students are Native American. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, NAYTAHWAUSH COMMUNITY SCHOOL scores 3%.
There are 15.6 full-time-equivalent teachers at NAYTAHWAUSH COMMUNITY SCHOOL, giving a ratio of 8.6:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Minnesota is 13.7:1. A total of 109 students, or 81%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is higher than the 72% average for public schools in Mahnomen County.
Among Minnesota public elementary schools, NAYTAHWAUSH COMMUNITY SCHOOL outscored 21%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
NAYTAHWAUSH COMMUNITY SCHOOL scores 22.7% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 21.3%.
For the population of Mahnomen County, the median household earns about $59,441 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 16% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 15%. NAYTAHWAUSH COMMUNITY SCHOOL shares Mahnomen County with 7 other public schools.
WAUBUN SECONDARY is the nearest public school to NAYTAHWAUSH COMMUNITY SCHOOL, about 15.7 miles away. In a group of 6 nearby schools with scores, NAYTAHWAUSH COMMUNITY SCHOOL ranks 4th on average proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put NAYTAHWAUSH COMMUNITY SCHOOL in rural territory far from an urban area (Rural: Remote). NAYTAHWAUSH COMMUNITY SCHOOL is run as a public charter school.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 132 in 2020-21 and 134 in 2024-25.
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Mahnomen County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
5,358
Census ACS
Median income
$59,441
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
16%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
8
1,284 students
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- WAUBUN SECONDARY15.7 mi · 283
- Waubun ALC15.7 mi · 31
- WAUBUN ELEMENTARY15.7 mi · 162
- Circle of Life Academy16.1 mi · 115
- MAHNOMEN SECONDARY16.5 mi · 312
- MAHNOMEN AREA LEARNING CENTER16.5 mi · 43
Frequently asked questions
About NAYTAHWAUSH COMMUNITY SCHOOLHow many students attend NAYTAHWAUSH COMMUNITY SCHOOL?
NAYTAHWAUSH COMMUNITY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 134 students in grades KG-06.
Is NAYTAHWAUSH COMMUNITY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
NAYTAHWAUSH COMMUNITY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many students per teacher at NAYTAHWAUSH COMMUNITY SCHOOL?
Approximately 8.6:1 students per teacher at NAYTAHWAUSH COMMUNITY SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at NAYTAHWAUSH COMMUNITY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at NAYTAHWAUSH COMMUNITY SCHOOL are roughly 1% Hispanic.
What district is NAYTAHWAUSH COMMUNITY SCHOOL in?
NAYTAHWAUSH COMMUNITY SCHOOL is part of NAYTAHWAUSH COMMUNITY SCHOOL.
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