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Enrollment
578
Elementary
DISTRICT 302 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW LONDON-SPICER SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 272340001141
PRAIRIE WOODS ELEMENTARY
17435 COUNTY ROAD 9 NE, NEW LONDON, MN 56273 · (320) 354-2252 · Kandiyohi County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY33-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL578 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 84% of Minnesota public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
13.2:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 8.3:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
162 students
DISTRICT 30% · STATE 48%
Community
5
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 | 102 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 114 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 107 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 136 | 24% |
| Grade 4 | 119 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (102) is 14% smaller than its 4th grade class (119).
Student demographics
21%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 19% · 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
PRAIRIE WOODS ELEMENTARY→NEW LONDON-SPICER MIDDLE
Based on grade levels within NEW LONDON-SPICER SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
56.1%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
67.8%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 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
60.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.0%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% 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 PRAIRIE WOODS ELEMENTARY
PRAIRIE WOODS ELEMENTARY's state test result (60.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PRAIRIE WOODS ELEMENTARY this school | 578 | 28.0% | 60.1% |
| ST. CHARLES ELEMENTARY SAINT CHARLES | 457 | 28.9% | 54.0% |
| Watertown-Mayer Elementary School WATERTOWN | 482 | 30.3% | 65.7% |
| CANNON FALLS ELEMENTARY CANNON FALLS | 519 | 23.9% | 44.5% |
| BRIDGEWATER ELEMENTARY NORTHFIELD | 564 | 25.7% | 60.5% |
| ZIMMERMAN ELEMENTARY ZIMMERMAN | 522 | 28.7% | 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 PRAIRIE WOODS ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Kandiyohi County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.1% | #141 of 844 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.8% | #149 of 844 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.1% | #275 of 844 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 578 | #184 of 1,130 | #4 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #327 of 769 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 21.4% | #659 of 796 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.0% | #714 of 942 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.7% | #489 of 499 | 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
578
+25 (+5%) vs 2020
-40% since 1990-91, when it was 960
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 13.5:1
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 | 578 | 43.7 | 13.2:1 | 28% (162) |
| 2023-24 | 590 | 41.8 | 14.1:1 | 32% (186) |
| 2022-23 | 567 | 38.8 | 14.6:1 | 33% (185) |
| 2020-21 | 553 | 41 | 13.5:1 | 21% (114) |
| 2017-18 | 582 | 38.4 | 15.2:1 | 29% (168) |
| 2015-16 | 571 | 35 | 16.3:1 | 29% (164) |
| 2010-11 | 574 | 37 | 15.5:1 | 36% (206) |
| 2000-01 | 511 | 35 | 14.6:1 | 28% (141) |
| 1990-91 | 960 | 53 | 18.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PRAIRIE WOODS ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (582 to 578); teachers up 14% (38.4 to 43.7).
About PRAIRIE WOODS ELEMENTARY
Families in NEW LONDON, Minnesota, are served by PRAIRIE WOODS ELEMENTARY, a large elementary school. Enrollment is 578 students in 2024-25, and the school serves pre-K through 4. The average for elementary schools in Minnesota is about 344 students, so this school is 68% larger than average.
NEW LONDON-SPICER SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 5 schools with a combined 1,518 students. PRAIRIE WOODS ELEMENTARY is one of them.
White students are the large majority at PRAIRIE WOODS ELEMENTARY, with 88% of enrollment. The remaining shares are 10% Hispanic. Census estimates put the White share of Kandiyohi County's population at about 79%. PRAIRIE WOODS ELEMENTARY has a diversity index of 21%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Staffing totals 43.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 13.2:1. Across elementary schools in Minnesota, the average ratio is about 13.7:1. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 28%. That is 26 points below the 54% average for public schools in Kandiyohi County.
The allk12 Grade for PRAIRIE WOODS ELEMENTARY is A-. Compared with Minnesota public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 84% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
A school with PRAIRIE WOODS ELEMENTARY's lunch-eligibility share in Minnesota is predicted to score 50.0%. PRAIRIE WOODS ELEMENTARY scores 60.1%, 10.1 points above that line.
According to the American Community Survey, in Kandiyohi County, median household income is about $76,592, roughly 28% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. PRAIRIE WOODS ELEMENTARY is one of 22 public schools in Kandiyohi County, which together enroll about 6,213 students.
The closest public school, SWWC ELC - New London, is about 0.3 miles from PRAIRIE WOODS ELEMENTARY. Within five miles are 5 other public schools. PRAIRIE WOODS ELEMENTARY is 1st of 5 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
By NCES locale, the school is Town: Remote, or in a town far from an urbanized area.
Enrollment was 553 in 2020-21 and 578 in 2024-25, a increase of 25 students.
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Kandiyohi County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
44,079
Census ACS
Median income
$76,592
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
22
6,213 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in NEW LONDON-SPICER SCHOOL DISTRICT
- NEW LONDON-SPICER MIDDLEMiddle · 454 students
- NEW LONDON-SPICER SR.High · 448 students
- Prairie Meadows Learning CenterElementary · 26 students
- NEW LONDON ALTERNATIVE SCHOOLHigh · 12 students
Other schools in NEW LONDON
- NEW LONDON-SPICER MIDDLEMiddle · 454 students
- NEW LONDON-SPICER SR.High · 448 students
- SWWC ELC - New LondonCombined · 36 students
- NEW LONDON ALTERNATIVE SCHOOLHigh · 12 students
Nearby schools
- SWWC ELC - New London0.3 mi · 36
- NEW LONDON-SPICER MIDDLE0.4 mi · 454
- NEW LONDON-SPICER SR.0.4 mi · 448
- NEW LONDON ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL0.4 mi · 12
- Prairie Meadows Learning Center3.9 mi · 26
- Willmar Senior High9.9 mi · 1,205
Frequently asked questions
About PRAIRIE WOODS ELEMENTARYHow large is PRAIRIE WOODS ELEMENTARY?
PRAIRIE WOODS ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 578 students in grades PK-04.
Is PRAIRIE WOODS ELEMENTARY an elementary, middle, or high school?
PRAIRIE WOODS ELEMENTARY is an elementary school covering grades PK-04.
How many students per teacher at PRAIRIE WOODS ELEMENTARY?
Approximately 13.2:1 students per teacher at PRAIRIE WOODS ELEMENTARY.
How diverse is PRAIRIE WOODS ELEMENTARY?
PRAIRIE WOODS ELEMENTARY reports a student body of 88% White, 10% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is PRAIRIE WOODS ELEMENTARY public or private?
PRAIRIE WOODS ELEMENTARY is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW LONDON-SPICER SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.