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Enrollment
526
Elementary
DISTRICT 203 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RED LAKE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 273051001302
RED LAKE ELEMENTARY
24900 ELEMENTARY STREET, RED LAKE, MN 56671 · (218) 679-3329 · Beltrami County
GRADES 01–05ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL526 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 0% of Minnesota public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
12.5:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.0:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
81%
428 students
DISTRICT 80% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 1 | 118 | 22% |
| Grade 2 | 102 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 105 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 105 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 96 | 18% |
This year's 1st grade class (118) is 23% larger than its 5th grade class (96).
Student demographics
9%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 7% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within RED LAKE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
9.2%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
5.2%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 9 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 5 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of MN schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
6.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
21.3%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 7% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 21% typical for Minnesota schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 RED LAKE ELEMENTARY
RED LAKE ELEMENTARY's state test result (6.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| RED LAKE ELEMENTARY this school | 526 | 81.4% | 6.8% |
| CASS LAKE-BENA ELEMENTARY CASS LAKE | 450 | 85.3% | 29.1% |
| MAHNOMEN ELEMENTARY MAHNOMEN | 319 | 82.8% | 17.7% |
| J.W. Smith Elementary BEMIDJI | 238 | 82.4% | 17.3% |
| MYERS-WILKINS ELEMENTARY DULUTH | 329 | 84.8% | 22.7% |
| Anishinabe Academy Elementary MINNEAPOLIS | 183 | 91.3% | 7.6% |
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 RED LAKE ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Beltrami County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 6.8% | #839 of 844 | #12 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 5.2% | #840 of 844 | #12 of 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 9.2% | #835 of 844 | #12 of 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 526 | #254 of 1,130 | #2 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.5:1 | #231 of 769 | #3 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 9.2% | #772 of 796 | #7 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.4% | #95 of 942 | #3 of 15 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.8% | #303 of 499 | #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
526
-53 (-9%) vs 2020
+9% since 1990-91, when it was 481
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
was 11.8:1
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 | 526 | 42 | 12.5:1 | 81% (428) |
| 2023-24 | 487 | 46.7 | 10.4:1 | 86% (417) |
| 2022-23 | 489 | 46.7 | 10.5:1 | 90% (440) |
| 2020-21 | 579 | 49 | 11.8:1 | 90% (521) |
| 2017-18 | 590 | 49.8 | 11.8:1 | 82% (482) |
| 2015-16 | 580 | 47 | 12.3:1 | 87% (507) |
| 2010-11 | 491 | 50 | 9.8:1 | 89% (436) |
| 2000-01 | 540 | 55 | 9.8:1 | 97% (523) |
| 1990-91 | 481 | 35 | 13.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for RED LAKE ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (590 to 526); teachers down 16% (49.8 to 42).
About RED LAKE ELEMENTARY
RED LAKE, Minnesota, is home to RED LAKE ELEMENTARY, a high-enrollment elementary school. The school's 526 students are in grades 1 through 5. Statewide, elementary schools in Minnesota average about 344 students each.
RED LAKE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT enrolls 1,519 students in 9 schools, including RED LAKE ELEMENTARY.
The large majority of students at RED LAKE ELEMENTARY, 95%, are Native American. Next come 3% Hispanic. RED LAKE ELEMENTARY has a diversity index of 9%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
RED LAKE ELEMENTARY employs 42 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 12.5:1. That ratio is under the 13.7:1 average for elementary schools in Minnesota. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 81% in 2024-25. That rate is above the 54% average among public schools in Beltrami County.
The allk12 Grade for RED LAKE ELEMENTARY is F. Compared with Minnesota public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 0% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, RED LAKE ELEMENTARY ranks in the bottom 10% of Minnesota schools. It scores 6.8%; the prediction is 21.3%.
Among Beltrami County residents, median household income is about $68,975, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 38 public schools in Beltrami County, with a combined enrollment of about 8,088.
RED LAKE EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER is the public school closest to RED LAKE ELEMENTARY, less than a tenth of a mile away. RED LAKE ELEMENTARY has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: RED LAKE ELEMENTARY ranks 3rd of 4 nearby schools, at 6.8% versus an 8.0% average.
NCES describes the area around RED LAKE ELEMENTARY as Rural: Remote, meaning in rural territory far from an urban area.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, RED LAKE ELEMENTARY went from 579 students to 526.
Parents and students can post about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at RED LAKE ELEMENTARY. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Beltrami County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
46,512
Census ACS
Median income
$68,975
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
38
8,088 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in RED LAKE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
- RED LAKE SECONDARYHigh · 377 students
- Red Lake Middle SchoolMiddle · 268 students
- RED LAKE EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTERElementary · 137 students
- PONEMAH ELEMENTARYElementary · 136 students
- RED LAKE ALTERNATIVE LEARNINGHigh · 53 students
- Red Lake EC Special Education ExtElementary · 14 students
Other schools in RED LAKE
- RED LAKE SECONDARYHigh · 377 students
- Red Lake Middle SchoolMiddle · 268 students
- RED LAKE EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTERElementary · 137 students
- Endazhi-NitaawigingElementary · 113 students
- RED LAKE ALTERNATIVE LEARNINGHigh · 53 students
- Red Lake EC Special Education ExtElementary · 14 students
Nearby schools
- RED LAKE EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER0.0 mi · 137
- Endazhi-Nitaawiging0.2 mi · 113
- RED LAKE MIDDLE LEVEL ALC1.1 mi · 3
- RED LAKE ALTERNATIVE LEARNING1.1 mi · 53
- RED LAKE JUVENILE DETENTION FACLTY1.1 mi · 5
- Red Lake EC Special Education Ext1.1 mi · 14
Frequently asked questions
About RED LAKE ELEMENTARYHow large is RED LAKE ELEMENTARY?
RED LAKE ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 526 students in grades 01-05.
Is RED LAKE ELEMENTARY an elementary, middle, or high school?
RED LAKE ELEMENTARY is an elementary school covering grades 01-05.
How many teachers does RED LAKE ELEMENTARY have?
RED LAKE ELEMENTARY employs 42 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.5:1.
How diverse is RED LAKE ELEMENTARY?
RED LAKE ELEMENTARY reports a student body of 0% White, 3% Hispanic, 2% Two or more.
Is RED LAKE ELEMENTARY public or private?
RED LAKE ELEMENTARY is a public K-12 school, overseen by RED LAKE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.