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How has Robert Asp Elementary changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
580
Elementary
DISTRICT 443 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MOORHEAD AREA PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 272142003509
Robert Asp Elementary
910 N 11TH ST, MOORHEAD, MN 56560 · (218) 284-6300 · Clay County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL580 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 36% of Minnesota public elementary schools
- CTest 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
13.4:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.2:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
308 students
DISTRICT 57% · 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 | 109 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 125 | 22% |
| Grade 3 | 121 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 123 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (102) is 17% smaller than its 4th grade class (123).
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
37.0%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
40.6%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 37 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
38.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.5%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 Robert Asp Elementary
Robert Asp Elementary's state test result (38.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Asp Elementary this school | 580 | 53.1% | 38.2% |
| NORTH STAR ACADEMY DULUTH | 572 | 50.5% | 36.1% |
| LINCOLN ELEMENTARY ELK RIVER | 554 | 45.7% | 52.6% |
| Lincoln Elementary School for Arts ANOKA | 432 | 55.3% | 39.4% |
| Lake Ripley Elementary LITCHFIELD | 568 | 50.5% | 51.1% |
| MCKINLEY ELEMENTARY OWATONNA | 510 | 48.2% | 38.2% |
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 Robert Asp Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Clay County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.2% | #565 of 844 | #8 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.6% | #573 of 844 | #8 of 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #617 of 844 | #8 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 580 | #181 of 1,130 | #4 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #351 of 769 | #3 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.5% | #314 of 796 | #4 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.1% | #293 of 942 | #3 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.5% | #273 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
580
-58 (-9%) vs 2020
-24% since 2010-11, when it was 768
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 13.0:1
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 | 580 | 43.4 | 13.4:1 | 53% (308) |
| 2023-24 | 622 | 43.9 | 14.2:1 | 55% (341) |
| 2022-23 | 611 | 44.1 | 13.9:1 | 59% (358) |
| 2020-21 | 638 | 49 | 13.0:1 | 50% (318) |
| 2017-18 | 663 | 47.5 | 14.0:1 | 48% (318) |
| 2015-16 | 807 | 55 | 14.7:1 | 42% (341) |
| 2010-11 | 768 | 45 | 17.1:1 | 46% (354) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Robert Asp Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (663 to 580); teachers down 9% (47.5 to 43.4).
About Robert Asp Elementary
Robert Asp Elementary is an elementary school in MOORHEAD, Minnesota, reachable at (218) 284-6300. The school had 580 students in kindergarten through 4 in 2024-25. The school's enrollment is 69% above the 344 average for elementary schools in Minnesota.
Robert Asp Elementary is part of Moorhead Area Public Schools, where 12 schools serve 7,571 students.
White students account for 64% of enrollment at Robert Asp Elementary. Other students are 13% Hispanic, 10% Black, 6% Native American, and 6% multiracial. That is lower than the 85% White share among all Clay County residents. By the diversity index, Robert Asp Elementary comes in at 56%.
With 43.4 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Robert Asp Elementary was 13.4:1. Elementary schools in Minnesota average about 13.7:1, a similar figure. Robert Asp Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 53%. It compares with 40% for public schools in Clay County.
The allk12 Grade for Robert Asp Elementary is C+. Compared with Minnesota public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 36% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Robert Asp Elementary is 1.7 points above the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 38.2% actual, 36.5% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Minnesota.
County data help place the school in context: in Clay County, median household income is about $81,172, about 39% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Robert Asp Elementary is among the 32 public schools in Clay County.
The closest other public school is West Central Academy-S, about 0.2 miles away. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles.
For locale, NCES codes Robert Asp Elementary as Suburb: Mid-size.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count dropped from 638 to 580.
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Clay County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
66,059
Census ACS
Median income
$81,172
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
32
11,470 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Moorhead Area Public Schools
- HORIZON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 2,158 students
- MOORHEAD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,122 students
- S.G. Reinertsen ElementaryElementary · 719 students
- Dorothy Dodds Elementary SchoolElementary · 625 students
- ELLEN HOPKINS ELEMENTARYElementary · 616 students
- Probstfield ElementaryElementary · 290 students
Other schools in MOORHEAD
- HORIZON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 2,158 students
- MOORHEAD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,122 students
- S.G. Reinertsen ElementaryElementary · 719 students
- Dorothy Dodds Elementary SchoolElementary · 625 students
- ELLEN HOPKINS ELEMENTARYElementary · 616 students
- Probstfield ElementaryElementary · 290 students
Nearby schools
- West Central Academy-S0.2 mi · 34
- HORACE MANN ROOSEVELT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 344
- MOORHEAD HIGH SCHOOL1.3 mi · 2,122
- BEN FRANKLIN MIDDLE SCHOOL1.6 mi · 873
- WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.7 mi · 292
- FARGO K-8 VIRTUAL ACADEMY1.8 mi · 22
Frequently asked questions
About Robert Asp ElementaryHow large is Robert Asp Elementary?
Robert Asp Elementary enrolls approximately 580 students in grades KG-04.
What grades does Robert Asp Elementary serve?
Robert Asp Elementary serves grades KG-04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Robert Asp Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Robert Asp Elementary is approximately 13.4:1 (43 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Robert Asp Elementary?
At Robert Asp Elementary, the student body is approximately 64% White, 13% Hispanic, 10% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Robert Asp Elementary public or private?
Robert Asp Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Moorhead Area Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.