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If you could change one rule at Rockford Elementary Arts Magnet, what would it be?
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Enrollment
599
Elementary
DISTRICT 522 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROCKFORD PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 273207001367
Rockford Elementary Arts Magnet
7650 COUNTY ROAD 50, ROCKFORD, MN 55373 · (763) 477-5837 · Hennepin County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL599 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 54% of Minnesota public elementary schools
- BTest 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
16.2:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.9:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
205 students
DISTRICT 29% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 21 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 118 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 107 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 127 | 21% |
| Grade 3 | 119 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 107 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (118) is 10% larger than its 4th grade class (107).
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 42% · 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
Based on grade levels within ROCKFORD PUBLIC 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
51.8%
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 52 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
49.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.7%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 Rockford Elementary Arts Magnet
Rockford Elementary Arts Magnet's state test result (49.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rockford Elementary Arts Magnet this school | 599 | 34.2% | 49.0% |
| Little Mountain Elementary MONTICELLO | 576 | 32.6% | 50.8% |
| Montgomery Pre K-8 MONTGOMERY | 608 | 38.0% | 40.8% |
| FARMINGTON ELEMENTARY FARMINGTON | 493 | 36.5% | 40.1% |
| LUVERNE ELEMENTARY LUVERNE | 515 | 36.7% | 56.3% |
| Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton Elementary DILWORTH | 555 | 35.7% | 43.7% |
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 Rockford Elementary Arts Magnet ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Hennepin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #355 of 844 | #68 of 169 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.8% | #411 of 844 | #74 of 169 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.8% | #435 of 844 | #74 of 169 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 599 | #167 of 1,130 | #46 of 206 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.2:1 | #645 of 769 | #133 of 164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.0% | #448 of 796 | #129 of 165 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.2% | #619 of 942 | #113 of 183 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.4% | #292 of 499 | #55 of 99 |
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
599
+22 (+4%) vs 2020
+17% since 1990-91, when it was 510
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
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 | 599 | 36.9 | 16.2:1 | 34% (205) |
| 2023-24 | 589 | 45.4 | 13.0:1 | 36% (211) |
| 2022-23 | 585 | 44.5 | 13.1:1 | 40% (233) |
| 2020-21 | 577 | 49 | 11.8:1 | 22% (129) |
| 2017-18 | 676 | 49.5 | 13.7:1 | 29% (195) |
| 2015-16 | 706 | 48 | 14.7:1 | 33% (231) |
| 2010-11 | 746 | 44 | 16.9:1 | 31% (231) |
| 2000-01 | 532 | 31 | 17.2:1 | 24% (126) |
| 1990-91 | 510 | 31 | 16.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rockford Elementary Arts Magnet.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (676 to 599); teachers down 25% (49.5 to 36.9).
About Rockford Elementary Arts Magnet
Rockford Elementary Arts Magnet is a high-enrollment elementary school with its address in ROCKFORD, Minnesota. A federal count lists 599 students at the school, in pre-K through 4. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Minnesota is about 344, so this school runs 74% larger than that.
Rockford Elementary Arts Magnet is one school in a 3-school district, ROCKFORD PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, which enrolls 1,565 students.
White students make up a majority at Rockford Elementary Arts Magnet, at 74%. Other students are 13% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 4% Black, and 3% Asian. Pick two students at random and there is a 43% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 16.2:1, with 36.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is 2.5 students per teacher above the 13.7:1 average for elementary schools in Minnesota. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 34% of enrollment. For comparison, public schools in Hennepin County average 43%.
Measured against Minnesota public elementary schools, Rockford Elementary Arts Magnet receives a B-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Test results at Rockford Elementary Arts Magnet are 2.4 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (49.0% actual, 46.7% predicted).
Across Hennepin County, the median household income is $97,653, roughly 54% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Hennepin County is home to 496 public schools and about 177,509 public school students.
Of nearby public schools, ROCKFORD SECONDARY is the closest, at about 0.1 miles. In all, 6 other public schools sit within five miles of Rockford Elementary Arts Magnet. Of 7 schools in the immediate area with test results, Rockford Elementary Arts Magnet ranks 5th on average proficiency.
The federal government classifies Rockford Elementary Arts Magnet's location as Rural: Fringe.
The school enrolled 599 students in 2024-25, 22 more than the 577 it had in 2020-21. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 11.8:1 to 16.2:1.
Conversations here can range across enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Hennepin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,269,496
Census ACS
Median income
$97,653
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
54%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
496
177,509 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ROCKFORD PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
- ROCKFORD MIDDLEMiddle · 487 students
- ROCKFORD SECONDARYHigh · 479 students
Other schools in ROCKFORD
- ROCKFORD MIDDLEMiddle · 487 students
- ROCKFORD SECONDARYHigh · 479 students
Nearby schools
- ROCKFORD SECONDARY0.1 mi · 479
- ROCKFORD MIDDLE0.7 mi · 487
- DELANO ELEMENTARY3.7 mi · 744
- Delano Intermediate School3.8 mi · 555
- Delano High School4.0 mi · 1,158
- SWMetro Lakeside Academy4.7 mi · 23
Frequently asked questions
About Rockford Elementary Arts MagnetHow large is Rockford Elementary Arts Magnet?
Rockford Elementary Arts Magnet enrolls approximately 599 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does Rockford Elementary Arts Magnet serve?
Rockford Elementary Arts Magnet serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
How many teachers does Rockford Elementary Arts Magnet have?
Rockford Elementary Arts Magnet employs 37 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.2:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Rockford Elementary Arts Magnet?
At Rockford Elementary Arts Magnet, the student body is approximately 74% White, 13% Hispanic, 4% Black, 3% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Rockford Elementary Arts Magnet public or private?
Rockford Elementary Arts Magnet is a public K-12 school, overseen by ROCKFORD PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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