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Which teacher or staff member at ROSSMAN ELEMENTARY deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
565
Elementary
DISTRICT 302 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DETROIT LAKES PUBLIC SCHOOL DIST.·NCES 271023000445
ROSSMAN ELEMENTARY
1221 ROSSMAN AVE, DETROIT LAKES, MN 56501 · (218) 847-9268 · Becker County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY33-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL565 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 82% 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
13.3:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
187 students
DISTRICT 43% · 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 | 91 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 98 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 90 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 97 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 95 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 94 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (91) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (94).
Student demographics
34%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · 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
59.1%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
66.1%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 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
58.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.3%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% 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 ROSSMAN ELEMENTARY
ROSSMAN ELEMENTARY's state test result (58.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROSSMAN ELEMENTARY this school | 565 | 33.1% | 58.1% |
| ROSEAU ELEMENTARY ROSEAU | 574 | 32.4% | 46.0% |
| WESTWOOD ELEMENTARY ZIMMERMAN | 562 | 31.1% | 50.0% |
| Cambridge Intermediate School CAMBRIDGE | 536 | 36.0% | 49.4% |
| BAXTER ELEMENTARY BAXTER | 506 | 31.8% | 56.5% |
| St. Francis Elementary SAINT FRANCIS | 621 | 30.9% | 56.9% |
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 ROSSMAN ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Becker County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.1% | #176 of 844 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.1% | #175 of 844 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.1% | #219 of 844 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 565 | #206 of 1,130 | #1 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #344 of 769 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.7% | #531 of 796 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 33.1% | #633 of 942 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.0% | #391 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
565
-5 (-1%) vs 2020
+20% since 1990-91, when it was 472
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 13.3:1
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 | 565 | 42.4 | 13.3:1 | 33% (187) |
| 2023-24 | 592 | 42.3 | 14.0:1 | 41% (242) |
| 2022-23 | 573 | 39.7 | 14.4:1 | 40% (229) |
| 2020-21 | 570 | 43 | 13.3:1 | 31% (176) |
| 2017-18 | 601 | 40.8 | 14.7:1 | 32% (192) |
| 2015-16 | 592 | 37 | 16.0:1 | 40% (238) |
| 2010-11 | 573 | 40 | 14.3:1 | 41% (237) |
| 2000-01 | 520 | 37 | 14.1:1 | 32% (168) |
| 1990-91 | 472 | 24 | 19.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ROSSMAN ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (601 to 565); teachers up 4% (40.8 to 42.4).
About ROSSMAN ELEMENTARY
ROSSMAN ELEMENTARY is a large elementary school. Its address is in DETROIT LAKES, Minnesota. It reports enrollment of 565 students in pre-K through 5. That puts enrollment 64% above the 344-student average for elementary schools in Minnesota.
ROSSMAN ELEMENTARY is part of DETROIT LAKES PUBLIC SCHOOL DIST., where 9 schools serve 2,728 students.
White students account for 81% of the school's enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 9% Native American, 5% multiracial, 2% Hispanic, and 2% Black. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 34%.
Classroom staffing at ROSSMAN ELEMENTARY totals 42.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 13.3:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Minnesota is similar, at 13.7:1. Federal data show 33% of students (187) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Becker County, the average is 41%.
ROSSMAN ELEMENTARY holds an A- allk12 Grade, placing it above 82% of Minnesota public elementary schools.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 47.3% at ROSSMAN ELEMENTARY; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 58.1%.
In Becker County, median household income comes to about $71,388, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 28% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. The county's public schools total 22, with about 4,637 students.
The closest school to ROSSMAN ELEMENTARY is Voluntary Pre-Kindergarten, located about 0.5 miles away. ROSSMAN ELEMENTARY is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. ROSSMAN ELEMENTARY's average proficiency of 58.1% compares with 46.6% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Locale: Town: Remote. In NCES terms, the school is in a town far from an urbanized area.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 570 to 565, a small change.
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Becker County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
35,343
Census ACS
Median income
$71,388
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
22
4,637 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in DETROIT LAKES PUBLIC SCHOOL DIST.
- DETROIT LAKES SENIOR HIGHHigh · 791 students
- DETROIT LAKES MIDDLEMiddle · 617 students
- ROOSEVELT ELEMENTARYElementary · 562 students
- LINCOLN EARLY CHILDHOOD ED. CENTERElementary · 64 students
- DETROIT LAKES AREA LEARNING CENTERHigh · 57 students
- E-Laker Online SchoolHigh · 38 students
Other schools in DETROIT LAKES
- DETROIT LAKES SENIOR HIGHHigh · 791 students
- DETROIT LAKES MIDDLEMiddle · 617 students
- ROOSEVELT ELEMENTARYElementary · 562 students
- LINCOLN EARLY CHILDHOOD ED. CENTERElementary · 64 students
- DETROIT LAKES AREA LEARNING CENTERHigh · 57 students
- E-Laker Online SchoolHigh · 38 students
Other Rossman Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Rossman Elementary. ROSSMAN ELEMENTARY is the largest of the 3.
- Rossman ElementaryHartford, WI · 422 students
- Rossman ElementaryCheyenne, WY · 305 students
Nearby schools
- Voluntary Pre-Kindergarten0.5 mi · 17
- LINCOLN EARLY CHILDHOOD ED. CENTER0.5 mi · 64
- E-Laker Online School0.7 mi · 38
- DETROIT LAKES SENIOR HIGH0.7 mi · 791
- ROOSEVELT ELEMENTARY1.1 mi · 562
- DETROIT LAKES MIDDLE1.2 mi · 617
Frequently asked questions
About ROSSMAN ELEMENTARYHow many students attend ROSSMAN ELEMENTARY?
ROSSMAN ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 565 students in grades PK-05.
Is ROSSMAN ELEMENTARY an elementary, middle, or high school?
ROSSMAN ELEMENTARY is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does ROSSMAN ELEMENTARY have?
ROSSMAN ELEMENTARY employs 42 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.3:1.
How diverse is ROSSMAN ELEMENTARY?
ROSSMAN ELEMENTARY reports a student body of 81% White, 2% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is ROSSMAN ELEMENTARY public or private?
ROSSMAN ELEMENTARY is a public K-12 school, overseen by DETROIT LAKES PUBLIC SCHOOL DIST..
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.