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Which teacher or staff member at ROYALTON ELEMENTARY deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
420
Elementary
DISTRICT 221 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROYALTON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 273252001403
ROYALTON ELEMENTARY
119 N DRIFTWOOD, ROYALTON, MN 56373 · (320) 584-4163 · Morrison County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL420 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.0:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
128 students
DISTRICT 28% · 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 | 76 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 66 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 69 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 72 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 69 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (76) is 10% larger than its 5th grade class (69).
Student demographics
10%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 12% · 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 ROYALTON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
58.3%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
63.1%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 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
53.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.7%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 ROYALTON ELEMENTARY
ROYALTON ELEMENTARY's state test result (53.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROYALTON ELEMENTARY this school | 420 | 30.5% | 53.7% |
| COKATO ELEMENTARY COKATO | 401 | 32.9% | 68.7% |
| Paynesville Area Elementary PAYNESVILLE | 429 | 29.6% | 54.4% |
| Voyager Elementary ALEXANDRIA | 446 | 27.8% | 54.4% |
| BONNER ELEMENTARY STEWARTVILLE | 411 | 28.5% | N/A |
| DASSEL ELEMENTARY DASSEL | 364 | 31.9% | 72.5% |
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 ROYALTON ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Morrison County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.7% | #263 of 844 | #2 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.1% | #212 of 844 | #2 of 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.3% | #232 of 844 | #2 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 420 | #443 of 1,130 | #4 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #488 of 769 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 10.1% | #763 of 796 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.5% | #678 of 942 | #7 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +13.8% | #93 of 244 | 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
420
+26 (+7%) vs 2020
-10% since 1990-91, when it was 468
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 14.1:1
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 | 420 | 28.8 | 14.6:1 | 30% (128) |
| 2023-24 | 402 | 27.2 | 14.8:1 | 35% (140) |
| 2022-23 | 409 | 28.7 | 14.3:1 | 33% (137) |
| 2020-21 | 394 | 28 | 14.1:1 | 24% (93) |
| 2017-18 | 369 | 26.7 | 13.8:1 | 27% (99) |
| 2015-16 | 460 | 31 | 14.8:1 | 28% (128) |
| 2010-11 | 493 | 31 | 15.9:1 | 40% (196) |
| 2000-01 | 352 | 25 | 14.1:1 | 35% (123) |
| 1990-91 | 468 | 25 | 18.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ROYALTON ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students up 14% (369 to 420); teachers up 8% (26.7 to 28.8).
About ROYALTON ELEMENTARY
ROYALTON ELEMENTARY is a mid-sized elementary school located in ROYALTON, Minnesota. It had 420 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 5. That compares with an average of about 344 students for elementary schools in Minnesota.
ROYALTON ELEMENTARY is one school in ROYALTON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, a system of 4 schools with 938 students.
Of every 100 students at ROYALTON ELEMENTARY, about 95 are White. The school is also 3% Hispanic. Census estimates put Morrison County at about 95% White, close to the school's figure. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 10%.
For every teacher at ROYALTON ELEMENTARY, there are about 14.6 students; the school has 28.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Minnesota, 13.7:1, is lower. There are 128 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 30% of enrollment.
In Minnesota, ROYALTON ELEMENTARY is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 53.7% actual against a predicted 48.7%.
American Community Survey estimates for Morrison County show that the median household earns about $69,446 a year, about 19% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. Across Morrison County, 28 public schools serve about 5,330 students.
Of the public schools around it, ROYALTON ELEMENTARY is closest to ROYALTON HIGH SCHOOL, about 0.5 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is 3. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 37.2%; ROYALTON ELEMENTARY's is 53.7%, ranking 1st of 7.
The school's federal locale classification is Rural: Distant.
A 7% rise took enrollment from 394 in 2020-21 to 420 in 2024-25.
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Morrison County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
34,249
Census ACS
Median income
$69,446
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
28
5,330 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ROYALTON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
- ROYALTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 293 students
- ROYALTON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 203 students
- Royalton Public Schools Early ChildElementary · 22 students
Other schools in ROYALTON
- ROYALTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 293 students
- ROYALTON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 203 students
- Royalton Public Schools Early ChildElementary · 22 students
- F.E.D. Royalton Credit RecoveryHigh
Nearby schools
- ROYALTON HIGH SCHOOL0.5 mi · 293
- ROYALTON MIDDLE SCHOOL0.5 mi · 203
- Royalton Public Schools Early Child0.5 mi · 22
- Rice Elementary6.4 mi · 357
- LITTLE FALLS CONTINUING EDUCATION10.0 mi · 112
- LITTLE FALLS SENIOR HIGH10.0 mi · 747
Frequently asked questions
About ROYALTON ELEMENTARYHow many students attend ROYALTON ELEMENTARY?
ROYALTON ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 420 students in grades PK-05.
Is ROYALTON ELEMENTARY an elementary, middle, or high school?
ROYALTON ELEMENTARY is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at ROYALTON ELEMENTARY?
Approximately 14.6:1 students per teacher at ROYALTON ELEMENTARY.
How diverse is ROYALTON ELEMENTARY?
ROYALTON ELEMENTARY reports a student body of 95% White, 3% Hispanic, 0% Black, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees ROYALTON ELEMENTARY?
ROYALTON ELEMENTARY is overseen by ROYALTON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT in Morrison County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.