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What's the most underrated thing about ROYALTON ELEMENTARY that outsiders don't know?
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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
2
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
420
+51 (+14%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 13.8:1
% White
95%
was 94%
% Hispanic
3%
was 2%
% Black
0%
was 1%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About ROYALTON ELEMENTARY
As a middle-of-the-pack K-5 school in ROYALTON, Minnesota, ROYALTON ELEMENTARY serves 420 students from grades pre-K through 5, run under ROYALTON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. Enrollment runs roughly 22% bigger than the state mean of about 344.
ROYALTON ELEMENTARY is one of 4 schools operated by ROYALTON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that enrolls 938 students overall.
On the student-mix side, ROYALTON ELEMENTARY records that nearly all students (95%) are White. Other groups include 3% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
On the resource side, ROYALTON ELEMENTARY shows 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.7:1 average. Around 30% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), ROYALTON ELEMENTARY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.7%, the actual is 53.7%, a residual of +5.0 points.
In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Morrison County) records that median household income runs about $69,446, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. ROYALTON ELEMENTARY is one of 28 public schools in Morrison County (combined enrollment of about 5,330 students).
Nearest neighbor: ROYALTON MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. On composite proficiency, ROYALTON ELEMENTARY comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 37.2%.
ROYALTON ELEMENTARY operates from a rural location.
Trend over the last 7 years. ROYALTON ELEMENTARY's enrollment has rose 14% since 2018, when it stood at 369 (now 420).
Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the ROYALTON ELEMENTARY community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
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 MIDDLE SCHOOL0.5 mi · 203
- ROYALTON HIGH SCHOOL0.5 mi · 293
- 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.