Enrollment
218
Elementary
DISTRICT 226 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SEBEKA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 273297001435
SEBEKA ELEMENTARY
200 1ST ST NW, SEBEKA, MN 56477 · (218) 837-5101 · Wadena County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL218 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 75% 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.
- ABeats 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
10.0:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.8:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
135 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 48%
Community
0
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 | 5 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 23 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 30 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 33 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 32 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 32 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 37 | 17% |
| Grade 6 | 26 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (23) is 12% smaller than its 6th grade class (26).
Student demographics
11%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 14% · 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
SEBEKA ELEMENTARY→SEBEKA SECONDARY
Based on grade levels within SEBEKA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
51.7%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
54.1%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of MN schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
49.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.8%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 32% typical for Minnesota schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 18 points, placing it in Minnesota's top 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 SEBEKA ELEMENTARY
SEBEKA ELEMENTARY's state test result (49.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SEBEKA ELEMENTARY this school | 218 | 61.9% | 49.6% |
| HARRISON ELEMENTARY BRAINERD | 230 | 59.1% | 42.1% |
| Vaughan-Steffensrud Elementary CHISHOLM | 207 | 64.7% | 44.4% |
| Staples-Motley Elementary STAPLES | 308 | 55.8% | 38.3% |
| Washington Elementary HIBBING | 310 | 59.4% | N/A |
| NEW DISCOVERIES MONTESSORI ACADEMY HUTCHINSON | 219 | 59.4% | 30.9% |
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 SEBEKA ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.6% | #346 of 844 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.1% | #377 of 844 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.7% | #362 of 844 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 218 | #770 of 1,130 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.0:1 | #37 of 769 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 11.4% | #754 of 796 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.9% | #207 of 942 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.9% | #129 of 499 |
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
218
-3 (-1%) vs 2020
-37% since 1990-91, when it was 347
Student : Teacher
10.0:1
was 10.1:1
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 | 218 | 21.8 | 10.0:1 | 62% (135) |
| 2023-24 | 237 | 21.7 | 10.9:1 | 61% (144) |
| 2022-23 | 215 | 23.7 | 9.1:1 | 61% (132) |
| 2020-21 | 221 | 22 | 10.1:1 | 40% (89) |
| 2017-18 | 279 | 23.8 | 11.7:1 | 49% (137) |
| 2015-16 | 282 | 21 | 13.4:1 | 50% (140) |
| 2010-11 | 250 | 21 | 11.9:1 | 58% (146) |
| 2000-01 | 293 | 23 | 12.7:1 | 54% (158) |
| 1990-91 | 347 | 29 | 12.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SEBEKA ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (279 to 218); teachers down 8% (23.8 to 21.8).
About SEBEKA ELEMENTARY
Federal records list SEBEKA ELEMENTARY as an elementary school in SEBEKA, Minnesota. A total of 218 students attend the school, which covers pre-K through 6. Against the 344-student average for elementary schools in Minnesota, enrollment here is 37% lower.
SEBEKA ELEMENTARY is one of the 2 schools that make up SEBEKA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT (451 students in total).
The student body at SEBEKA ELEMENTARY is 94% White. Enrollment also includes 4% multiracial. The school's diversity index is 11%, meaning two students picked at random have an 11% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 10.0:1, with 21.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is 3.7 students per teacher below the 13.7:1 average for elementary schools in Minnesota. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 62% of enrollment. Public schools in Wadena County average 49%.
Measured against Minnesota public elementary schools, SEBEKA ELEMENTARY receives an A-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
SEBEKA ELEMENTARY outperforms its prediction by 17.9 points. The model expects 31.8% for a school with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Minnesota; the school's rate is 49.6%.
Census estimates describe Wadena County this way: the median household income is $61,467, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides SEBEKA ELEMENTARY, Wadena County has 16 other public schools.
SEBEKA SECONDARY is the nearest neighboring public school, less than a tenth of a mile away. The ten-mile area around SEBEKA ELEMENTARY holds 3 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts SEBEKA ELEMENTARY at 1st of 7.
Locale data from NCES put SEBEKA ELEMENTARY in rural territory far from an urban area (Rural: Remote).
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 221 in 2020-21, 218 in 2024-25.
Topics for discussion here include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Wadena County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
14,256
Census ACS
Median income
$61,467
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
17
3,201 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Nearby schools
- SEBEKA SECONDARY0.0 mi · 233
- Menahga High School8.3 mi · 450
- MENAHGA ELEMENTARY8.3 mi · 537
- WADENA-DEER CREEK SENIOR HIGH13.3 mi · 470
- WADENA-DEER CREEK 5TH AND 6TH GRADE13.3 mi · 159
- WADENA-DEER CREEK ELEMENTARY13.4 mi · 450
Frequently asked questions
About SEBEKA ELEMENTARYHow large is SEBEKA ELEMENTARY?
SEBEKA ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 218 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does SEBEKA ELEMENTARY serve?
SEBEKA ELEMENTARY serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at SEBEKA ELEMENTARY?
Approximately 10.0:1 students per teacher at SEBEKA ELEMENTARY.
What is the student diversity at SEBEKA ELEMENTARY?
Student demographics at SEBEKA ELEMENTARY are roughly 94% White, 0% Hispanic, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees SEBEKA ELEMENTARY?
SEBEKA ELEMENTARY is overseen by SEBEKA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT in Wadena County.
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