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What's the one class at SOUTH POINT ELEMENTARY every student should take?
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Enrollment
435
Elementary
DISTRICT 467 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EAST GRAND FORKS PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 271113000495
SOUTH POINT ELEMENTARY
1900 13TH ST SE, EAST GRAND FORKS, MN 56721 · (218) 773-1149 · Polk County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL435 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 14% of Minnesota public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
14.9:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
36%
156 students
DISTRICT 34% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 152 | 35% |
| Grade 4 | 139 | 32% |
| Grade 5 | 144 | 33% |
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 44% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within East Grand Forks Public Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
40.0%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
40.3%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 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
34.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.8%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 SOUTH POINT ELEMENTARY
SOUTH POINT ELEMENTARY's state test result (34.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOUTH POINT ELEMENTARY this school | 435 | 35.9% | 34.8% |
| FARMINGTON ELEMENTARY FARMINGTON | 493 | 36.5% | 40.1% |
| NEW HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY EAST GRAND FORKS | 499 | 40.3% | N/A |
| North Elementary School SAINT PETER | 429 | 38.2% | 62.8% |
| Christa McAuliffe Elementary HASTINGS | 470 | 33.0% | 58.8% |
| LINCOLN ELEMENTARY OWATONNA | 505 | 36.6% | 45.5% |
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 SOUTH POINT ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Polk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.8% | #611 of 844 | #5 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.3% | #576 of 844 | #5 of 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #580 of 844 | #5 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 435 | #414 of 1,130 | #3 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.9:1 | #526 of 769 | #4 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.3% | #399 of 796 | #3 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.9% | #587 of 942 | #6 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.0% | #429 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
435
-15 (-3%) vs 2020
+45% since 1990-91, when it was 301
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
was 14.5:1
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 | 435 | 29.2 | 14.9:1 | 36% (156) |
| 2023-24 | 426 | 30.2 | 14.1:1 | 39% (165) |
| 2022-23 | 433 | 31.5 | 13.8:1 | 39% (170) |
| 2020-21 | 450 | 31 | 14.5:1 | 34% (155) |
| 2017-18 | 453 | 27.7 | 16.4:1 | 35% (160) |
| 2015-16 | 416 | 25 | 16.6:1 | 34% (142) |
| 2010-11 | 377 | 23 | 16.4:1 | 32% (122) |
| 2000-01 | 369 | 22 | 16.8:1 | 31% (114) |
| 1990-91 | 301 | 20 | 15.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SOUTH POINT ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (453 to 435); teachers up 5% (27.7 to 29.2).
About SOUTH POINT ELEMENTARY
The public elementary school SOUTH POINT ELEMENTARY is located in EAST GRAND FORKS, Minnesota. The school had 435 students in grades 3 through 5 in 2024-25. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Minnesota) has about 344 students.
East Grand Forks Public Schools, which runs SOUTH POINT ELEMENTARY, has 4 schools and 2,005 students.
At 71%, White students outnumber all other groups at SOUTH POINT ELEMENTARY combined. The school is also 12% Hispanic, 8% Black, 7% multiracial, and 3% Native American. The White share of the county population is higher, at 86%. The chance that two students picked at random at SOUTH POINT ELEMENTARY belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 47%.
Federal staffing data show 29.2 full-time-equivalent teachers at SOUTH POINT ELEMENTARY and a ratio of 14.9:1. That ratio is over the 13.7:1 average for elementary schools in Minnesota. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 36% of students.
SOUTH POINT ELEMENTARY is graded D by allk12, scoring above 14% of Minnesota public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
SOUTH POINT ELEMENTARY posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 34.8%, compared with a predicted 45.8%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Minnesota schools on BeatsExpectations.
In the county around the school, Polk County, median household income is about $73,107, about 28% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. A total of 20 public schools operate in Polk County, serving about 5,075 students.
CENTRAL MIDDLE is located about 0.3 miles from SOUTH POINT ELEMENTARY. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8.
In the federal locale system, SOUTH POINT ELEMENTARY is coded Suburb: Small, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.
The number of students dropped from 450 to 435 over 4 years.
Topics for discussion here include school safety, transportation, and start times. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Polk County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
30,705
Census ACS
Median income
$73,107
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
20
5,075 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in East Grand Forks Public Schools
- EAST GRAND FORKS SENIOR HIGHHigh · 608 students
- NEW HEIGHTS ELEMENTARYElementary · 499 students
- CENTRAL MIDDLEMiddle · 463 students
Other schools in EAST GRAND FORKS
- EAST GRAND FORKS SENIOR HIGHHigh · 608 students
- NEW HEIGHTS ELEMENTARYElementary · 499 students
- CENTRAL MIDDLEMiddle · 463 students
Other South Point Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named South Point Elementary. SOUTH POINT ELEMENTARY is the largest of the 3.
- South Point ElementaryWashington, MO · 425 students
- South Point Elementary SchoolSouth Point, OH · 355 students
Nearby schools
- CENTRAL MIDDLE0.3 mi · 463
- PHOENIX ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.0 mi · 235
- VIKING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.2 mi · 328
- J NELSON KELLY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.3 mi · 482
- LEWIS AND CLARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.4 mi · 178
- SCHROEDER MIDDLE SCHOOL2.4 mi · 569
Frequently asked questions
About SOUTH POINT ELEMENTARYHow many students attend SOUTH POINT ELEMENTARY?
SOUTH POINT ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 435 students in grades 03-05.
What grades does SOUTH POINT ELEMENTARY serve?
SOUTH POINT ELEMENTARY serves grades 03-05.
How many students per teacher at SOUTH POINT ELEMENTARY?
Approximately 14.9:1 students per teacher at SOUTH POINT ELEMENTARY.
What is the student diversity at SOUTH POINT ELEMENTARY?
Student demographics at SOUTH POINT ELEMENTARY are roughly 71% White, 12% Hispanic, 8% Black, 7% Two or more.
What district is SOUTH POINT ELEMENTARY in?
SOUTH POINT ELEMENTARY is part of East Grand Forks Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.