Stevens Elementary

Stevens Elementary operates as a mid-sized elementary-level community in DAWSON, Minnesota, part of Dawson-Boyd Public School District. Current enrollment sits at 297 students spanning grades pre-K through 6.

Stevens Elementary is one of 2 schools operated by Dawson-Boyd Public School District, a district that caters to 566 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Stevens Elementary records that nearly all students (81%) are White; the rest consists of 12% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Lac qui Parle County as a whole is about 93% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.5:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.7:1, putting Stevens Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 41% of students at Stevens Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Stevens Elementary ranks in the top 10% of Minnesota public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 43.2%; Stevens Elementary posts 56.3%, +13.1 points above that line.

In the broader community, Lac qui Parle County reports that median household income runs about $74,432, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, Lac qui Parle County runs 5 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,226 students), of which Stevens Elementary is one.

Dawson-Boyd Secondary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Stevens Elementary at 1st of 7; the average score across the group is 38.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 3%: 307 students in 2018 compared to 297 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 86% to 81% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 11.5:1 today.

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