Enrollment
297
Elementary
DISTRICT 283 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DAWSON-BOYD PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 271009000429
Stevens Elementary
848 CHESTNUT ST, DAWSON, MN 56232 · (320) 769-4590 · Lac qui Parle County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL297 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 81% of Minnesota public elementary schools
- B+Test 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
11.5:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
121 students
DISTRICT 38% · 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 | 8 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 45 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 37 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 44 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 41 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 36 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 46 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 40 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (45) is 13% larger than its 6th grade class (40).
Student demographics
33%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 30% · 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
Stevens Elementary→Dawson-Boyd Secondary
Based on grade levels within Dawson-Boyd Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
61.1%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
61.1%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 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
56.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.2%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 43% 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 13 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 Stevens Elementary
Stevens Elementary's state test result (56.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stevens Elementary this school | 297 | 40.7% | 56.3% |
| WARREN ELEMENTARY WARREN | 316 | 43.7% | 51.3% |
| West Elementary SLAYTON | 256 | 42.2% | 64.7% |
| Riverside Elementary JACKSON | 350 | 40.0% | 48.9% |
| Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Elementary BROOTEN | 294 | 39.8% | 42.4% |
| Lewiston-Altura Elementary LEWISTON | 254 | 39.0% | 59.4% |
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 Stevens Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.3% | #215 of 844 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.1% | #251 of 844 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.1% | #183 of 844 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 297 | #649 of 1,130 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.5:1 | #138 of 769 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.7% | #551 of 796 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.7% | #478 of 942 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.3% | #440 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
297
+10 (+3%) vs 2020
-24% since 1990-91, when it was 389
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
was 13.7:1
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 | 297 | 25.8 | 11.5:1 | 41% (121) |
| 2023-24 | 302 | 24.8 | 12.2:1 | 44% (133) |
| 2022-23 | 288 | 23.5 | 12.3:1 | 45% (130) |
| 2020-21 | 287 | 21 | 13.7:1 | 37% (107) |
| 2017-18 | 307 | 22.3 | 13.8:1 | 40% (123) |
| 2015-16 | 276 | 20 | 13.8:1 | 37% (102) |
| 2010-11 | 276 | 20 | 13.8:1 | 48% (133) |
| 2000-01 | 304 | 22 | 13.8:1 | 33% (99) |
| 1990-91 | 389 | 25 | 15.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Stevens Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (307 to 297); teachers up 16% (22.3 to 25.8).
About Stevens Elementary
Federal records list Stevens Elementary as an elementary school in DAWSON, Minnesota. The school's enrollment of 297 students covers pre-K through 6.
Stevens Elementary is in Dawson-Boyd Public School District, a district with 566 students across 2 schools.
Stevens Elementary's enrollment is 81% White. The remaining shares are 12% Hispanic and 7% multiracial. Lac qui Parle County as a whole is about 93% White, so the school's share is lower. Pick two students at random and there is a 33% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The teaching staff at Stevens Elementary is 25.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 11.5:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 13.7:1 average for elementary schools in Minnesota. About 41% of students, or 121, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Lac qui Parle County average 41%.
allk12 grades Stevens Elementary an A-. The grade compares the school only with Minnesota public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
A school in Minnesota with Stevens Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch share would be expected to score about 43.2%. Stevens Elementary scores 56.3%.
Lac qui Parle County has about 6,682 residents, and the median household income is $74,432, about 23% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 4%. In all, Lac qui Parle County has 5 public schools and roughly 1,226 students.
Dawson-Boyd Secondary is located less than a tenth of a mile from Stevens Elementary. Around the school, 4 other public schools are within ten miles. On proficiency, Stevens Elementary is ahead of the 38.0% nearby average, ranking 1st of 7.
NCES assigns Stevens Elementary the locale Rural: Remote, meaning in rural territory far from an urban area.
Over 4 years, Stevens Elementary's enrollment climbed 3%, to 297. The number of students per teacher fell from 13.7 to 11.5 over 4 years.
Community posts for Stevens Elementary can cover school safety, transportation, and start times. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Lac qui Parle County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
6,682
Census ACS
Median income
$74,432
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
5
1,226 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Dawson-Boyd Public School District
- Dawson-Boyd SecondaryHigh · 269 students
Other Stevens Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 5 states are named Stevens Elementary. Stevens Elementary is the 6th largest of the 7.
- Stevens Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 556 students
- Stevens Elementary SchoolWHEAT RIDGE, CO · 469 students
- Stevens ElementarySpokane, WA · 438 students
- Stevens Elementary SchoolAberdeen, WA · 332 students
- Stevens Elementary SchoolChambersburg, PA · 305 students
Nearby schools
- Dawson-Boyd Secondary0.1 mi · 269
- MADISON-MARIETTA-NASSAU ELEMENTARY8.5 mi · 151
- LAC QUI PARLE VALLEY SECONDARY9.8 mi · 380
- LAC QUI PARLE VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL9.8 mi · 129
- RAMSEY ELEMENTARY16.7 mi · 260
- Sanford Elementary School17.1 mi · 277
Frequently asked questions
About Stevens ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Stevens Elementary?
Stevens Elementary enrolls approximately 297 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Stevens Elementary serve?
Stevens Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Stevens Elementary?
Approximately 11.5:1 students per teacher at Stevens Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Stevens Elementary?
Student demographics at Stevens Elementary are roughly 81% White, 12% Hispanic, 7% Two or more.
Is Stevens Elementary public or private?
Stevens Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Dawson-Boyd Public School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.