Enrollment
144
Elementary
DISTRICT 151 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ULEN-HITTERDAL PUBLIC SCHOOL DIST·NCES 274081001704
ULEN-HITTERDAL ELEMENTARY
27 NW 2ND ST, ULEN, MN 56585 · (218) 596-8853 · Clay County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL144 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 46% 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.
- C+Beats 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
10.7:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.7:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
64 students
DISTRICT 39% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 18 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 14 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 25 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 24 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 19 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 20 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 24 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (18) is 25% smaller than its 6th grade class (24).
Student demographics
35%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · 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
ULEN-HITTERDAL ELEMENTARY→ULEN-HITTERDAL SECONDARY
Based on grade levels within ULEN-HITTERDAL PUBLIC SCHOOL DIST. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
49.4%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
44.0%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 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
43.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.2%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 ULEN-HITTERDAL ELEMENTARY
ULEN-HITTERDAL ELEMENTARY's state test result (43.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ULEN-HITTERDAL ELEMENTARY this school | 144 | 44.4% | 43.2% |
| Solway Elementary SOLWAY | 148 | 43.2% | 49.5% |
| WEST CENTRAL AREA N. EL. ELBOW LAKE | 144 | 41.0% | 59.7% |
| WILLIAM KELLEY ELEMENTARY SILVER BAY | 143 | 42.0% | 27.7% |
| GOODRIDGE ELEMENTARY GOODRIDGE | 161 | 45.3% | 33.9% |
| Murray County Central Elementary SLAYTON | 137 | 43.8% | N/A |
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 ULEN-HITTERDAL ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Clay County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.2% | #462 of 844 | #7 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #519 of 844 | #7 of 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.4% | #409 of 844 | #4 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 144 | #865 of 1,130 | #10 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.4% | #416 of 942 | #6 of 11 |
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
144
-7 (-5%) vs 2020
-28% since 1990-91, when it was 199
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
was 12.6:1
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 | 144 | 13.5 | 10.7:1 | 44% (64) |
| 2023-24 | 140 | 12.5 | 11.2:1 | 54% (75) |
| 2022-23 | 150 | 13 | 11.5:1 | 49% (74) |
| 2020-21 | 151 | 12 | 12.6:1 | 29% (44) |
| 2017-18 | 170 | 14.6 | 11.7:1 | 36% (62) |
| 2015-16 | 169 | 14 | 12.1:1 | 37% (63) |
| 2010-11 | 163 | 13 | 12.5:1 | 31% (50) |
| 2000-01 | 149 | 11 | 13.6:1 | 40% (59) |
| 1990-91 | 199 | 14 | 14.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ULEN-HITTERDAL ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (170 to 144); teachers down 8% (14.6 to 13.5).
About ULEN-HITTERDAL ELEMENTARY
ULEN-HITTERDAL ELEMENTARY serves students in ULEN, Minnesota, as a small elementary school. Its grade span covers kindergarten through 6, with 144 students on the rolls. On average, elementary schools in Minnesota enroll around 344, and this school is 58% below that mark.
Across its 2 schools, ULEN-HITTERDAL PUBLIC SCHOOL DIST enrolls 302 students. ULEN-HITTERDAL ELEMENTARY is one of those schools.
The student body at ULEN-HITTERDAL ELEMENTARY is 79% White. The school is also 13% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, and 2% Native American. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 35%.
A staff of 13.5 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 10.7:1. The gap from the 13.7:1 average for elementary schools in Minnesota is 3.0 students per teacher. By family income, 44% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, ULEN-HITTERDAL ELEMENTARY lands at B-, ahead of 46% of Minnesota public elementary schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, ULEN-HITTERDAL ELEMENTARY would score about 41.2%. It scores 43.2%, 2.0 points above that figure.
For the population of Clay County, median household income comes to about $81,172, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Clay County's 32 public schools enroll about 11,470 students and include ULEN-HITTERDAL ELEMENTARY.
ULEN-HITTERDAL ELEMENTARY's nearest public school is ULEN-HITTERDAL SECONDARY (less than a tenth of a mile). Of the 5 nearby schools with scores, including this one, ULEN-HITTERDAL ELEMENTARY is 2nd on average proficiency.
ULEN-HITTERDAL ELEMENTARY is in rural territory some distance from an urban area, a location NCES labels Rural: Distant.
Enrollment figures show a drop of 7 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. Its ratio of students to teachers was 12.6:1 in 2020-21, and 10.7:1 in 2024-25.
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Clay County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
66,059
Census ACS
Median income
$81,172
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
32
11,470 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ULEN-HITTERDAL PUBLIC SCHOOL DIST
- ULEN-HITTERDAL SECONDARYHigh · 158 students
Nearby schools
- ULEN-HITTERDAL SECONDARY0.0 mi · 158
- NORMAN COUNTY EAST ELEMENTARY12.6 mi · 95
- NORMAN COUNTY EAST SECONDARY12.6 mi · 71
- SPRING PRAIRIE ELEMENTARY13.1 mi · 26
- HAWLEY ELEMENTARY13.7 mi · 579
- Glacial Ridge Transitional Skills P13.7 mi · 15
Frequently asked questions
About ULEN-HITTERDAL ELEMENTARYHow many students attend ULEN-HITTERDAL ELEMENTARY?
ULEN-HITTERDAL ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 144 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does ULEN-HITTERDAL ELEMENTARY serve?
ULEN-HITTERDAL ELEMENTARY serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many teachers does ULEN-HITTERDAL ELEMENTARY have?
ULEN-HITTERDAL ELEMENTARY employs 13 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.7:1.
How diverse is ULEN-HITTERDAL ELEMENTARY?
ULEN-HITTERDAL ELEMENTARY reports a student body of 79% White, 5% Hispanic, 1% Black, 13% Two or more.
What district is ULEN-HITTERDAL ELEMENTARY in?
ULEN-HITTERDAL ELEMENTARY is part of ULEN-HITTERDAL PUBLIC SCHOOL DIST.
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