Enrollment
282
Elementary
DISTRICT 277 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UNDERWOOD PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 274083001706
UNDERWOOD ELEMENTARY
100 SOUTHERN AVE E, UNDERWOOD, MN 56586 · (218) 826-6101 · Otter Tail County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL282 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
103 students
DISTRICT 34% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
56.0%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
48.5%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 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
48.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.4%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
282
-16 (-5%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
was 16.9:1
% White
96%
was 93%
% Hispanic
2%
was 1%
% Black
1%
was 2%
% Asian
0%
was 2%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About UNDERWOOD ELEMENTARY
Set in UNDERWOOD, Minnesota, UNDERWOOD ELEMENTARY is a modestly sized elementary-level community, part of UNDERWOOD PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. It instructs 282 students across grades pre-K through 6.
UNDERWOOD ELEMENTARY is one of 2 schools operated by UNDERWOOD PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that works with 554 students overall.
Demographically, UNDERWOOD ELEMENTARY records that 96% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority.
On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 37% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
After controlling for student poverty, UNDERWOOD ELEMENTARY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 45.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 48.1%.
In the area at large, ACS estimates for Otter Tail County put median household income runs about $72,255, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Otter Tail County's 37 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,503 students), UNDERWOOD ELEMENTARY is one campus in the mix.
UNDERWOOD SECONDARY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, UNDERWOOD ELEMENTARY comes 5th of 6 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 52.3%.
The campus sits in an outlying setting.
Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 5%: 298 students in 2018 compared to 282 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 16.9:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 in 2025.
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Otter Tail County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
60,475
Census ACS
Median income
$72,255
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
37
8,503 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in UNDERWOOD PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
- UNDERWOOD SECONDARYHigh · 272 students
- UNDERWOOD ALPCombined
Other schools in UNDERWOOD
- UNDERWOOD SECONDARYHigh · 272 students
- F.E.D. Underwood Credit RecoveryElementary
- UNDERWOOD ALPCombined
Nearby schools
- UNDERWOOD SECONDARY0.0 mi · 272
- BATTLE LAKE SECONDARY7.2 mi · 184
- BATTLE LAKE ELEMENTARY7.2 mi · 230
- Kennedy Middle School9.3 mi · 558
- Kennedy High School9.3 mi · 714
- iQ Academy 9-129.4 mi · 375
Frequently asked questions
About UNDERWOOD ELEMENTARYHow large is UNDERWOOD ELEMENTARY?
UNDERWOOD ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 282 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does UNDERWOOD ELEMENTARY serve?
UNDERWOOD ELEMENTARY serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at UNDERWOOD ELEMENTARY?
Approximately 12.2:1 students per teacher at UNDERWOOD ELEMENTARY.
What is the student diversity at UNDERWOOD ELEMENTARY?
Student demographics at UNDERWOOD ELEMENTARY are roughly 96% White, 2% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is UNDERWOOD ELEMENTARY in?
UNDERWOOD ELEMENTARY is part of UNDERWOOD PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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