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
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 54% of Minnesota public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 21 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 29 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 27 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 38 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 42 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 33 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 43 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 49 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (29) is 41% smaller than its 6th grade class (49).
Student demographics
8%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 14% · 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
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 →
Schools most like UNDERWOOD ELEMENTARY
UNDERWOOD ELEMENTARY's state test result (48.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| UNDERWOOD ELEMENTARY this school | 282 | 36.5% | 48.1% |
| PARKERS PRAIRIE ELEMENTARY PARKERS PRAIRIE | 251 | 35.5% | 49.6% |
| RUSHFORD-PETERSON ELEMENTARY RUSHFORD | 266 | 36.8% | 47.2% |
| LAKEWOOD ELEMENTARY DULUTH | 254 | 34.6% | 67.1% |
| RTR Elementary School TYLER | 266 | 36.8% | 44.2% |
| CHERRY ELEMENTARY IRON | 297 | 38.0% | 46.7% |
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 UNDERWOOD ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Otter Tail County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.1% | #370 of 844 | #9 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.5% | #459 of 844 | #10 of 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #278 of 844 | #5 of 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 282 | #672 of 1,130 | #5 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.2:1 | #198 of 769 | #2 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 8.3% | #775 of 796 | #10 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 36.5% | #577 of 942 | #8 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.4% | #402 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
282
-8 (-3%) vs 2020
+3% since 1990-91, when it was 274
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
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 | 282 | 23.2 | 12.2:1 | 37% (103) |
| 2023-24 | 284 | 23.1 | 12.3:1 | 48% (135) |
| 2022-23 | 289 | 23.2 | 12.5:1 | 44% (127) |
| 2020-21 | 290 | 20 | 14.5:1 | 29% (84) |
| 2017-18 | 298 | 17.6 | 16.9:1 | 48% (144) |
| 2015-16 | 322 | 18 | 17.9:1 | 44% (143) |
| 2010-11 | 313 | 16 | 19.6:1 | 50% (158) |
| 2000-01 | 205 | 16 | 12.8:1 | 39% (79) |
| 1990-91 | 274 | 10 | 27.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for UNDERWOOD ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (298 to 282); teachers up 32% (17.6 to 23.2).
About UNDERWOOD ELEMENTARY
UNDERWOOD ELEMENTARY is an elementary school in UNDERWOOD, Minnesota, according to federal school records. In all, 282 students attend the school in pre-K through 6.
UNDERWOOD PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT (2 schools, 554 students) runs UNDERWOOD ELEMENTARY.
Of every 100 students at UNDERWOOD ELEMENTARY, about 96 are White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 8%.
The school has 23.2 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 12.2 students per teacher. The average for elementary schools in Minnesota is 13.7:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. The school reported 37% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25.
UNDERWOOD ELEMENTARY holds a B- allk12 Grade, placing it above 54% of Minnesota public elementary schools.
UNDERWOOD ELEMENTARY sits between the top and bottom 10% of Minnesota schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 48.1% and a predicted 45.4%.
For Otter Tail County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $72,255 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 28%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. There are 37 public schools in the county, enrolling about 8,503, UNDERWOOD ELEMENTARY among them.
UNDERWOOD SECONDARY sits less than a tenth of a mile from UNDERWOOD ELEMENTARY. Inside a ten-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 52.3% proficiency; UNDERWOOD ELEMENTARY posts 48.1%.
UNDERWOOD ELEMENTARY falls in the Rural: Distant locale category, used for schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
A 3% decline took enrollment from 290 in 2020-21 to 282 in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio falling from 14.5:1 to 12.2:1.
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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
Other Underwood Elementary schools
7 other US public schools in 8 states are named Underwood Elementary. UNDERWOOD ELEMENTARY is the 7th largest of the 8.
- Underwood Elementary SchoolANDREWS, TX · 638 students
- UNDERWOOD ELEM.LEE'S SUMMIT, MO · 511 students
- Underwood Elementary SchoolUnderwood, IA · 424 students
- Underwood ElementaryRaleigh, NC · 405 students
- Underwood Elementary SchoolFlorence, AL · 343 students
Nearby schools
- UNDERWOOD SECONDARY0.0 mi · 272
- BATTLE LAKE ELEMENTARY7.2 mi · 230
- BATTLE LAKE SECONDARY7.2 mi · 184
- Kennedy High School9.3 mi · 714
- Kennedy Middle School9.3 mi · 558
- 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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