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Enrollment
468
Elementary
DISTRICT 272 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OWATONNA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 272805001230
WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY
423 14TH ST. NE, OWATONNA, MN 55060 · (507) 444-8300 · Steele County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL468 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.8:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
184 students
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 48%
Community
5
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 | 65 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 76 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 76 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 82 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 96 | 21% |
| Grade 5 | 73 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (65) is 11% smaller than its 5th grade class (73).
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
45.3%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
58.0%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 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
47.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.9%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY
WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY's state test result (47.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY this school | 468 | 39.3% | 47.5% |
| North Elementary School SAINT PETER | 429 | 38.2% | 62.8% |
| Burnside Elementary RED WING | 493 | 40.6% | 37.7% |
| LUVERNE ELEMENTARY LUVERNE | 515 | 36.7% | 56.3% |
| Medford Elementary MEDFORD | 466 | 35.6% | 40.9% |
| LINCOLN ELEMENTARY OWATONNA | 505 | 36.6% | 45.5% |
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 WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Steele County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.5% | #385 of 844 | #2 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #309 of 844 | #2 of 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.3% | #483 of 844 | #3 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 468 | #351 of 1,130 | #3 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #262 of 769 | #3 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.0% | #485 of 796 | #3 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 39.3% | #520 of 942 | #5 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.9% | #225 of 244 | 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
468
-36 (-7%) vs 2020
-8% since 1990-91, when it was 507
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 14.0:1
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 | 468 | 36.6 | 12.8:1 | 39% (184) |
| 2023-24 | 484 | 38.2 | 12.7:1 | 44% (214) |
| 2022-23 | 487 | 37.4 | 13.0:1 | 48% (235) |
| 2020-21 | 504 | 36 | 14.0:1 | 35% (178) |
| 2017-18 | 464 | 35.1 | 13.2:1 | 44% (203) |
| 2015-16 | 458 | 30 | 15.3:1 | 44% (201) |
| 2010-11 | 557 | 29 | 19.2:1 | 34% (188) |
| 2000-01 | 501 | 27 | 18.6:1 | 19% (95) |
| 1990-91 | 507 | 25 | 20.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (464 to 468); teachers up 4% (35.1 to 36.6).
About WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY
WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY serves students in OWATONNA, Minnesota, as a mid-sized elementary school. It is open to students in kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 468 students. It has 36% more students than the average for elementary schools in Minnesota (about 344).
OWATONNA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT has a total of 13 schools and 4,890 students, WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY among them.
Federal enrollment data show WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY is 76% White. The remaining shares are 16% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 3% Black. Steele County as a whole is about 86% White, so the school's share is lower. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 39, compared with 70 nationally.
The school has 36.6 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 12.8 students per teacher. Elementary schools in Minnesota have an average ratio of 13.7:1. The school reported 39% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. Public schools in Steele County average a similar 41%.
WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY is 3.6 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (47.5% versus 43.9%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Minnesota.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Steele County show that the median household earns about $84,196 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 28%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Steele County has 24 public schools with about 6,997 students, including WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY.
Owatonna Middle School is the nearest public school to WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY, about 0.2 miles away. Within five miles of WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY, there are at least 8 other public schools.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Town: Distant.
In 2020-21, WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY enrolled 504 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 468. Federal data show the ratio falling from 14.0:1 to 12.8:1.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Steele County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
37,439
Census ACS
Median income
$84,196
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
24
6,997 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in OWATONNA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
- OWATONNA SENIOR HIGHHigh · 1,468 students
- Owatonna Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,015 students
- MCKINLEY ELEMENTARYElementary · 510 students
- LINCOLN ELEMENTARYElementary · 505 students
- WILSON ELEMENTARYElementary · 454 students
- Owatonna Online 9-12High · 136 students
Other schools in OWATONNA
- OWATONNA SENIOR HIGHHigh · 1,468 students
- Owatonna Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,015 students
- MCKINLEY ELEMENTARYElementary · 510 students
- LINCOLN ELEMENTARYElementary · 505 students
- WILSON ELEMENTARYElementary · 454 students
- Owatonna Online 9-12High · 136 students
Other Washington Elementary schools
155 other US public schools in 28 states are named Washington Elementary. WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY is the 29th largest of the 156.
- WASHINGTON ELEMENTARYCLOQUET, MN · 495 students
- WASHINGTON ELEMENTARYMANKATO, MN · 376 students
- Washington Elementary SchoolROCHESTER, MN · 334 students
- Washington ElementaryHIBBING, MN · 310 students
- WASHINGTON ELEMENTARYELY, MN · 201 students
Nearby schools
- Owatonna Middle School0.2 mi · 1,015
- MCKINLEY ELEMENTARY0.9 mi · 510
- Owatonna Online K-61.0 mi · 14
- OWATONNA ECSE1.0 mi · 87
- OEC ELC1.0 mi · 109
- Owatonna Online 7-81.0 mi · 22
Frequently asked questions
About WASHINGTON ELEMENTARYWhat is the total enrollment at WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY?
WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 468 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY serve?
WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY?
Approximately 12.8:1 students per teacher at WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY.
How diverse is WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY?
WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY reports a student body of 76% White, 16% Hispanic, 3% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY in?
WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY is part of OWATONNA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.