Schools · Elmo

Elmo, MN schools

Elmo’s public schools score below Minnesota’s averages: 48% of students are proficient in reading against 52.5% statewide, and 95% of high schoolers graduate on time against 84.4%. Kids attend Parkers Prairie Elementary or Henning Elementary through grade 6, then Parkers Prairie Secondary or Henning Secondary.

Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.

A-School Grade

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Elmo’s School Grade: A-

The public schools Elmo’s kids attend outperform 77% of Minnesota’s districts on state tests. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.

B+Test scores

Minnesota school districts we grade (491)Better than 77%

Lower resultsHigher results

Minnesota towns with similar household incomes (1,101)Better than 81%

Towns in Otter Tail County (62)Better than 77%

Good confidence. Built on 452 tested students; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.

How the School Grade works

Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Minnesota’s state tests, each against the state average. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each.
Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Minnesota only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Minnesota with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.

School path

Where Elmo kids go to school

Grades PK–6

B+Parkers Prairie Elementary or B+Henning Elementary Depends on your address Parkers Prairie Public School District

Grades 7–12

B-Parkers Prairie Secondary or B+Henning Secondary Depends on your address Parkers Prairie Public School District

Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.

Test scores · 2020–21

Below the state in reading

Reading (grades PK–12, Parkers Prairie Public)48%

State average 52.5%

Reading (Henning Public)57%

State average 52.5%

Math (grades PK–12, Parkers Prairie Public)49%

State average 44.2%

Math (Henning Public)52%

State average 44.2%

Graduation · class of 2020

95% graduate on time

Graduation rate

95%

MN: 84.4%

Graduating class

students

The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years.

Districts

Two districts serve Elmo

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Parkers Prairie Public School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 2 schools · 531 students

$14,781 per studentMN $17,091B+🏫

Henning Public School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 2 schools · 381 students

$14,397 per studentMN $17,091A

Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.

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