Schools · Eldon

Eldon, ND schools

Eldon’s public schools score well below North Dakota’s averages: 17% of students are proficient in reading against 42.3% statewide, and 75% of high schoolers graduate on time against 86.6%. Kids attend Minnewaukan Elementary School through grade 8, then Minnewaukan High School.

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

TownTapestry School GradeNew

Eldon’s School Grade: D-

The public schools Eldon’s kids attend trail 97% of North Dakota’s districts on state tests. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.

DTest scores
North Dakota school districts we grade (148)Better than 3%
Lower resultsHigher results
North Dakota towns with similar household incomes (322)Better than 0%
Towns in Benson County (36)Better than 8%
Lower confidence. Built on 128 tested students. With numbers this small, one year can move the grade.
How the School Grade works
  • Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on North Dakota’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 North Dakota 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 North Dakota 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 Eldon kids go to school

Grades PK–8
DMinnewaukan Elementary School 182 students · Minnewaukan Minnewaukan Public School District 5
Grades 9–12
DMinnewaukan High School 71 students · Minnewaukan Minnewaukan Public School District 5

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

Test scores · 2020–21

Well below the state in reading

Reading (grades PK–12, Minnewaukan Public School District 5)17%
State average 42.3%
Math (grades PK–12, Minnewaukan Public School District 5)7.5%
State average 38.2%
Graduation · class of 2020

75% graduate on time

Graduation rate
75%
ND: 86.6%
Graduating class
11
students

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

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The district serving Eldon

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