Schools · Elgin

Elgin, ND schools

Elgin’s public schools score well below North Dakota’s averages: 37% of students are proficient in reading against 42.3% statewide, and 75% of high schoolers graduate on time against 86.6%. Kids attend Elgin-New Leipzig Elementary School.

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

C-School Grade

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Elgin’s School Grade: C-

The public schools Elgin’s kids attend trail 80% of North Dakota’s districts on state tests. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.

C-Test scores

North Dakota school districts we grade (148)Better than 20%

Lower resultsHigher results

North Dakota towns with similar household incomes (36)Better than 17%

Lower confidence. Built on 88 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 Elgin kids go to school

Grades PK–6

DElgin-New Leipzig Elementary School 100 students · Elgin Elgin-New Leipzig Public School District 49

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–6, Elgin-New Leipzig Public School District 49)37%

State average 42.3%

Math (grades PK–6, Elgin-New Leipzig Public School District 49)27%

State average 38.2%

Graduation · class of 2020

75% graduate on time

Graduation rate

75%

ND: 86.6%

Graduating class

students

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

Districts

The district serving Elgin

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Elgin-New Leipzig Public School District 49Grades PK–12 · 2 schools · 168 students

$19,637 per studentND $16,642C-

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

Within reach

Colleges near Elgin

There’s no college within 30 miles of Elgin. The closest is Dickinson State University in Dickinson, ND, 56.1 miles away.

Dickinson State UniversityUniversity or college · Public · Dickinson56.1 mi1,064 students

University of MaryUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Bismarck56.6 mi2,797 students

Bismarck State CollegeUniversity or college · Public · Bismarck56.9 mi2,671 students

Straight-line distance from the center of Elgin. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus. Colleges marked › have their own page; the others are too small or don’t report enough to the Department of Education for one.

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