Elementary Schools in Renville County West Schools

Summary:

Renville County West Schools in Minnesota has only one elementary school, Renville County West Elementary, which serves grades PK-6 with an enrollment of 332 students. The school's academic performance is consistently below the state average, ranking 645 out of 872 Minnesota elementary schools for the 2024-2025 school year with a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Renville County West Elementary's proficiency rates on the MCA-III Math and Reading assessments are significantly lower than the state averages across all grade levels. In 2024-2025, the school's overall Math proficiency rate was 32.73% compared to the state average of 45.21%, and its overall Reading proficiency rate was 38.89% compared to the state average of 49.59%. The school also has a relatively high free/reduced lunch rate of 58.43% in 2023-2024, indicating a high percentage of economically disadvantaged students.

Despite the school's low academic performance, its student-teacher ratio of 13.7 is slightly lower than the state average. However, the school's statewide ranking has declined from 605 out of 845 Minnesota elementary schools in 2022-2023 to 645 out of 872 in 2024-2025, suggesting the school is not keeping pace with improvements at other schools across the state. To address these challenges, the Renville County West Schools district may need to explore targeted interventions and support programs to help improve student outcomes at Renville County West Elementary.

District Detail

301 NE 3rd St
Renville, MN 56284-0338

(320) 329-8362

SchoolDigger Rank:
239^th of 446 Minnesota districts

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Grades served: PK, KG-12
Students: 548

Primary Schools: 1
Middle Schools: 0
High Schools: 1
Alternative Schools: 0

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				MCA-III Math (2025)					MCA-III Reading (2025)					Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	MCA-III Math 3rd Grade	MCA-III Math 4th Grade	MCA-III Math 5th Grade	MCA-III Math 6th Grade	MCA-III Math All Grades	MCA-III Reading 3rd Grade	MCA-III Reading 4th Grade	MCA-III Reading 5th Grade	MCA-III Reading 6th Grade	MCA-III Reading All Grades	Total
Renville County West Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	301 NE 3rd St	Renville	56284	Renville County	Renville County West Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(320) 329-8368	329	27	12.2	45.6%	193 (58.7%)	1 (0.3%)	130 (39.5%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.2%)	30.3	645^th of 872 public elementary schools	26.0%		32.7	633^rd of 881 public elementary schools	28.1%	12	34.1	40.5	31.8	25.0	32.7	28.6	27.8	50.0	47.5	38.9	$12,501

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Minnesota Department of Education.

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