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Ellen Hopkins Elementary

Public Grades K-4

673^rd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 872 Minnesota Elementary Schools

Better than 23% of Minnesota elementary schools

Summary

Ellen Hopkins Elementary is a public elementary school located in Moorhead, Minnesota, serving 595 students in grades K-4. The school is part of the Moorhead Area Public Schools district, which is ranked 270 out of 446 districts in the state.

While Ellen Hopkins Elementary has shown some strengths in the performance of certain student subgroups, the school has consistently underperformed compared to the district and state in both math and reading proficiency on standardized assessments. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, the school's math proficiency rate was 38.8%, compared to 40.34% for the district and 45.21% for the state. Similarly, the school's reading proficiency rate was 33.73%, compared to 44.14% for the district and 49.59% for the state.

The high percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds at Ellen Hopkins Elementary, with 69.92% of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, may be a contributing factor to the school's academic underperformance. In comparison, the nearby Dorothy Dodds Elementary and S.G. Reinertsen Elementary schools have lower percentages of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds, at 47.76% and 37.99%, respectively. By addressing the unique challenges faced by Ellen Hopkins Elementary, the school and district can work to improve the educational outcomes for all students.

616

Students ?

14.2

Student/teacher ratio ?

$12,351

Per pupil spending ?

71.9%

Free/discounted lunch ?

2020 S 11th St
Moorhead, MN 56560-3696

(218) 284-4300

District: Moorhead Area Public Schools

Students who attend Ellen Hopkins Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Horizon Middle School
High:	Moorhead High School

Racial breakdown:

White:

46.3%

African American:

25.8%

Hispanic:

16.9%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 22nd percentile in 2015 → 23rd in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Minnesota average (36% vs 47% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (23rd percentile)

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school36%

District avg42%

Minnesota avg47%

673^rd of 872

Minnesota public elementary schools ?

Bottom 23%▲ up 1 pts since 2015

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

4^th of 4Elementary Schools in the Moorhead Area Public Schools

270^th of 446Moorhead Area Public Schools among Minnesota districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	27.0	673 of 872	22.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	23.5	704 of 881	20.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	51.3	467 of 845	44.7%	★★☆☆☆
2022	43.9	552 of 858	35.7%	★★☆☆☆
2021	46.8	547 of 869	37.1%	★★☆☆☆
2019	44.4	576 of 870	33.8%	★★☆☆☆
2018	39.7	598 of 847	29.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	37.8	615 of 853	27.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	29.6	669 of 848	21.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	31.9	654 of 840	22.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	33.6	628 of 826	24.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	42.4	572 of 824	30.6%	★★☆☆☆
2012	43.8	586 of 820	28.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	34.3	648 of 814	20.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	51.9	503 of 803	37.4%	★★☆☆☆
2009	34.5	350 of 434	19.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	49.3	488 of 781	37.5%	★★☆☆☆
2007	51.8	459 of 777	40.9%	★★☆☆☆
2006	61.4	318 of 756	57.9%	★★★☆☆
2005	45.9	462 of 685	32.6%	★★☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	52.5	129 of 298	56.7%	★★★☆☆
2024	37.0	191 of 310	38.4%	★★☆☆☆
2023	83.2	18 of 279	93.5%	★★★★★
2019	47.0	157 of 283	44.5%	★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	54.8	93 of 303	69.3%	★★★★☆
2024	31.6	224 of 303	26.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	9.3	242 of 242	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	35.7	550 of 799	31.2%	★★☆☆☆
2024	25.9	637 of 809	21.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	48.8	456 of 787	42.1%	★★☆☆☆
2022	38.9	543 of 799	32.0%	★★☆☆☆
2021	34.7	580 of 783	25.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	54.2	440 of 787	44.1%	★★☆☆☆
2018	33.8	594 of 774	23.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	48.5	110 of 238	53.8%	★★★☆☆
2023	54.8	79 of 214	63.1%	★★★☆☆
2022	47.5	104 of 209	50.2%	★★★☆☆
2021	42.0	102 of 153	33.3%	★★☆☆☆
2019	33.9	156 of 219	28.8%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	37.7	509 of 764	33.4%	★★☆☆☆
2024	29.4	606 of 793	23.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	43.7	460 of 774	40.6%	★★☆☆☆
2022	38.0	435 of 663	34.4%	★★☆☆☆
2021	54.6	316 of 683	53.7%	★★★☆☆
2019	27.9	591 of 740	20.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	26.1	598 of 728	17.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	18.6	678 of 812	16.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	20.6	680 of 826	17.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	50.7	431 of 799	46.1%	★★☆☆☆
2022	46.6	504 of 808	37.6%	★★☆☆☆
2021	57.1	365 of 784	53.4%	★★★☆☆
2019	31.9	616 of 798	22.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	44.6	509 of 779	34.7%	★★☆☆☆

Native American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	51.9	18 of 38	52.6%	★★★☆☆
2024	40.3	26 of 42	38.1%	★★☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	27.7	440 of 562	21.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	21.4	485 of 572	15.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	49.6	249 of 524	52.5%	★★★☆☆
2022	37.4	334 of 500	33.2%	★★☆☆☆
2019	51.7	264 of 515	48.7%	★★☆☆☆
2018	78.1	69 of 463	85.1%	★★★★☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	13.3	675 of 714	5.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	13.5	688 of 730	5.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	36.9	488 of 712	31.5%	★★☆☆☆
2022	34.0	540 of 725	25.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	33.4	542 of 710	23.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	41.2	487 of 722	32.5%	★★☆☆☆
2018	32.6	551 of 712	22.6%	★☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

English Language Learner (2025)69th percentile+46 vs school

African American (2025)57th percentile+34 vs school

Hispanic (2025)54th percentile+31 vs school

Native American (2025)53rd percentile+30 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)33rd percentile+11 vs school

Female (2025)31st percentile+8 vs school

Special Education (2025)22nd percentile~ school

Male (2025)17th percentile-6 vs school

White (2025)5th percentile-17 vs school

By subject vs Minnesota (2024-2025) ?

Math39%-6 vs state

Reading34%-16 vs state

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by a parent
Saturday, January 30, 2010

They teach you a lot about not using drugs with there dare program, they teach you great math skills and reading skills. I would like to complain about the principal at the school, she sometimes does not get a hold of her students at the school. I think it is time for a new principal. The teachers have a well put together PTAC team. They also have a great bunch of 5th graders every year to lead them to 2nd place in the local math master team. The gym period is well put together and very physical, and the school lunches are always healthy and delicious. The music program isnt very good, many 5th and 4th graders cant remember the notes on a simple scale. They also have a recent problem cleaning the front doors. Close Quote

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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 All Grades	MCA-III Reading 3rd Grade	MCA-III Reading 4th Grade	MCA-III Reading All Grades	Total
Ellen Hopkins Elementary	Public	K-4	2020 S 11th St	Moorhead	56560	Clay County	Moorhead Area Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(218) 284-4300	616	43	14.2	71.9%	285 (46.3%)	159 (25.8%)	104 (16.9%)	6 (1.0%)	27 (4.4%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (5.7%)	27	673^rd of 872 public elementary schools	22.8%		23.5	704^th of 881 public elementary schools	20.1%	31	41.1	36.5	38.8	34.2	33.3	33.7	$12,351
Moorhead Online Elementary Academy	Public	K-6	2410 14th St S	Moorhead	56560	Clay County	Moorhead Area Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(218) 284-3316	0				0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Probstfield Elementary	Public	K-4	2410 14th St S	Moorhead	56560	Clay County	Moorhead Area Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(218) 284-3800	290	7	41.4	23.1%	221 (76.2%)	10 (3.4%)	42 (14.5%)	3 (1.0%)	3 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.8%)	72.9	232^nd of 872 public elementary schools	73.4%		70.8	247^th of 881 public elementary schools	72.0%	15	75.0	58.7	67.7	66.1	43.5	55.9
S.G. Reinertsen Elementary	Public	K-4	1201 40th Ave S	Moorhead	56560	Clay County	Moorhead Area Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(218) 284-5300	719	52	13.7	42.4%	465 (64.7%)	154 (21.4%)	50 (7.0%)	13 (1.8%)	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	33 (4.6%)	58.3	391^st of 872 public elementary schools	55.2%		57.2	418^th of 881 public elementary schools	52.6%	27	66.9	48.7	57.4	53.9	42.3	47.8	$11,376
Robert Asp Elementary	Public	K-4	910 N 11th St	Moorhead	56560	Clay County	Moorhead Area Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(218) 284-6300	580	43	13.3	53.1%	372 (64.1%)	57 (9.8%)	76 (13.1%)	8 (1.4%)	34 (5.9%)	1 (0.2%)	32 (5.5%)	31.9	625^th of 872 public elementary schools	28.3%		25.9	681^st of 881 public elementary schools	22.7%	56	45.9	35.5	40.7	38.5	35.5	37.0	$13,516
Dorothy Dodds Elementary School	Public	K-4	4400 24th Ave S	Moorhead	56560	Clay County	Moorhead Area Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(218) 284-1300	625	48	13.1	46.6%	365 (58.4%)	124 (19.8%)	54 (8.6%)	9 (1.4%)	32 (5.1%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (6.6%)	43.5	534^th of 872 public elementary schools	38.8%		39.4	587^th of 881 public elementary schools	33.4%	53	43.2	53.9	48.4	43.2	40.0	41.7	$11,653
Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	108 N Main	Dilworth	56529	Clay County	Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton	No	No	No	Yes	(218) 477-6844	555	40	13.8	35.7%	460 (82.9%)	13 (2.3%)	56 (10.1%)	1 (0.2%)	4 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	20 (3.6%)	44.7	523^rd of 872 public elementary schools	40.0%		59.5	377^th of 881 public elementary schools	57.2%	146	53.3	53.9	53.6	33.6	44.2	38.5	$10,431
Spring Prairie Elementary	Public	K-6	6189 170th St N	Hawley	56549	Clay County	Hawley Public School District	No	No	No	No	(218) 483-3316	26	3	8.6	88.5%	26 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)							$15,293

Frequently Asked Questions about Ellen Hopkins Elementary

Is Ellen Hopkins Elementary a good school?

Ellen Hopkins Elementary ranks in the bottom 22.8% of Minnesota elementary schools.

How many students attend Ellen Hopkins Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 616 students attended Ellen Hopkins Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Ellen Hopkins Elementary?

Students at Ellen Hopkins Elementary are 46% White, 26% African American, 17% Hispanic, 6% Two or more races, 4% American Indian.

What district is Ellen Hopkins Elementary in?

Moorhead Area Public Schools

What schools do graduates of Ellen Hopkins Elementary attend?

Students who attend Ellen Hopkins Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Horizon Middle School
High : Moorhead High School

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2024–25 dropout rates & graduation ratesJun 13, 2026

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