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Dorothy Dodds Elementary School

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Dorothy Dodds Elementary School ranks 394 th of 869 Minnesota elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

Public Grades K-4

394^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 869 Minnesota Elementary Schools

Better than 55% of Minnesota elementary schools

Summary

Dorothy Dodds Elementary School is a K–4 school in Moorhead, Minnesota, serving 625 students as part of Moorhead Area Public Schools, which makes it one of the larger elementary schools in the immediate area. It is a rising, middle-tier school: in 2025–2026 it ranked 394th of 869 Minnesota elementary schools (55th percentile, 3 stars), up from the 28th percentile in both 2018–2019 and 2020–2021 — its strongest result in the available history. In 2025–2026, 55.7% of students were proficient in math and 47.9% in reading, compared with district averages of 38.4% and 45.5% and state averages of 44.9% and 48.6%. Math is clearly the stronger subject, while reading sits just below the state average.

Nearby schools help put those numbers in context. Math proficiency is essentially tied with S.G. Reinertsen Elementary (55.9%), which also has slightly higher reading and slightly lower poverty, making it the closest peer overall. Probstfield Elementary, Barnesville Elementary School, and Hawley Elementary post higher scores, but all serve considerably lower-poverty populations. Dorothy Dodds outperforms Ellen Hopkins Elementary and Robert Asp Elementary in both subjects. Its free/reduced lunch rate is 46.56%, and its student-teacher ratio of 13.1 is favorable next to Barnesville (14.6) and Hawley (15.5). Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton Elementary is the nearest school geographically and has a similar overall rank, with somewhat higher math (57.9%) but lower reading (43.1%).

Grade-level results matter here because Dorothy Dodds serves only K–4. Third grade math is a standout at 62.1%, above the district's 55.4% and the state's 57.9%, and third grade reading (50.9%) also beats both. Fourth grade is the weak point: math (47.1%) falls below the district's 47.9% and the state's 55.2%, and reading (43.8%) is above the district's 42.4% but below the state's 48.8% — an important consideration since fourth grade is the school's exiting cohort. Subgroup results have improved broadly: English Language Learner students rank around the 67th percentile, and low-income, special education, and other groups that sat below the 30th percentile in 2023–2024 reached the 40s–50s by 2025–2026.

625

Students ?

13.1

Student/teacher ratio ?

$11,653

Per pupil spending ?

46.6%

Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?

All students in Minnesota receive free school meals.

90.4%

Kindergartners vaccinated against measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) (2025-26)

Exemptions: 5.3% (MMR)

4400 24th Ave S
Moorhead, MN 56560-8888

(218) 284-1300

District: Moorhead Area Public Schools

Students who attend Dorothy Dodds Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Horizon Middle School
High:	Moorhead High School

Racial breakdown:

White:

58.4%

African American:

19.8%

Hispanic:

8.6%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 28th percentile in 2019 → 55th in 2026

Strengths

✓Test scores above the Minnesota average (52% vs 47% meeting standards)

✓Ranking is trending up — up 27 percentile points since 2019

✓Above the Minnesota median (55th percentile)

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school52%

District avg42%

Minnesota avg47%

394^th of 869

Minnesota public elementary schools ?

Top 45%▲ up 27 pts since 2019

From bottom 28% (2019) to top 45% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

2^nd of 4Elementary Schools in the Moorhead Area Public Schools

215^th of 458Moorhead 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
2026	55.9	394 of 869	54.7%	★★★☆☆
2025	43.5	534 of 872	38.8%	★★☆☆☆
2024	39.4	587 of 881	33.4%	★★☆☆☆
2023	44.8	532 of 845	37.0%	★★☆☆☆
2022	47.9	517 of 858	39.7%	★★☆☆☆
2021	36.3	627 of 869	27.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	35.9	629 of 870	27.7%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2026	45.7	165 of 315	47.6%	★★☆☆☆
2025	39.3	179 of 298	39.9%	★★☆☆☆
2024	29.0	229 of 310	26.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	56.5	106 of 279	62.0%	★★★☆☆
2022	71.5	64 of 282	77.3%	★★★★☆
2021	56.1	88 of 227	61.2%	★★★☆☆
2019	64.2	90 of 283	68.2%	★★★☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2026	55.8	101 of 305	66.9%	★★★☆☆
2025	32.7	213 of 303	29.7%	★★☆☆☆
2024	49.5	122 of 303	59.7%	★★★☆☆
2023	51.8	110 of 276	60.1%	★★★☆☆
2019	50.1	92 of 239	61.5%	★★★☆☆
2018	46.8	110 of 242	54.5%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2026	57.5	334 of 790	57.7%	★★★☆☆
2025	47.4	460 of 799	42.4%	★★☆☆☆
2024	40.9	529 of 809	34.6%	★★☆☆☆
2023	49.6	446 of 787	43.3%	★★☆☆☆
2022	45.9	482 of 799	39.7%	★★☆☆☆
2021	37.5	560 of 783	28.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	30.8	607 of 787	22.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	36.3	575 of 774	25.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2023	30.3	153 of 214	28.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	48.7	98 of 209	53.1%	★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2026	48.3	398 of 764	47.9%	★★☆☆☆
2025	47.4	410 of 764	46.3%	★★☆☆☆
2024	30.9	589 of 793	25.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	32.5	563 of 774	27.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	47.9	352 of 663	46.9%	★★☆☆☆
2021	33.0	500 of 683	26.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	40.7	485 of 740	34.5%	★★☆☆☆
2018	37.2	524 of 728	28.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2026	51.1	415 of 807	48.6%	★★☆☆☆
2025	38.3	556 of 812	31.5%	★★☆☆☆
2024	35.5	581 of 826	29.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	36.4	560 of 799	29.9%	★★☆☆☆
2022	47.0	496 of 808	38.6%	★★☆☆☆
2021	32.7	591 of 784	24.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	39.6	556 of 798	30.3%	★★☆☆☆
2018	37.3	568 of 779	27.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Native American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2026	48.8	16 of 39	59.0%	★★★☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2026	43.8	326 of 579	43.7%	★★☆☆☆
2025	42.4	340 of 562	39.5%	★★☆☆☆
2024	28.0	437 of 572	23.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	37.5	347 of 524	33.8%	★★☆☆☆
2022	53.1	214 of 500	57.2%	★★★☆☆
2021	15.1	383 of 417	8.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	26.3	408 of 515	20.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	44.3	268 of 463	42.1%	★★☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2026	52.2	344 of 710	51.5%	★★★☆☆
2025	37.3	496 of 714	30.5%	★★☆☆☆
2024	29.1	574 of 730	21.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	36.0	497 of 712	30.2%	★★☆☆☆
2022	36.4	516 of 725	28.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	23.5	628 of 710	11.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	10.8	696 of 722	3.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	16.5	669 of 712	6.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

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 (2026)67th percentile+12 vs school

Native American (2026)59th percentile+4 vs school

Female (2026)58th percentile+3 vs school

White (2026)52nd percentile-3 vs school

Male (2026)49th percentile-6 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)48th percentile-7 vs school

African American (2026)48th percentile-7 vs school

Special Education (2026)44th percentile-11 vs school

Hispanic (2023)29th percentile-9 vs school

By subject vs Minnesota (2025-2026) ?

Math56%+11 vs state

Reading48%~ state avg

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				MCA-IV Reading (2026)					MCA-IV Science (2026)		MCA-III Math (2026)					Vaccination (2025-26)		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/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	MCA-IV Reading 3rd Grade	MCA-IV Reading 4th Grade	MCA-IV Reading 5th Grade	MCA-IV Reading 6th Grade	MCA-IV Reading All Grades	MCA-IV Science 5th Grade	MCA-IV Science All Grades	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	Vaccination: Kindergartners vaccinated against measles, mumps and rubella (MMR)	Vaccination: Exemption rate	Total
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%)	55.9	394^th of 869 public elementary schools	54.7%		43.5	534^th of 872 public elementary schools	38.8%	140	50.9	43.8			47.9			62.1	47.1			55.7	90.4%	5.3%	$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) 477-6997	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%)	52.7	425^th of 869 public elementary schools	51.1%		44.7	523^rd of 872 public elementary schools	40.0%	98	40.7	45.3			43.1			67.0	49.6			57.9	86.7%	4.4%	$10,431
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%)	82.4	123^rd of 869 public elementary schools	85.8%		72.9	232^nd of 872 public elementary schools	73.4%	109	63.3	61.1			62.1			75.5	68.5			71.8	94%	0%
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%)	37.6	579^th of 869 public elementary schools	33.4%		27	673^rd of 872 public elementary schools	22.8%	94	42.5	37.5			39.8			49.1	41.7			45.1	81.3%	1.6%	$12,351
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%)	57.6	377^th of 869 public elementary schools	56.6%		58.3	391^st of 872 public elementary schools	55.2%	14	53.3	44.9			49.2			58.6	53.1			55.9	80.7%	3.4%	$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	637^th of 869 public elementary schools	26.7%		31.9	625^th of 872 public elementary schools	28.3%	12	40.8	34.9			37.8			40.0	39.7			39.8	86.5%	3.4%	$13,516
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)					53.8							30.8			$15,293
Hawley Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	915 7th St	Hawley	56549	Clay County	Hawley Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(218) 483-3316	579	37	15.5	16.9%	546 (94.3%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (3.1%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (2.1%)	89.9	45^th of 869 public elementary schools	94.8%		90.7	40^th of 872 public elementary schools	95.4%	5	58.1	73.5	68.0	76.1	68.4	43.4	43.4	76.4	86.7	66.7	76.1	76.1	97.5%	1.3%	$9,863
Barnesville Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	310 5th St SE	Barnesville	56514	Clay County	Barnesville Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(218) 354-2300	490	33	14.6	21.4%	456 (93.1%)	1 (0.2%)	13 (2.7%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (3.5%)	75.4	201^st of 869 public elementary schools	76.9%		80.7	142^nd of 872 public elementary schools	83.7%	59	75.3	64.2	61.3	63.5	66.1	20.0	20.0	90.5	71.6	49.3	37.8	62.1	87.5%	12.5%	$10,114

Frequently Asked Questions about Dorothy Dodds Elementary School

Is Dorothy Dodds Elementary School a good school?

Dorothy Dodds Elementary School ranks 394^th of 869 Minnesota elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

What district is Dorothy Dodds Elementary School in?

Moorhead Area Public Schools

What schools do graduates of Dorothy Dodds Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Dorothy Dodds Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Horizon Middle School
High : Moorhead High School

What is the racial makeup of Dorothy Dodds Elementary School?

Students at Dorothy Dodds Elementary School are 58% White, 20% African American, 9% Hispanic, 7% Two or more races, 5% American Indian, 1% Asian.

How many students attend Dorothy Dodds Elementary School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 625 students attended Dorothy Dodds Elementary School.

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2019–20 through 2025–26 immunization rates (updated)NewOct 19, 2026

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2024–25 dropout rates & graduation ratesJun 13, 2026

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