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Dorothy Dodds Elementary School

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Dorothy Dodds Elementary School ranks 534 th of 872 Minnesota elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Public Grades K-4

534^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 872 Minnesota Elementary Schools

Better than 39% of Minnesota elementary schools

Summary

Dorothy Dodds Elementary School is a public elementary school located in Moorhead, Minnesota, serving 624 students in grades K-4 as part of the Moorhead Area Public Schools district.

Dorothy Dodds Elementary consistently outperforms the district and state averages in both math and reading proficiency. In the 2024-2025 school year, 48.35% of all grades at Dorothy Dodds were proficient or better in math, compared to 40.34% for the district and 45.21% for the state. Similarly, 41.67% of all grades at Dorothy Dodds were proficient or better in reading, compared to 44.14% for the district and 49.59% for the state. The school also performs particularly well for its African American and English Language Learner (ELL) student populations, ranking in the top half of Minnesota elementary schools for these subgroups.

While Dorothy Dodds Elementary stands out among its nearby peers within the Moorhead Area Public Schools district, the school still lags behind the higher-performing Hawley Public School District, which had 79.07% of all grades proficient or better in math in the 2024-2025 school year. However, Dorothy Dodds Elementary has maintained a consistent 2-star rating from SchoolDigger over the past several years, indicating a stable level of performance.

625

Students ?

13.1

Student/teacher ratio ?

$11,653

Per pupil spending ?

46.6%

Free/discounted lunch ?

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 → 39th in 2025

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 11 percentile points since 2019

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school45%

District avg42%

Minnesota avg47%

534^th of 872

Minnesota public elementary schools ?

Bottom 39%▲ up 11 pts since 2019

From bottom 28% (2019) to bottom 39% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

2^nd 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	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
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
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
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
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
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%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
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
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)

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)46th percentile+8 vs school

Female (2025)42nd percentile+4 vs school

African American (2025)40th percentile~ school

Special Education (2025)40th percentile~ school

Male (2025)32nd percentile-7 vs school

White (2025)31st percentile-8 vs school

English Language Learner (2025)30th percentile-9 vs school

Hispanic (2023)29th percentile-9 vs school

By subject vs Minnesota (2024-2025) ?

Math48%+3 vs state

Reading42%-8 vs state

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Schools Near Dorothy Dodds Elementary School

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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
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
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
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
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
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
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%)	90.7	40^th of 872 public elementary schools	95.4%		83.5	107^th of 881 public elementary schools	87.9%	67	88.8	87.5	68.2	71.3	79.1	66.3	64.2	68.2	73.8	67.9	$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%)	80.7	142^nd of 872 public elementary schools	83.7%		77.8	165^th of 881 public elementary schools	81.3%	23	72.5	83.6	51.4	44.7	62.7	68.1	58.9	73.0	60.5	65.1	$10,114

Frequently Asked Questions about Dorothy Dodds Elementary 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.

Is Dorothy Dodds Elementary School a good school?

Dorothy Dodds Elementary School ranks 534^th of 872 Minnesota elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

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 district is Dorothy Dodds Elementary School in?

Moorhead Area Public Schools

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