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Elton Hills Elementary School

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Elton Hills Elementary School ranks 471 st of 872 Minnesota elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Public Grades PK, KG-5

471^st

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 872 Minnesota Elementary Schools

Better than 46% of Minnesota elementary schools

Summary

Elton Hills Elementary is a public elementary school in Rochester, Minnesota, serving 323 students in grades PK-5. The school is part of the Rochester Public School District, which is ranked 197 out of 446 districts in the state.

Academically, Elton Hills Elementary has consistently ranked in the bottom half of Minnesota elementary schools, with below-average performance on state assessments in both math and reading compared to the district and state averages. However, the school has seen varying performance among different student subgroups, with African American students and English Language Learner students performing relatively stronger than their peers. In contrast, White students, Special Education students, and Low Socioeconomic Status students have performed below average.

Elton Hills Elementary has a high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 52.76% to 61.08% in recent years, which is significantly higher than the nearby Churchill Elementary (44.1%) and Jefferson Elementary (33.4%). The school's relatively low student-teacher ratio, ranging from 12.5 to 15 students per teacher, could be a positive factor, potentially allowing for more individualized attention and support for students.

308

Students ?

13.1

Student/teacher ratio ?

$12,408

Per pupil spending ?

57.8%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1421 Elton Hills Dr NW
Rochester, MN 55901-8888

(507) 328-3200

District: Rochester Public School District

Students who attend Elton Hills Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	John Adams Middle School
High:	John Marshall High School

Racial breakdown:

White:

51.0%

African American:

19.2%

Two or more races:

12.0%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 27th percentile in 2014 → 46th in 2025

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 19 percentile points since 2014

Worth a look

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

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school48%

District avg45%

Minnesota avg47%

471^st of 872

Minnesota public elementary schools ?

Bottom 46%▲ up 3 pts since 2015

From bottom 43% (2015) to bottom 46% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

9^th of 15Elementary Schools in the Rochester Public School District

197^th of 446Rochester Public School District 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	50.5	471 of 872	46.0%	★★☆☆☆
2024	32.6	635 of 881	27.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	31.0	643 of 858	25.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	26.9	669 of 869	23.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	17.0	745 of 870	14.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	16.6	733 of 847	13.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	25.9	692 of 853	18.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	39.0	609 of 848	28.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	53.2	479 of 840	43.0%	★★☆☆☆
2014	38.8	600 of 826	27.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	49.9	493 of 824	40.2%	★★☆☆☆
2012	45.3	569 of 820	30.6%	★★☆☆☆
2011	41.5	603 of 814	25.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	43.3	584 of 803	27.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	45.7	294 of 434	32.3%	★★☆☆☆
2008	61.7	338 of 781	56.7%	★★★☆☆
2007	60.1	345 of 777	55.6%	★★★☆☆
2006	58.9	356 of 756	52.9%	★★★☆☆
2005	56.6	360 of 685	47.4%	★★☆☆☆
2004	61.2	285 of 676	57.8%	★★★☆☆
2003	39.3	498 of 674	26.1%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	28.7	220 of 298	26.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	54.1	112 of 282	60.3%	★★★☆☆
2021	68.2	51 of 227	77.5%	★★★★☆
2019	25.8	225 of 283	20.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	38.5	174 of 266	34.6%	★★☆☆☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2019	15.1	119 of 136	12.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	26.3	102 of 134	23.9%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2024	48.4	130 of 303	57.1%	★★★☆☆
2022	59.2	71 of 256	72.3%	★★★★☆
2019	41.7	124 of 239	48.1%	★★☆☆☆
2018	27.2	206 of 242	14.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	47.6	457 of 799	42.8%	★★☆☆☆
2024	36.7	557 of 809	31.1%	★★☆☆☆
2022	27.0	615 of 799	23.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	28.4	612 of 783	21.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	14.8	702 of 787	10.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	17.0	671 of 774	13.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2024	19.4	214 of 249	14.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	28.6	172 of 219	21.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	44.4	447 of 764	41.5%	★★☆☆☆
2024	23.0	655 of 793	17.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	42.8	396 of 663	40.3%	★★☆☆☆
2021	37.0	469 of 683	31.3%	★★☆☆☆
2019	16.3	660 of 740	10.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	17.7	652 of 728	10.4%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	50.1	443 of 812	45.4%	★★☆☆☆
2024	28.3	633 of 826	23.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	34.5	597 of 808	26.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	23.2	631 of 784	19.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	20.3	673 of 798	15.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	16.1	679 of 779	12.8%	★☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2018	18.0	86 of 98	12.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2022	20.7	433 of 500	13.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	35.1	307 of 417	26.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	24.8	416 of 515	19.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	32.8	323 of 463	30.2%	★★☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	58.1	292 of 714	59.1%	★★★☆☆
2024	43.6	446 of 730	38.9%	★★☆☆☆
2022	20.4	645 of 725	11.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	15.1	671 of 710	5.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	10.9	695 of 722	3.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	9.7	698 of 712	2.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

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)

White (2025)59th percentile+13 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)57th percentile+29 vs school

Male (2025)45th percentile~ school

Female (2025)43rd percentile-3 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)41st percentile-4 vs school

African American (2025)26th percentile-20 vs school

Hispanic (2024)14th percentile-14 vs school

Special Education (2022)13th percentile-12 vs school

Asian (2019)12th percentile~ school

Multi-racial (2018)12th percentile~ school

By subject vs Minnesota (2024-2025) ?

Math52%+7 vs state

Reading44%-5 vs state

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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 All Grades	MCA-III Reading 3rd Grade	MCA-III Reading 4th Grade	MCA-III Reading 5th Grade	MCA-III Reading All Grades	Total
Elton Hills Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1421 Elton Hills Dr NW	Rochester	55901	Olmsted County	Rochester Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(507) 328-3200	308	0	13.1	57.8%	157 (51.0%)	59 (19.2%)	36 (11.7%)	17 (5.5%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (12.0%)	50.5	471^st of 872 public elementary schools	46.0%		32.6	635^th of 881 public elementary schools	27.9%	164	60.4	43.8	51.0	52.0	43.4	38.3	51.0	44.4	$12,408
Sunset Terrace Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1707 19th Ave NW	Rochester	55901	Olmsted County	Rochester Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(507) 328-3770	437	0	12.8	55.8%	184 (42.1%)	107 (24.5%)	47 (10.8%)	44 (10.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	54 (12.4%)	37	589^th of 872 public elementary schools	32.5%		42.3	564^th of 881 public elementary schools	36.0%	25	58.8	42.7	27.9	44.4	44.3	30.5	37.7	37.4	$12,381
Early Childhood Year Round	Public	PK-K	369 Elton Hills Dr NW	Rochester	55901	Olmsted County	Rochester Public School District	No	No	No	No	(507) 328-3450	0				0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)									$4,032
Hoover Elementary School	Public	3-5	369 Elton Hills Dr NW	Rochester	55901	Olmsted County	Rochester Public School District	No	No	No	No	(507) 328-3450	228	0	14.3	42.1%	111 (48.7%)	39 (17.1%)	43 (18.9%)	9 (3.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.9%)	24 (10.5%)	43.2	536^th of 872 public elementary schools	38.5%		47.8	520^th of 881 public elementary schools	41.0%	16	54.6	55.3	21.0	42.6	45.5	48.7	39.5	44.4	$15,828
Gage Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1300 40th St NW	Rochester	55901	Olmsted County	Rochester Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(507) 328-3400	412	0	11.8	73.3%	93 (22.6%)	147 (35.7%)	95 (23.1%)	27 (6.6%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	48 (11.7%)	7	819^th of 872 public elementary schools	6.1%		25.3	685^th of 881 public elementary schools	22.2%	134	23.3	10.0	16.7	16.7	16.4	15.0	24.6	18.7	$13,855
Washington Elementary School	Public	K-5	1200 11th Ave NW	Rochester	55901	Olmsted County	Rochester Public School District	No	No	No	No	(507) 328-3800	334	0	15.5	19.8%	185 (55.4%)	21 (6.3%)	21 (6.3%)	70 (21.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (11.1%)	84.6	99^th of 872 public elementary schools	88.6%		85.5	86^th of 881 public elementary schools	90.2%	13	81.4	71.2	55.6	69.7	72.9	53.9	75.9	67.9	$12,463
Churchill Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-2	2240 7th Ave NE	Rochester	55906	Olmsted County	Rochester Public School District	No	No	No	No	(507) 328-3150	192	0	15.2	47.9%	93 (48.4%)	40 (20.8%)	24 (12.5%)	8 (4.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (14.1%)								(n/a)									$11,939
Jefferson Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1201 10th Ave NE	Rochester	55906	Olmsted County	Rochester Public School District	No	No	No	No	(507) 328-3500	464	0	13.9	32.5%	294 (63.4%)	59 (12.7%)	34 (7.3%)	33 (7.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	44 (9.5%)	84.9	94^th of 872 public elementary schools	89.2%		85.4	88^th of 881 public elementary schools	90.0%	6	76.0	75.6	53.6	68.4	71.3	65.6	69.1	68.5	$13,443
Bishop Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	406 36th Ave NW	Rochester	55901	Olmsted County	Rochester Public School District	No	No	No	No	(507) 328-3100	545	0	14.3	37.2%	284 (52.1%)	78 (14.3%)	68 (12.5%)	70 (12.8%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	43 (7.9%)	59.4	379^th of 872 public elementary schools	56.5%		61.7	353^rd of 881 public elementary schools	59.9%	26	65.9	63.4	49.4	60.0	42.1	46.5	49.4	45.9	$12,598
Folwell Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	603 15th Ave SW	Rochester	55902	Olmsted County	Rochester Public School District	No	No	No	No	(507) 328-3220	352	0	18.8	15.9%	218 (61.9%)	13 (3.7%)	37 (10.5%)	44 (12.5%)	3 (0.9%)	3 (0.9%)	34 (9.7%)	84.4	101^st of 872 public elementary schools	88.4%		85.1	90^th of 881 public elementary schools	89.8%	11	72.0	69.1	55.4	66.1	66.7	65.5	76.8	69.4	$11,376

Frequently Asked Questions about Elton Hills Elementary School

Is Elton Hills Elementary School a good school?

Elton Hills Elementary School ranks 471^st of 872 Minnesota elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

What is the racial makeup of Elton Hills Elementary School?

Students at Elton Hills Elementary School are 51% White, 19% African American, 12% Two or more races, 12% Hispanic, 6% Asian.

What district is Elton Hills Elementary School in?

Rochester Public School District

How many students attend Elton Hills Elementary School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 308 students attended Elton Hills Elementary School.

What schools do graduates of Elton Hills Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Elton Hills Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : John Adams Middle School
High : John Marshall High School

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