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Columbus Elementary School

Serves grades PK - 6

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
17345 Notre Dame St
Forest Lake, MN 55025
Phone
(651) 982-8900
District
FOREST LAKE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
County
ANOKA COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
394
Classroom Teachers
19

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Minnesota

10

(10 is best)

Better than 93.1% of all MN schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

9

(10 is best)

Columbus Elementary School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 4

80 60 40 20 0
68%
51%
66%
45%
69%
56%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

30 25 20 15 10 5 0
21
24
16
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade pk 0 0.0%
Kindergarten 68 17.3%
Grade 1 60 15.2%
Grade 2 54 13.7%
Grade 3 48 12.2%
Grade 4 41 10.4%
Grade 5 66 16.8%
Grade 6 57 14.5%
Total 394 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 83.8% 84.9% 66.9%
Black 1.6% 3.2% 12.5%
Hispanic 2.1% 5.5% 11.2%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 11.8% 5.8% 7.4%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.8% 0.7% 2.0%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 10.2% 17.5% 31.4%
Free lunch eligible 7.4% 13.8% 25.5%
Reduced lunch eligible 2.8% 3.6% 5.9%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 50,136 5,717,184
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 235.3 71
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 6.1% 6.0%
5-19 YEARS OLD 19.4% 19.6%
20-44 YEARS OLD 28.5% 32.8%
45-64 YEARS OLD 30.1% 25.1%
65 OR OLDER 16.0% 16.5%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 18,834 2,256,126
Single Parent Households With Children 6.8% 7.6%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 95.7% 93.7%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 32.5% 38.2%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 22.8% 22.3%
$100,000 - $149,999 22.9% 19.6%
$75,000 - $99,999 15.0% 13.6%
$50,000 - $74,999 16.9% 16.1%
$30,000 - $49,999 11.3% 13.1%
$15,000 - $29,999 7.3% 8.8%
$15,000 or less 3.6% 6.6%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,940 $41,806,560 40.2%
Support Expenditures
Student $499 $3,005,976 2.9%
Staff $1,148 $6,915,552 6.6%
General Administration $372 $2,240,928 2.2%
School Administration $525 $3,162,600 3.0%
Operation $863 $5,198,712 5.0%
Transportation $1,273 $7,668,552 7.4%
Other $339 $2,042,136 2.0%
Total Support $5,018 $30,228,432 29.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $5,325 $32,077,800 30.8%
Total Expenditures $17,283 $104,112,792 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,905 $7,755,960,452 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $418 $363,966,570 2.3%
Staff $651 $567,318,922 3.6%
General Administration $433 $377,476,006 2.4%
School Administration $553 $482,069,568 3.1%
Operation $895 $779,165,160 5.0%
Transportation $802 $698,249,966 4.5%
Other $317 $276,455,586 1.8%
Total Support $4,070 $3,544,679,184 22.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $5,020 $4,372,647,761 27.9%
Total Expenditures $17,995 $15,673,352,758 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%