menu

Robert J. Elkington Middle School

Serves grades 6 - 8

Analytics built by:   Location, Inc.

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

Methodology:   Only NeighborhoodScout gives you nationally comparable school ranks based on test scores, so you can directly compare the quality of schools in any location. Read more

School Overview

Address
1000 Ne 8 Th Ave
Grand Rapids, MN 55744
Phone
(218) 327-5800
District
GRAND RAPIDS PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
County
ITASCA COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
663
Classroom Teachers
45

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Minnesota

6

(10 is best)

Better than 54.3% of all MN schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

7

(10 is best)

Robert J. Elkington Middle School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
47%
44%
No Data
48%
47%
40%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
15
16
16
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 6 151 22.8%
Grade 7 255 38.5%
Grade 8 257 38.8%
Total 663 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 88.7% 88.5% 66.9%
Black 0.3% 0.4% 12.5%
Hispanic 1.1% 1.9% 11.2%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.5% 0.4% 7.4%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 9.4% 8.8% 2.0%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 30.9% 32.0% 31.4%
Free lunch eligible 24.7% 24.6% 25.5%
Reduced lunch eligible 6.2% 7.4% 5.9%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 27,351 5,717,184
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 14.0 71
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.4% 6.0%
5-19 YEARS OLD 16.5% 19.6%
20-44 YEARS OLD 25.2% 32.8%
45-64 YEARS OLD 27.3% 25.1%
65 OR OLDER 25.5% 16.5%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 11,226 2,256,126
Single Parent Households With Children 4.3% 7.6%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 95.5% 93.7%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 29.0% 38.2%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 10.4% 22.3%
$100,000 - $149,999 15.2% 19.6%
$75,000 - $99,999 13.0% 13.6%
$50,000 - $74,999 18.9% 16.1%
$30,000 - $49,999 16.5% 13.1%
$15,000 - $29,999 16.1% 8.8%
$15,000 or less 9.8% 6.6%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,804 $36,298,892 29.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $466 $1,921,318 1.6%
Staff $471 $1,941,933 1.6%
General Administration $379 $1,562,617 1.3%
School Administration $610 $2,515,030 2.1%
Operation $953 $3,929,219 3.2%
Transportation $574 $2,366,602 1.9%
Other $250 $1,030,750 0.8%
Total Support $3,703 $15,267,469 12.5%
Non-instructional Expenditures $17,151 $70,713,573 57.8%
Total Expenditures $29,658 $122,279,934 100.0%
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%