Wabasha-kellogg Elementary, Wabasha MN

Original Research by School Decision on Wabasha-kellogg Elementary

Wabasha-Kellogg Elementary serves students from prekindergarten through sixth grade in the city of Wabasha, a small, historic river town on the Mississippi River roughly seventy miles southeast of the Twin Cities. The school is part of the Wabasha-Kellogg School District, which also includes a secondary campus and a separate, full-time online academy called Falcon View Connections Academy.

The student body is small and predominantly White. A substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The school has a regular public school designation and is not a charter or magnet.

State testing results from the most recent school year present a mixed picture that varies sharply by grade level. In reading, proficiency rates for third and sixth graders were solid, with most students meeting or exceeding state standards. Fourth and fifth graders posted notably lower reading results, with roughly two out of five fourth graders and just under half of fifth graders scoring proficient. Math results showed an even steeper grade-level spread. Third graders turned in a strong performance, and sixth graders also posted a respectable math proficiency rate. Fourth grade math was weaker, and fifth grade math was very low, with only about one in ten students scoring proficient. Science testing, which occurs in fifth grade, also produced a low proficiency rate. Parents considering the school may want to discuss with the school how instruction and support are differentiated across these grades, particularly for the fourth and fifth grade cohorts where the data dips.

Because the school serves only through sixth grade, there is no high school graduation rate to report. A single year of trend data is available, so no pattern of improvement or decline can be determined.

The school offers no advanced placement or career pathway programs, which is typical for an elementary school. The district brief notes that the district has expanded educational choice through its Falcon View Connections Academy, a full-time online program that serves students from kindergarten through tenth grade and operates from a location in Woodbury, Minnesota. This means that families in the district can choose between in-person elementary and secondary schools in Wabasha or a fully online option for their children, though the online academy is still expanding to cover all grades through twelve.

Wabasha itself is the county seat, with a historic downtown, a riverfront, and civic anchors such as St. Elizabeth's Hospital. Housing options range from historic homes to new workforce housing, and the local real estate market has been growing. The town draws tourism from the National Eagle Center and offers free summer concerts, but the economic base also includes the school district and municipal services.

The school’s overall proficiency index, which averages all tested subjects and grades, sits above the midpoint among the three districts in Wabasha County. That is a solid relative position for the region, though the wide variation between grade levels means the overall average masks a very different experience for students depending on their age. A family with children in the early elementary years may find the academic results reassuring, while a family whose child is entering fourth or fifth grade will want to understand what supports are in place for those cohorts. The school does not report chronic absenteeism data, and no information on staffing ratios or discipline was available in this profile. Parents may wish to ask the school directly about class sizes and student support services for the grades where test results are lower.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 376%

School 76% · District 58% · ▲ 18 pts above district

▲ 21 pts above state median

Grade 435%

School 35% · District 36% · ▼ 1 pts below district

▼ 16 pts below state median

Grade 511%

School 11% · District 13% · ▼ 2 pts below district

▼ 24 pts below state median

Grade 657%

School 57% · District 56% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▲ 30 pts above state median

English language arts

Grade 360%

School 60% · District 46% · ▲ 15 pts above district

▲ 18 pts above state median

Grade 439%

School 39% · District 36% · ▲ 3 pts above district

▼ 2 pts below state median

Grade 549%

School 49% · District 44% · ▲ 4 pts above district

▼ 5 pts below state median

Grade 668%

School 68% · District 65% · ▲ 3 pts above district

▲ 22 pts above state median

Science

Grade 516%

School 16% · District 18% · ▼ 2 pts below district

▼ 8 pts below state median

This schoolWabasha-Kellogg School District, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income46%Higher-income71%26 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income50%Higher-income31%19 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income53%Higher-income46%8 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income67%Higher-income69%2 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income64%Higher-income86%22 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income40%Higher-income31%9 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income7%Higher-income14%7 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income50%Higher-income63%13 pp gap