ACGC ELEMENTARY GRADES 5 AND 6

ACGC ELEMENTARY GRADES 5 AND 6 is one of the very small middle schools in GROVE CITY, Minnesota, operated by A.C.G.C. Public School District, with 134 students on its rolls from grades 5 through 6. That puts it 73% smaller than the typical public school in Minnesota, which averages around 495 students.

A.C.G.C. Public School District comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 893 students; ACGC ELEMENTARY GRADES 5 AND 6 is among them.

In terms of who attends, ACGC ELEMENTARY GRADES 5 AND 6 shows that nearly all students (84%) are White; the rest breaks down as 11% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 93%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, ACGC ELEMENTARY GRADES 5 AND 6 has 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting ACGC ELEMENTARY GRADES 5 AND 6 tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 43% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, ACGC ELEMENTARY GRADES 5 AND 6 tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 41.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 43.6%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Meeker County) logs that median household earnings sit near $75,446, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. ACGC ELEMENTARY GRADES 5 AND 6 is one of 13 public schools in Meeker County (combined enrollment of about 2,994 students).

A.C.G.C. SECONDARY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ACGC ELEMENTARY GRADES 5 AND 6 ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 47.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 8%: 124 students in 2018 compared to 134 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 89% to 84% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 13.4:1 in 2018 to 9.0:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.