BABBITT ELEMENTARY

Located at 30 SOUTH DR, in BABBITT, Minnesota, BABBITT ELEMENTARY is a micro-enrollment elementary campus that works with 95 students (grades pre-K through 6), part of ST. LOUIS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT. Compared to the state average of about 344 students per school, that is 72% below typical.

Across the 9 schools in ST. LOUIS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT (1,914 students total), BABBITT ELEMENTARY accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, BABBITT ELEMENTARY reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (88%). The remainder looks like 5% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 2% Native American. That composition is broadly in line with St. Louis County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.7:1 average. Roughly 62% of students at BABBITT ELEMENTARY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, St. Louis County runs at roughly 40%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), BABBITT ELEMENTARY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 31.7%, the actual is 31.8%, a residual of +0.1 points.

Around the school, St. Louis County reports that median household income runs about $70,069, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across St. Louis County's 100 public schools (combined enrollment of about 23,921 students), BABBITT ELEMENTARY is one campus in the mix.

NORTHEAST RANGE SECONDARY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts BABBITT ELEMENTARY at 6th of 7; the average score across the group is 39.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Looking at the recent track record. BABBITT ELEMENTARY's enrollment has declined 9% since 2018, when it stood at 104 (now 95).

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.