BAGLEY ELEMENTARY

BAGLEY ELEMENTARY operates as a mid-tier elementary-level community in BAGLEY, Minnesota, run under BAGLEY PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 482 students spanning grades pre-K through 6. By comparison, Minnesota's public schools average about 344 students each, so BAGLEY ELEMENTARY sits 40% larger than that benchmark.

BAGLEY ELEMENTARY is one of 2 schools operated by BAGLEY PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that instructs 870 students overall.

Looking at the student body, BAGLEY ELEMENTARY records that the largest single group is White, at 69% of enrollment; the rest comes out to 18% Native American, 11% multiracial. By comparison, Clearwater County as a whole is about 84% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, BAGLEY ELEMENTARY logs 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.7:1 average. Around 59% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), BAGLEY ELEMENTARY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.3%, the actual is 32.5%, a residual of -0.7 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Clearwater County put the typical household earns roughly $64,475 per year, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Clearwater County runs 5 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,330 students), of which BAGLEY ELEMENTARY is one.

Nearest neighbor: BAGLEY SECONDARY, around 0.8 miles off. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts BAGLEY ELEMENTARY at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 37.5%.

BAGLEY ELEMENTARY operates from a low-density location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 21%: 609 students in 2018 compared to 482 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 14.1:1 in 2018 to 11.2:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.