Bear Cave Intermediate School

As a reasonably sized K-5 school in STEWARTVILLE, Minnesota, Bear Cave Intermediate School instructs 436 students from grades 3 through 5, one of the schools within STEWARTVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. That puts it 27% bigger than the typical public school in Minnesota, which averages around 344 students.

STEWARTVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 1,976 students. Bear Cave Intermediate School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Bear Cave Intermediate School records that 90% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school records 5% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Olmsted County as a whole is about 77% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.7:1 average. About 25% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Olmsted County runs at roughly 35%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Bear Cave Intermediate School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 51.6%; this one delivers 53.9%.

Around the school, census data for Olmsted County shows median household earnings sit near $95,406, about 49% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Olmsted County's 72 public schools (combined enrollment of about 24,627 students), Bear Cave Intermediate School is one campus in the mix.

Central Education Center is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Bear Cave Intermediate School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 45.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Bear Cave Intermediate School's enrollment has declined 11% since 2018, when it stood at 489 (now 436).

On the community side, the feed for Bear Cave Intermediate School typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.