BERT RANEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Located at 555 7TH AVE, in GRANITE FALLS, Minnesota, BERT RANEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a small elementary school that instructs 284 students (grades pre-K through 5), overseen by YELLOW MEDICINE EAST.

Within YELLOW MEDICINE EAST, which oversees 2 schools and 605 students, BERT RANEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, BERT RANEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that 64% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school logs 17% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 6% Native American. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 87%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 53% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Yellow Medicine County runs at roughly 44%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, BERT RANEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 36.5%; this one delivers 41.1%.

Across the wider county, census data for Yellow Medicine County shows median household income runs about $74,000, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Yellow Medicine County's 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,274 students), BERT RANEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Yellow Medicine East Secondary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts BERT RANEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 3rd of 6; the average score across the group is 39.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 15%: 336 students in 2018 compared to 284 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 70% to 64% over that span.

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