Big Stone Colony Elementary

Set in GRACEVILLE, Minnesota, Big Stone Colony Elementary is an one-room-style K-5 school, overseen by Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley. It works with 19 students across grades K through 8. By comparison, Minnesota's public schools average about 344 students each, so Big Stone Colony Elementary sits 94% below that benchmark.

Big Stone Colony Elementary is one of 6 schools operated by Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley, a district that caters to 333 students overall.

On demographics, Big Stone Colony Elementary logs that 100% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 2 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.7:1 average. An estimated 84% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Big Stone County (around 38%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

In the broader community, census data for Big Stone County shows median household income runs about $70,400, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Big Stone County runs 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 843 students), of which Big Stone Colony Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Big Stone Colony High School, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Big Stone Colony Elementary.

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

On the community side, members of the Big Stone Colony Elementary community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.