BLOOMING PRAIRIE ELEMENTARY

BLOOMING PRAIRIE ELEMENTARY is one of the average-sized primary schools in BLOOMING PRAIRIE, Minnesota, run under Blooming Prairie Public Schools, with 341 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 4.

Blooming Prairie Public Schools comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 864 students; BLOOMING PRAIRIE ELEMENTARY is among them.

Looking at the student body, BLOOMING PRAIRIE ELEMENTARY logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (93%). The remainder breaks down as 3% Hispanic, 3% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 34% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), BLOOMING PRAIRIE ELEMENTARY ranks in the top 10% of Minnesota public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 46.6%; BLOOMING PRAIRIE ELEMENTARY posts 62.6%, +16.0 points above that line.

In the area at large, census data for Steele County shows the typical household earns roughly $84,196 per year, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Steele County runs 24 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,997 students), of which BLOOMING PRAIRIE ELEMENTARY is one.

Blooming Prairie High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BLOOMING PRAIRIE ELEMENTARY ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 33.6%.

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

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BLOOMING PRAIRIE ELEMENTARY has ticked down 20%, going from 428 students in 2018 to 341 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 13.5:1 in 2018 to 11.6:1 today.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.