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BONNER ELEMENTARY
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About BONNER ELEMENTARY
Set in STEWARTVILLE, Minnesota, BONNER ELEMENTARY is a mid-tier K-5 school, overseen by STEWARTVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. It educates 411 students across grades K through 2.
STEWARTVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 1,976 students. BONNER ELEMENTARY is one of those campuses.
In terms of who attends, BONNER ELEMENTARY reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (89%); the rest reads as 5% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 77% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.
In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 28% of students at BONNER ELEMENTARY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
Around the school, ACS estimates for Olmsted County put median household income runs about $95,406, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Olmsted County runs 72 public schools (combined enrollment of about 24,627 students), of which BONNER ELEMENTARY is one.
Nearest neighbor: Central Education Center, around 0.7 miles off. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.
Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BONNER ELEMENTARY has declined 20%, going from 511 students in 2018 to 411 in 2025.
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