BRECKENRIDGE ELEMENTARY

BRECKENRIDGE ELEMENTARY, a low-enrollment elementary-level community in BRECKENRIDGE, Minnesota, overseen by BRECKENRIDGE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, caters to 265 students, covering grades pre-K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 23% smaller than the state mean of about 344.

Within BRECKENRIDGE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 3 schools and 665 students, BRECKENRIDGE ELEMENTARY is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, BRECKENRIDGE ELEMENTARY shows that 71% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school logs 13% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 3% Native American. By comparison, Wilkin County as a whole is about 92% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, BRECKENRIDGE ELEMENTARY has 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.4:1. The state averages around 13.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 53% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Wilkin County (around 38%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

With demographic context factored in, BRECKENRIDGE ELEMENTARY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 36.5%; this one delivers 39.5%.

In the area at large, Wilkin County reports that the typical household earns roughly $71,410 per year, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Wilkin County's 8 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,114 students), BRECKENRIDGE ELEMENTARY is one campus in the mix.

Breckenridge Middle/High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Looking at the recent track record. BRECKENRIDGE ELEMENTARY's enrollment has shrank 15% since 2018, when it stood at 313 (now 265). White enrollment moved from 83% to 71% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 14.0:1 in 2018 to 12.4:1 today.

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