Brookside Early Childhood Sp Ed

As a rural-scale K-5 school in ALBERT LEA, Minnesota, Brookside Early Childhood Sp Ed enrolls 68 students from grade pre-K, run under Albert Lea Public School District. That puts it 80% below the typical public school in Minnesota, which averages around 344 students.

Albert Lea Public School District runs 9 schools in total, collectively educating 3,335 students. Brookside Early Childhood Sp Ed is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Brookside Early Childhood Sp Ed reports that the largest single group is White, at 69% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 13% Hispanic, 9% Asian, 6% multiracial, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 84% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 5.5:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.7:1 average. Around 60% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Freeborn County) records that median household earnings sit near $71,023, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Freeborn County runs 19 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,061 students), of which Brookside Early Childhood Sp Ed is one.

Albert Lea Secondary Online Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

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

Trend over the last 7 years. Brookside Early Childhood Sp Ed's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 69 (now 68). Hispanic enrollment moved from 20% to 13% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 11.5:1 in 2018 to 5.5:1 today.

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