CALEDONIA ELEMENTARY

Set in CALEDONIA, Minnesota, CALEDONIA ELEMENTARY is a medium-sized elementary-level community, operated by CALEDONIA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. It works with 295 students across grades pre-K through 5.

CALEDONIA ELEMENTARY is one of 4 schools operated by CALEDONIA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that caters to 693 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, CALEDONIA ELEMENTARY logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (93%). The remainder comes out to 4% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. Compared to Houston County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 31% 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), CALEDONIA ELEMENTARY sits in the top 10% of Minnesota schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 48.5%; actual is 65.2%, +16.7 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the surrounding community, census data for Houston County shows the typical household earns roughly $79,825 per year, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Houston County's 20 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,089 students), CALEDONIA ELEMENTARY is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Houston County JDC School, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), CALEDONIA ELEMENTARY ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 52.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CALEDONIA ELEMENTARY has showed little movement, going from 299 students in 2018 to 295 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 97% to 93% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 12.4:1 in 2025.

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