CANNON FALLS ELEMENTARY

CANNON FALLS ELEMENTARY, a high-enrollment K-5 school in CANNON FALLS, Minnesota, one of the schools within CANNON FALLS PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, instructs 519 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 344 students per school, that is 51% above typical.

CANNON FALLS PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 1,055 students. CANNON FALLS ELEMENTARY is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, CANNON FALLS ELEMENTARY reports that 91% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder consists of 6% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. Compared to Goodhue County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.1:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Around 24% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, CANNON FALLS ELEMENTARY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 52.2%; this one delivers 44.5%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Goodhue County put the typical household earns roughly $84,171 per year, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. CANNON FALLS ELEMENTARY is one of 36 public schools in Goodhue County (combined enrollment of about 7,099 students).

Nearest neighbor: Pathways Program Grades 6-7, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts CANNON FALLS ELEMENTARY at 2nd of 6; the average score across the group is 37.5%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 512 students in 2018 compared to 519 in 2025.

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