CARDS Program

CARDS Program operates as an one-room-style multi-level school in LEROY, Minnesota, operated by Southern MN Education Consortium. Current enrollment sits at 16 students spanning grades pre-K through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 68% below the state mean of about 50.

Southern MN Education Consortium runs 13 schools in total, collectively educating 181 students. CARDS Program is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, CARDS Program records that 94% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 6% Hispanic. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 75%.

In terms of school funding signals, CARDS Program reports 3 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 6.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 63% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Mower County's rate of about 55%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Mower County) records that the typical household earns roughly $73,074 per year, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Mower County runs 34 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,434 students), of which CARDS Program is one.

The closest other public school is LEROY ELEMENTARY, roughly 0.0 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 23%: 13 students in 2018 compared to 16 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 100% to 94% across the same window.

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