CHATFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Located at 11555 HILLSIDE DR SE, in CHATFIELD, Minnesota, CHATFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-sized elementary-level community that hosts 469 students (grades pre-K through 6), overseen by CHATFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOLS. That puts it 36% bigger than the typical public school in Minnesota, which averages around 344 students.

CHATFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 3 schools operated by CHATFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOLS, a district that works with 898 students overall.

On demographics, CHATFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that 95% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 2% multiracial. Compared to Fillmore County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, The school employs 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.8:1. The state averages about 13.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 27% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, CHATFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 60.3%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Fillmore County indicate median household income runs about $77,512, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. CHATFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 15 public schools in Fillmore County (combined enrollment of about 2,946 students).

CHATFIELD SECONDARY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around CHATFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts CHATFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 46.9%.

CHATFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from an outlying location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 5%: 496 students in 2018 compared to 469 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.