Chisago Lakes Family Center

Set in CHISAGO CITY, Minnesota, Chisago Lakes Family Center is a tiny elementary campus, one of the schools within Chisago Lakes School District. It enrolls 41 students across grade pre-K. That puts it 88% below the typical public school in Minnesota, which averages around 344 students.

Across the 7 schools in Chisago Lakes School District (3,317 students total), Chisago Lakes Family Center accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Chisago Lakes Family Center lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (93%); the rest is composed of 5% Hispanic, 2% Asian. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, Chisago Lakes Family Center shows 2 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.5:1. The state averages around 13.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 32% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Chisago County put median household income runs about $99,400, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Chisago Lakes Family Center is one of 27 public schools in Chisago County (combined enrollment of about 7,668 students).

The closest other public school is Chisago Lakes El., roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Chisago Lakes Family Center.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Five-year trend. Chisago Lakes Family Center's enrollment has fell 28% since 2018, when it stood at 57 (now 41). The Black share of enrollment fell from 5% to 0% over that span. Class-load math has loosened: from 19.0:1 in 2018 to 20.5:1 in 2025.

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