CLC - Pre-Kindergarten

CLC - Pre-Kindergarten, a small elementary school in AUSTIN, Minnesota, run under Austin Public School District, educates 210 students, covering grade pre-K. Enrollment runs roughly 39% leaner than the state mean of about 344.

Within Austin Public School District, which oversees 12 schools and 5,385 students, CLC - Pre-Kindergarten is one campus in the system.

On demographics, CLC - Pre-Kindergarten records that 39% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest comes out to 29% White, 19% Asian, 10% Black, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 14% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, CLC - Pre-Kindergarten has 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.7:1, putting CLC - Pre-Kindergarten tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 65% of students at CLC - Pre-Kindergarten qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Mower County's rate of about 55%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Mower County put median household income runs about $73,074, 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 CLC - Pre-Kindergarten is one.

Austin Community Learning Center is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around CLC - Pre-Kindergarten.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 128%: 92 students in 2018 compared to 210 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 23% to 39% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 11.8:1 in 2025.

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