COMFREY ELEMENTARY

Located at 305 OCHRE ST W, in COMFREY, Minnesota, COMFREY ELEMENTARY is a minimally staffed elementary school that educates 57 students (grades pre-K through 6), overseen by COMFREY PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. By comparison, Minnesota's public schools average about 344 students each, so COMFREY ELEMENTARY sits 83% smaller than that benchmark.

Within COMFREY PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 2 schools and 104 students, COMFREY ELEMENTARY is one campus in the system.

Demographically, COMFREY ELEMENTARY reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (93%). Other groups include 4% Hispanic, 4% Asian. That composition is broadly in line with Brown County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, COMFREY ELEMENTARY reports 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.7:1 average. Around 42% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Brown County) records that median household earnings sit near $69,378, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Brown County runs 20 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,672 students), of which COMFREY ELEMENTARY is one.

The closest other public school is COMFREY SECONDARY, roughly 0.0 miles away. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Over the past 7-year window. COMFREY ELEMENTARY's enrollment has declined 10% since 2018, when it stood at 63 (now 57). Class-load math has grew: from 7.6:1 in 2018 to 9.0:1 in 2025.

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