Creekstone Montessori

Creekstone Montessori is an elementary school of very small scale in RED WING, Minnesota, part of Creekstone Montessori Charter, works with 122 students in grades pre-K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 344 students per school, that is 65% smaller than typical.

Creekstone Montessori is a school of Creekstone Montessori Charter, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Creekstone Montessori shows that nearly all students (87%) are White. Beyond that, the school reports 5% multiracial, 4% Native American, 3% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Goodhue County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Creekstone Montessori has 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.7:1, putting Creekstone Montessori higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 17% of students at Creekstone Montessori qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Goodhue County (around 28%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Creekstone Montessori sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 55.8%; actual is 40.7%, a gap of -15.2 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Goodhue County put the typical household earns roughly $84,171 per year, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Goodhue County runs 36 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,099 students), of which Creekstone Montessori is one.

The closest other public school is Burnside Elementary, roughly 0.2 miles away. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area. Creekstone Montessori operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

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