Crookston Pre-K Program

Located at 724 UNIVERSITY AVE, in CROOKSTON, Minnesota, Crookston Pre-K Program is a micro-enrollment primary school that works with 27 students (grade pre-K), overseen by Crookston Public School District. Enrollment runs roughly 92% leaner than the state mean of about 344.

Crookston Public School District comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 1,140 students; Crookston Pre-K Program is among them.

On demographics, Crookston Pre-K Program shows that the most-represented group is White (44%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 37% Hispanic, 7% Black, 7% Native American, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 86% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 1 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 27.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 63% of students at Crookston Pre-K Program qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Polk County runs at roughly 43%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Polk County indicate median household income runs about $73,107, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Polk County's 20 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,075 students), Crookston Pre-K Program is one campus in the mix.

Washington Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Crookston Pre-K Program.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 42%: 19 students in 2018 compared to 27 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 63% to 44%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 57.6:1 in 2018 to 27.0:1 in 2025.

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