Cuyuna Range Elementary

Located at 509 6TH AVE NE, in CROSBY, Minnesota, Cuyuna Range Elementary is a big elementary campus that enrolls 533 students (grades pre-K through 6), operated by Crosby-Ironton Public School Dist.. Enrollment runs roughly 55% larger than the state mean of about 344.

Crosby-Ironton Public School Dist. runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 988 students. Cuyuna Range Elementary is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Cuyuna Range Elementary reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (92%). Beyond that, the school shows 5% multiracial, 2% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Cuyuna Range Elementary has 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 48% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Crow Wing County (around 40%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Cuyuna Range Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 39.5%, the actual is 39.2%, a residual of -0.2 points.

In the broader community, Crow Wing County reports that median household income runs about $72,589, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Crow Wing County runs 24 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,399 students), of which Cuyuna Range Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Crosby-Ironton Secondary, roughly 1.4 miles away. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Cuyuna Range Elementary ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 50.0%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Cuyuna Range Elementary has contracted 4%, going from 557 students in 2018 to 533 in 2025.

On this page, members of the Cuyuna Range Elementary community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.