DELANO ELEMENTARY

DELANO ELEMENTARY, a big elementary campus in DELANO, Minnesota, operated by DELANO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, hosts 744 students, covering grades pre-K through 3. Enrollment runs roughly 116% bigger than the state mean of about 344.

DELANO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 2,457 students. DELANO ELEMENTARY is one of those campuses.

On demographics, DELANO ELEMENTARY shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (89%). The remainder consists of 5% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, DELANO ELEMENTARY records 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.7:1, putting DELANO ELEMENTARY higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 14% of students at DELANO ELEMENTARY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is south of Wright County's rate of about 24%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, DELANO ELEMENTARY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 57.5%; this one delivers 67.2%.

Across the wider county, Wright County reports that median household income runs about $107,209, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Wright County's 88 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,879 students), DELANO ELEMENTARY is one campus in the mix.

Delano Intermediate School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around DELANO ELEMENTARY. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), DELANO ELEMENTARY ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 54.4%.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at DELANO ELEMENTARY has decreased 19%, going from 918 students in 2018 to 744 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 15.6:1 today.

On the community side, the feed for DELANO ELEMENTARY typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.