Discovery Public School - Faribault

Discovery Public School - Faribault is a high school of very small scale in FARIBAULT, Minnesota, overseen by Discovery Public School - Faribault, caters to 45 students in grades 6 through 12. That puts it 88% below the typical public school in Minnesota, which averages around 371 students.

Discovery Public School - Faribault sits inside Discovery Public School - Faribault, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

On demographics, Discovery Public School - Faribault lists that the largest single group is White, at 76% of enrollment. Other groups include 24% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, Discovery Public School - Faribault reports 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 7.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.3:1 average. Roughly 87% of students at Discovery Public School - Faribault qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Rice County runs at roughly 46%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Across the wider county, Rice County reports that median household earnings sit near $83,181, about 30% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Rice County's 40 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,301 students), Discovery Public School - Faribault is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Minnesota State Academy for Deaf, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Discovery Public School - Faribault operates from a town-center location. Discovery Public School - Faribault is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Five-year trend. Discovery Public School - Faribault's enrollment has ticked down 24% since 2018, when it stood at 59 (now 45). Over the same period, the White share rose from 66% to 76%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 9.2:1 in 2018 to 7.6:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.