DOVER-EYOTA ELEMENTARY

DOVER-EYOTA ELEMENTARY is a medium-sized elementary-level community in EYOTA, Minnesota, run under DOVER-EYOTA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school works with 509 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Minnesota's public schools average about 344 students each, so DOVER-EYOTA ELEMENTARY sits 48% bigger than that benchmark.

Within DOVER-EYOTA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 3 schools and 1,057 students, DOVER-EYOTA ELEMENTARY is one campus in the system.

On demographics, DOVER-EYOTA ELEMENTARY logs that nearly all students (92%) are White. The remainder looks like 4% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 77% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, DOVER-EYOTA ELEMENTARY has 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 21% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably below Olmsted County's rate of about 35%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, DOVER-EYOTA ELEMENTARY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 53.8%; this one delivers 56.0%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Olmsted County) shows that median household income runs about $95,406, about 49% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Olmsted County's 72 public schools (combined enrollment of about 24,627 students), DOVER-EYOTA ELEMENTARY is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: DOVER-EYOTA MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, DOVER-EYOTA ELEMENTARY comes 1st of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 43.0%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Over the past 7-year window. DOVER-EYOTA ELEMENTARY's enrollment has remained close to its prior level since 2018, when it stood at 515 (now 509).

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.