Early Childhood

Set in COLUMBIA HEIGHTS, Minnesota, Early Childhood is an one-room-style elementary-level community, overseen by Columbia Heights Public School Dist. It instructs 74 students across grade pre-K. By comparison, Minnesota's public schools average about 344 students each, so Early Childhood sits 78% below that benchmark.

Within Columbia Heights Public School Dist, which oversees 10 schools and 3,516 students, Early Childhood is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Early Childhood logs that the most-represented group is Hispanic (51%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder reads as 23% Black, 19% White, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 6%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 64% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Anoka County (around 42%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Anoka County shows median household income runs about $101,869, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Anoka County runs 145 public schools (combined enrollment of about 59,656 students), of which Early Childhood is one.

Nearest neighbor: Virtual Heights Secondary, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Early Childhood.

Early Childhood operates from an outer-ring location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 57%: 47 students in 2018 compared to 74 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 34% to 51% over that span. Class-load math has widened: from 8.4:1 in 2018 to 11.2:1 in 2025.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.