EARLY CHILDHOOD SPECIAL EDUCATION

EARLY CHILDHOOD SPECIAL EDUCATION is one of the tiny elementary schools in FARIBAULT, Minnesota, overseen by FARIBAULT PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 78 students on its rolls from grade pre-K. That puts it 77% leaner than the typical public school in Minnesota, which averages around 344 students.

Within FARIBAULT PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 10 schools and 3,106 students, EARLY CHILDHOOD SPECIAL EDUCATION is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, EARLY CHILDHOOD SPECIAL EDUCATION records that 51% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 22% Hispanic, 22% Black, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 80% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 6.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.7:1, putting EARLY CHILDHOOD SPECIAL EDUCATION tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 65% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, 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 above the surrounding baseline.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Rice County indicate median household income runs about $83,181, roughly 30% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Rice County's 40 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,301 students), EARLY CHILDHOOD SPECIAL EDUCATION is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Falcons Online Academy-HS, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 14%: 91 students in 2018 compared to 78 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 12% to 22% across the same window.

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