Early Childhood Special Education

Early Childhood Special Education is an elementary-level community of one-room-style scale in FOREST LAKE, Minnesota, operated by Forest Lake Public School District, hosting 103 students in grade pre-K. By comparison, Minnesota's public schools average about 344 students each, so Early Childhood Special Education sits 70% leaner than that benchmark.

Within Forest Lake Public School District, which oversees 14 schools and 5,776 students, Early Childhood Special Education is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Early Childhood Special Education shows that White students make up the majority at 74%; the rest looks like 8% Hispanic, 7% Black, 6% Asian, 6% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 3 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 34.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 18% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Washington County runs at roughly 26%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

In the surrounding community, Washington County reports that median household income runs about $115,345, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Early Childhood Special Education is one of 103 public schools in Washington County (combined enrollment of about 46,313 students).

Nearest neighbor: Forest Lake Therapeutic Education, around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Early Childhood Special Education operates from a town-center location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Early Childhood Special Education has climbed 7%, going from 96 students in 2018 to 103 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 90% to 74%. Class-load math has widened: from 19.2:1 in 2018 to 34.3:1 in 2025.

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