Early Education Center

Early Education Center operates as a micro-enrollment elementary campus in ALEXANDRIA, Minnesota, run under Alexandria Public School District. Current enrollment sits at 114 students spanning grade pre-K. By comparison, Minnesota's public schools average about 344 students each, so Early Education Center sits 67% leaner than that benchmark.

Within Alexandria Public School District, which oversees 10 schools and 4,034 students, Early Education Center is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Early Education Center lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (84%). Beyond that, the school shows 12% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 95% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.7:1, putting Early Education Center higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 49% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Douglas County (around 31%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Douglas County indicate median household income runs about $79,043, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Early Education Center is one of 22 public schools in Douglas County (combined enrollment of about 5,781 students).

The closest other public school is Woodland Elementary School, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Over the past 7-year window. Early Education Center's enrollment has shrank 6% since 2018, when it stood at 121 (now 114). Over the same period, the White share edged down from 93% to 84%. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 9.1:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 today.

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