East Rapids Elementary

As a big elementary campus in GRAND RAPIDS, Minnesota, East Rapids Elementary instructs 639 students from grades 3 through 5, operated by GRAND RAPIDS PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. That puts it 86% bigger than the typical public school in Minnesota, which averages around 344 students.

GRAND RAPIDS PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 11 schools in total, collectively educating 3,972 students. East Rapids Elementary is one of those campuses.

Demographically, East Rapids Elementary shows that 83% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school shows 7% multiracial, 7% Native American.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, East Rapids Elementary has 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.4:1. The state averages around 13.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 46% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, East Rapids Elementary sits in the top 10% of Minnesota schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 40.1%; actual is 55.8%, +15.7 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Itasca County shows the typical household earns roughly $68,603 per year, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Itasca County's 26 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,407 students), East Rapids Elementary is one campus in the mix.

ROBERT J. ELKINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 7 other public schools. On composite proficiency, East Rapids Elementary comes 1st of 4 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 45.4%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

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