EDGERTON ELEMENTARY

Set in EDGERTON, Minnesota, EDGERTON ELEMENTARY is a low-enrollment elementary campus, part of EDGERTON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. It serves 209 students across grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 39% leaner than the typical public school in Minnesota, which averages around 344 students.

EDGERTON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 437 students. EDGERTON ELEMENTARY is one of those campuses.

Demographically, EDGERTON ELEMENTARY lists that 74% of the student body identifies as White; the rest looks like 22% Hispanic, 2% Native American. By comparison, Pipestone County as a whole is about 86% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, EDGERTON ELEMENTARY has 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.9:1. The state averages around 13.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 37% of students at EDGERTON ELEMENTARY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), EDGERTON ELEMENTARY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 45.3%; this one delivers 37.6%.

Around the school, census data for Pipestone County shows the typical household earns roughly $69,628 per year, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Pipestone County runs 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,640 students), of which EDGERTON ELEMENTARY is one.

The closest other public school is EDGERTON SECONDARY, roughly 0.0 miles away. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), EDGERTON ELEMENTARY ranks 4th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 39.3%.

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

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at EDGERTON ELEMENTARY has shrank 6%, going from 222 students in 2018 to 209 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked up from 64% to 74%. Class-load math has fell: from 17.5:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 in 2025.

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