FALLS ELEMENTARY

Located at 1414 15TH AVE, in INTERNATIONAL FALLS, Minnesota, FALLS ELEMENTARY is a mid-tier elementary school that instructs 425 students (grades pre-K through 5), overseen by INTERNATIONAL FALLS SCHOOL DISTRICT. Enrollment runs roughly 24% bigger than the state mean of about 344.

INTERNATIONAL FALLS SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 914 students; FALLS ELEMENTARY is among them.

On demographics, FALLS ELEMENTARY logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (88%). The remainder reads as 7% multiracial, 2% Native American. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.7:1. The state averages around 13.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 50% of enrolled students meet the income threshold 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), FALLS ELEMENTARY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 38.1%; this one delivers 42.7%.

In the area at large, Koochiching County reports that median household income runs about $66,940, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. FALLS ELEMENTARY is one of 10 public schools in Koochiching County (combined enrollment of about 1,545 students).

Nearest neighbor: FALLS SECONDARY, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), FALLS ELEMENTARY ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 33.7%.

FALLS ELEMENTARY operates from a small-town location.

Trend over the last 7 years. FALLS ELEMENTARY's enrollment has fell 11% since 2018, when it stood at 477 (now 425). Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 12.7:1 in 2025.

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