K-8 Special Education

K-8 Special Education is an elementary school of tiny scale in FERGUS FALLS, Minnesota, one of the schools within FERGUS FALLS AREA SP. ED. COOP., teacheing 4 students in grades K through 8. That puts it 99% below the typical public school in Minnesota, which averages around 344 students.

FERGUS FALLS AREA SP. ED. COOP. comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 39 students; K-8 Special Education is among them.

On demographics, K-8 Special Education records that 75% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder is composed of 25% multiracial. By comparison, Otter Tail County as a whole is about 91% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Otter Tail County shows median household earnings sit near $72,255, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Otter Tail County runs 37 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,503 students), of which K-8 Special Education is one.

Early Childhood Special Education is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around K-8 Special Education.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 33%: 6 students in 2018 compared to 4 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share edged down from 17% to 0%.

On this page, the feed for K-8 Special Education typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.