FERTILE-BELTRAMI ELEMENTARY

FERTILE-BELTRAMI ELEMENTARY is a small elementary campus in FERTILE, Minnesota, run under FERTILE-BELTRAMI SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school serves 249 students in grades pre-K through 6. By comparison, Minnesota's public schools average about 344 students each, so FERTILE-BELTRAMI ELEMENTARY sits 28% below that benchmark.

Across the 2 schools in FERTILE-BELTRAMI SCHOOL DISTRICT (495 students total), FERTILE-BELTRAMI ELEMENTARY accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, FERTILE-BELTRAMI ELEMENTARY records that 92% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 4% multiracial, 3% Hispanic.

Looking at school resources, On paper, FERTILE-BELTRAMI ELEMENTARY has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.7:1 average. Around 43% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), FERTILE-BELTRAMI ELEMENTARY sits in the top 10% of Minnesota schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 41.8%; actual is 59.3%, +17.5 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Polk County) reports that median household earnings sit near $73,107, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Polk County runs 20 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,075 students), of which FERTILE-BELTRAMI ELEMENTARY is one.

FERTILE-BELTRAMI SECONDARY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), FERTILE-BELTRAMI ELEMENTARY ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 38.8%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Over the past 7-year window. FERTILE-BELTRAMI ELEMENTARY's enrollment has held roughly steady since 2018, when it stood at 252 (now 249). The White share of enrollment shrank from 96% to 92% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 13.5:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.