FOLEY ELEMENTARY

Set in FOLEY, Minnesota, FOLEY ELEMENTARY is a substantial elementary-level community, overseen by FOLEY PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. It instructs 552 students across grades pre-K through 3. By comparison, Minnesota's public schools average about 344 students each, so FOLEY ELEMENTARY sits 60% bigger than that benchmark.

FOLEY ELEMENTARY is one of 3 schools operated by FOLEY PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that enrolls 1,921 students overall.

Looking at the student body, FOLEY ELEMENTARY reports that 93% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school records 3% multiracial, 2% Black.

Looking at the economic backdrop, FOLEY ELEMENTARY shows 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.7:1 average. About 30% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, FOLEY ELEMENTARY is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 49.0%; this one delivers 72.2%, a residual of +23.2 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Benton County put median household earnings sit near $74,410, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Benton County's 16 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,680 students), FOLEY ELEMENTARY is one campus in the mix.

FOLEY SENIOR HIGH is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around FOLEY ELEMENTARY. On composite proficiency, FOLEY ELEMENTARY comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 41.7%.

FOLEY ELEMENTARY operates from a rural location.

Over the past 7-year window. FOLEY ELEMENTARY's enrollment has fell 6% since 2018, when it stood at 588 (now 552). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 98% to 93%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 14.5:1 in 2018 to 11.5:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.