FOLEY INTERMEDIATE ELEMENTARY

FOLEY INTERMEDIATE ELEMENTARY, a substantial middle school in FOLEY, Minnesota, part of FOLEY PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, caters to 781 students, covering grades 4 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 58% bigger than the state mean of about 495.

Within FOLEY PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 3 schools and 1,921 students, FOLEY INTERMEDIATE ELEMENTARY is one campus in the system.

Demographically, FOLEY INTERMEDIATE ELEMENTARY records that 96% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. By comparison, Benton County as a whole is about 87% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 29% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, FOLEY INTERMEDIATE ELEMENTARY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 49.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 49.2%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Benton County indicate median household income runs about $74,410, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Benton County runs 16 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,680 students), of which FOLEY INTERMEDIATE ELEMENTARY is one.

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 INTERMEDIATE ELEMENTARY. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts FOLEY INTERMEDIATE ELEMENTARY at 2nd of 7; the average score across the group is 45.3%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 4%: 749 students in 2018 compared to 781 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 18.1:1 in 2018 to 16.5:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.