Forest Lake Elementary

Forest Lake Elementary operates as a compact middle-grades school in FOREST LAKE, Minnesota, overseen by Forest Lake Public School District. Current enrollment sits at 309 students spanning grades 4 through 6. Compared to the state average of about 495 students per school, that is 38% leaner than typical.

Across the 14 schools in Forest Lake Public School District (5,776 students total), Forest Lake Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Forest Lake Elementary shows that the largest single group is White, at 67% of enrollment. The remainder looks like 11% Asian, 9% multiracial, 8% Hispanic, 5% Black. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 78%.

In terms of school funding signals, Forest Lake Elementary logs 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.9:1. The state averages about 17.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 43% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Washington County's rate of about 26%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Forest Lake Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 42.1%, the actual is 37.9%, a residual of -4.2 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Washington County put median household income runs about $115,345, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Washington County's 103 public schools (combined enrollment of about 46,313 students), Forest Lake Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Step is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Forest Lake Elementary comes 3rd of 4 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 34.6%.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 14%: 359 students in 2018 compared to 309 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 81% to 67% across the same window.

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