GOODHUE ELEMENTARY

Located at 510 3RD AVE, in GOODHUE, Minnesota, GOODHUE ELEMENTARY is a moderately sized primary school that caters to 416 students (grades pre-K through 6), one of the schools within GOODHUE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. Enrollment runs roughly 21% above the state mean of about 344.

GOODHUE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 778 students; GOODHUE ELEMENTARY is among them.

In terms of who attends, GOODHUE ELEMENTARY reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (87%); the rest comes out to 10% Hispanic. Compared to Goodhue County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at the economic backdrop, GOODHUE ELEMENTARY records 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.7:1 average. Around 26% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), GOODHUE ELEMENTARY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 51.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 54.0%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Goodhue County shows median household earnings sit near $84,171, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Goodhue County runs 36 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,099 students), of which GOODHUE ELEMENTARY is one.

GOODHUE SECONDARY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 5 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts GOODHUE ELEMENTARY at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 44.8%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Trend over the last 7 years. GOODHUE ELEMENTARY's enrollment has rose 20% since 2018, when it stood at 348 (now 416). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.0:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 today.

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