GRYGLA ELEMENTARY

GRYGLA ELEMENTARY is a minimally staffed elementary campus in GRYGLA, Minnesota, run under GRYGLA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school educates 68 students in grades pre-K through 6. By comparison, Minnesota's public schools average about 344 students each, so GRYGLA ELEMENTARY sits 80% smaller than that benchmark.

Across the 2 schools in GRYGLA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT (135 students total), GRYGLA ELEMENTARY accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, GRYGLA ELEMENTARY lists that nearly all students (87%) are White; the rest breaks down as 9% multiracial, 3% Native American.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 8.5:1. The state averages around 13.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 29% of students at GRYGLA ELEMENTARY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is below Marshall County's rate of about 38%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, GRYGLA ELEMENTARY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.3%, the actual is 48.4%, a residual of -0.9 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Marshall County) records that median household earnings sit near $72,543, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Marshall County's 11 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,469 students), GRYGLA ELEMENTARY is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is GRYGLA SECONDARY, roughly 0.0 miles away. On composite proficiency, GRYGLA ELEMENTARY comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 35.3%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 16%: 81 students in 2018 compared to 68 in 2025.

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