Heartland Lakes Elementary

Heartland Lakes Elementary is an one-room-style K-5 school in PARK RAPIDS, Minnesota, one of the schools within Heartland Lakes Community School. The school serves 83 students in grades K through 6. That puts it 76% smaller than the typical public school in Minnesota, which averages around 344 students.

Heartland Lakes Elementary is a school of Heartland Lakes Community School, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

Demographically, Heartland Lakes Elementary reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (83%). Other groups include 10% multiracial, 6% Hispanic.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 13.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 37% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Hubbard County runs at roughly 49%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Heartland Lakes Elementary is in the bottom 10% of Minnesota public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 45.0%; Heartland Lakes Elementary posts 24.8%, -20.2 points below that line.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Hubbard County put median household income runs about $71,995, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Heartland Lakes Elementary is one of 15 public schools in Hubbard County (combined enrollment of about 2,415 students).

The closest other public school is Park Rapids Virtual Academy High, roughly 0.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around Heartland Lakes Elementary. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Heartland Lakes Elementary ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 45.0%.

Heartland Lakes Elementary operates from an outlying location. Heartland Lakes Elementary operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

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