HERON LAKE-OKABENA ELEMENTARY

HERON LAKE-OKABENA ELEMENTARY is an elementary-level community of tiny scale in HERON LAKE, Minnesota, part of HERON LAKE-OKABENA SCHOOL DISTRICT, teacheing 123 students in grades pre-K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 64% leaner than the state mean of about 344.

HERON LAKE-OKABENA ELEMENTARY is one of 2 schools operated by HERON LAKE-OKABENA SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that hosts 260 students overall.

Looking at the student body, HERON LAKE-OKABENA ELEMENTARY lists that White students make up the majority at 80%. Beyond that, the school logs 13% Hispanic, 2% multiracial, 2% Native American. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 91%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.7:1, putting HERON LAKE-OKABENA ELEMENTARY tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 50% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Jackson County runs at roughly 40%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, HERON LAKE-OKABENA ELEMENTARY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 38.0%; this one delivers 40.0%.

Across the wider county, Jackson County reports that median household income runs about $75,743, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Jackson County's 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,353 students), HERON LAKE-OKABENA ELEMENTARY is one campus in the mix.

Heron Lake-Okabena Secondary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 3.6 miles from this campus. On composite proficiency, HERON LAKE-OKABENA ELEMENTARY comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 37.4%.

HERON LAKE-OKABENA ELEMENTARY operates from a rural location.

Looking at the recent track record. HERON LAKE-OKABENA ELEMENTARY's enrollment has shrank 21% since 2018, when it stood at 156 (now 123). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 12.6:1 in 2018 to 10.6:1 today.

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