HOLDINGFORD ELEMENTARY

HOLDINGFORD ELEMENTARY is a roomy primary school in HOLDINGFORD, Minnesota, one of the schools within HOLDINGFORD PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school teaches 589 students in grades pre-K through 6. By comparison, Minnesota's public schools average about 344 students each, so HOLDINGFORD ELEMENTARY sits 71% larger than that benchmark.

HOLDINGFORD PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 1,098 students; HOLDINGFORD ELEMENTARY is among them.

Looking at the student body, HOLDINGFORD ELEMENTARY reports that 96% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 82%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.8:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Around 32% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Stearns County runs at roughly 44%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, HOLDINGFORD ELEMENTARY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.1%, the actual is 60.7%, a residual of +12.6 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Stearns County indicate median household income runs about $77,066, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. HOLDINGFORD ELEMENTARY is one of 74 public schools in Stearns County (combined enrollment of about 24,160 students).

HOLDINGFORD SECONDARY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, HOLDINGFORD ELEMENTARY comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 47.0%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 581 students in 2018 compared to 589 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.