IMPRINTS PROGRAM

IMPRINTS PROGRAM operates as a compact unified-grade school in NEW ULM, Minnesota, run under RIVER BEND EDUCATION DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 30 students spanning grades K through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 40% leaner than the state mean of about 50.

RIVER BEND EDUCATION DISTRICT runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 226 students. IMPRINTS PROGRAM is one of those campuses.

On demographics, IMPRINTS PROGRAM logs that 87% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school shows 7% Hispanic, 7% Black.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, IMPRINTS PROGRAM has 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 4.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 6.4:1 average. About 47% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Brown County runs at roughly 36%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Zooming out to the county, Brown County reports that the typical household earns roughly $69,378 per year, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. IMPRINTS PROGRAM is one of 20 public schools in Brown County (combined enrollment of about 3,672 students).

Nearest neighbor: Raptor Program, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 17%: 36 students in 2018 compared to 30 in 2025.

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