J.A. HUGHES ELEMENTARY

J.A. HUGHES ELEMENTARY is one of the low-enrollment elementary campuss in RED LAKE FALLS, Minnesota, run under RED LAKE FALLS PUBLIC SCHOOL DIST., with 237 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 31% smaller than the typical public school in Minnesota, which averages around 344 students.

RED LAKE FALLS PUBLIC SCHOOL DIST. runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 421 students. J.A. HUGHES ELEMENTARY is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, J.A. HUGHES ELEMENTARY lists that nearly all students (85%) are White. Beyond that, the school shows 9% multiracial, 5% Hispanic.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.7:1 average. Roughly 42% of students at J.A. HUGHES ELEMENTARY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), J.A. HUGHES ELEMENTARY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 42.4%; this one delivers 53.8%.

In the broader community, Red Lake County reports that the typical household earns roughly $77,188 per year, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 3%. In all, Red Lake County runs 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 764 students), of which J.A. HUGHES ELEMENTARY is one.

Nearest neighbor: LAFAYETTE SECONDARY, around 0.5 miles off. On composite proficiency, J.A. HUGHES ELEMENTARY comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 41.1%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at J.A. HUGHES ELEMENTARY has rose 22%, going from 195 students in 2018 to 237 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 11.1:1 in 2018 to 9.9:1 in 2025.

On allk12, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.