Keewatin-Nashwauk Elementary School

Keewatin-Nashwauk Elementary School, a middle-of-the-pack K-5 school in KEEWATIN, Minnesota, operated by NASHWAUK-KEEWATIN SCHOOL DISTRICT, enrolls 313 students, covering grades pre-K through 6.

Keewatin-Nashwauk Elementary School is one of 2 schools operated by NASHWAUK-KEEWATIN SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that enrolls 541 students overall.

Demographically, Keewatin-Nashwauk Elementary School lists that nearly all students (86%) are White; the rest consists of 11% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.1:1. The state averages around 13.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 53% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Keewatin-Nashwauk Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 36.7%, the actual is 36.7%, a residual of -0.1 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Itasca County shows median household income runs about $68,603, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Keewatin-Nashwauk Elementary School is one of 26 public schools in Itasca County (combined enrollment of about 6,407 students).

NASHWAUK SECONDARY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 4.4 miles from this campus. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Keewatin-Nashwauk Elementary School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 39.5%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Looking at the recent track record. Keewatin-Nashwauk Elementary School's enrollment has fell 13% since 2018, when it stood at 360 (now 313). Class-load math has fell: from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 12.1:1 in 2025.

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