KELLIHER ELEMENTARY

KELLIHER ELEMENTARY operates as a modestly sized primary school in KELLIHER, Minnesota, operated by KELLIHER PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 168 students spanning grades pre-K through 6. By comparison, Minnesota's public schools average about 344 students each, so KELLIHER ELEMENTARY sits 51% smaller than that benchmark.

KELLIHER PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 311 students; KELLIHER ELEMENTARY is among them.

Demographically, KELLIHER ELEMENTARY reports that White students make up the majority at 60%. Beyond that, the school lists 38% Native American, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Beltrami County as a whole is about 71% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, KELLIHER ELEMENTARY records 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 68% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Beltrami County's rate of about 54%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), KELLIHER ELEMENTARY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 28.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 33.3%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Beltrami County) logs that median household earnings sit near $68,975, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Beltrami County runs 38 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,088 students), of which KELLIHER ELEMENTARY is one.

Nearest neighbor: KELLIHER SECONDARY, around 0.0 miles off. On composite proficiency, KELLIHER ELEMENTARY comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 22.8%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Over the past 7-year window. KELLIHER ELEMENTARY's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 169 (now 168). White enrollment moved from 53% to 60% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 12.4:1 in 2018 to 13.5:1 today.

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