La Crescent Montessori & STEM Acad

Set in LA CRESCENT, Minnesota, La Crescent Montessori & STEM Acad is a very small elementary school, run under La Crescent Montessori & STEM Schoo. It works with 55 students across grades K through 6. That puts it 84% smaller than the typical public school in Minnesota, which averages around 344 students.

Within La Crescent Montessori & STEM Schoo, which oversees 2 schools and 101 students, La Crescent Montessori & STEM Acad is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, La Crescent Montessori & STEM Acad shows that 91% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder looks like 5% Native American, 4% Hispanic. Compared to Houston County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at the economic backdrop, La Crescent Montessori & STEM Acad reports 4 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 25% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Houston County (around 38%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), La Crescent Montessori & STEM Acad sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 51.4%; this one delivers 41.3%.

In the area at large, Houston County reports that median household earnings sit near $79,825, about 30% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 3%. La Crescent Montessori & STEM Acad is one of 20 public schools in Houston County (combined enrollment of about 4,089 students).

The closest other public school is La Crescent Sec Montessori/STEM, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), La Crescent Montessori & STEM Acad ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 43.2%.

La Crescent Montessori & STEM Acad operates from a bedroom-community location. La Crescent Montessori & STEM Acad is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Five-year trend. La Crescent Montessori & STEM Acad's enrollment has increased 31% since 2018, when it stood at 42 (now 55). The White share of enrollment decreased from 100% to 91% over that span. Class-load math has grew: from 10.6:1 in 2018 to 14.2:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.