Lake Agassiz Education Cooperative

Located at 616 RENO ST, in HAWLEY, Minnesota, Lake Agassiz Education Cooperative is a very small elementary-level community that hosts 103 students (grade pre-K), one of the schools within Lake Agassiz Education Cooperative. Compared to the state average of about 344 students per school, that is 70% below typical.

Lake Agassiz Education Cooperative runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 134 students. Lake Agassiz Education Cooperative is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Lake Agassiz Education Cooperative records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (91%). The remainder consists of 5% Hispanic.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.7:1 average. Roughly 46% of students at Lake Agassiz Education Cooperative qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Clay County put median household earnings sit near $81,172, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Lake Agassiz Education Cooperative is one of 32 public schools in Clay County (combined enrollment of about 11,470 students).

The closest other public school is Glacial Ridge Transitional Skills P, roughly 0.0 miles away. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Five-year trend. Lake Agassiz Education Cooperative's enrollment has edged up 91% since 2018, when it stood at 54 (now 103). Class-load math has rose: from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 18.7:1 in 2025.

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