LAKE OF THE WOODS ELEMENTARY

LAKE OF THE WOODS ELEMENTARY is an elementary campus of intimate scale in BAUDETTE, Minnesota, overseen by LAKE OF THE WOODS SCHOOL DISTRICT, works with 234 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 344 students per school, that is 32% below typical.

Across the 2 schools in LAKE OF THE WOODS SCHOOL DISTRICT (462 students total), LAKE OF THE WOODS ELEMENTARY accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, LAKE OF THE WOODS ELEMENTARY lists that nearly all students (83%) are White. The remainder reads as 9% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, 2% Asian.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.5:1. The state averages about 13.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 35% of students at LAKE OF THE WOODS ELEMENTARY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, LAKE OF THE WOODS ELEMENTARY sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 46.0%; actual is 30.8%, a gap of -15.2 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Lake of the Woods County) shows that median household earnings sit near $77,546, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Lake of the Woods County runs 3 public schools (combined enrollment of about 467 students), of which LAKE OF THE WOODS ELEMENTARY is one.

The closest other public school is LAKE OF THE WOODS SECONDARY, roughly 0.0 miles away. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), LAKE OF THE WOODS ELEMENTARY ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 40.1%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at LAKE OF THE WOODS ELEMENTARY has remained close to its prior level, going from 240 students in 2018 to 234 in 2025. Class-load math has widened: from 11.8:1 in 2018 to 13.5:1 in 2025.

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