Laura Baker SUN Program

As a very small multi-level school in FARIBAULT, Minnesota, Laura Baker SUN Program works with 18 students from grades K through 12, overseen by Cannon Valley Special Education Coo. That puts it 64% below the typical public school in Minnesota, which averages around 50 students.

Cannon Valley Special Education Coo runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 97 students. Laura Baker SUN Program is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Laura Baker SUN Program logs that the largest single group is White, at 61% of enrollment. The remainder looks like 17% Black, 11% Hispanic, 11% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 80%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 1.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 6.4:1, putting Laura Baker SUN Program tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 28% of students at Laura Baker SUN Program qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Rice County (around 46%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Rice County indicate the typical household earns roughly $83,181 per year, about 30% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Rice County runs 40 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,301 students), of which Laura Baker SUN Program is one.

Nearest neighbor: CVSEC STEP, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Five-year trend. Laura Baker SUN Program's enrollment has rose 50% since 2018, when it stood at 12 (now 18). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 83% to 61%.

Inside the community feed, members of the Laura Baker SUN Program community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.