LINDBERGH ELEMENTARY

LINDBERGH ELEMENTARY, a reasonably sized K-5 school in LITTLE FALLS, Minnesota, overseen by Little Falls Community Schools, educates 473 students, covering grades 3 through 5. Compared to the state average of about 344 students per school, that is 38% above typical.

LINDBERGH ELEMENTARY is one of 6 schools operated by Little Falls Community Schools, a district that educates 2,424 students overall.

In terms of who attends, LINDBERGH ELEMENTARY records that 89% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest comes out to 4% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Black.

On the resource side, The school employs 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.0:1. The state averages about 13.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 46% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Morrison County (around 35%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), LINDBERGH ELEMENTARY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 40.5%, the actual is 40.7%, a residual of +0.2 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Morrison County indicate the typical household earns roughly $69,446 per year, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Morrison County runs 28 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,330 students), of which LINDBERGH ELEMENTARY is one.

Nearest neighbor: COMMUNITY MIDDLE, around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Looking at the recent track record. LINDBERGH ELEMENTARY's enrollment has decreased 18% since 2018, when it stood at 580 (now 473). The White share of enrollment grew from 84% to 89% over that span.

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