Little Mountain Elementary

Little Mountain Elementary is one of the roomy elementary campuss in MONTICELLO, Minnesota, overseen by Monticello Public School District, with 576 students on its rolls from grades 1 through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 67% bigger than the state mean of about 344.

Across the 8 schools in Monticello Public School District (4,013 students total), Little Mountain Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Little Mountain Elementary shows that White students make up the majority at 72%. The remainder reads as 11% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 5% Black, 4% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 89% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.6:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 33% of students at Little Mountain Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Wright County runs at roughly 24%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Little Mountain Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 47.5%; this one delivers 50.8%.

Around the school, census data for Wright County shows median household income runs about $107,209, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Little Mountain Elementary is one of 88 public schools in Wright County (combined enrollment of about 27,879 students).

Nearest neighbor: Monticello High School - SNW, around 0.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

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

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Little Mountain Elementary has fell 15%, going from 681 students in 2018 to 576 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 82% to 72% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 today.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.