LITTLEFORK-BIG FALLS ELEMENTARY

LITTLEFORK-BIG FALLS ELEMENTARY is an elementary campus of tight-knit scale in LITTLEFORK, Minnesota, run under LITTLEFORK-BIG FALLS SCHOOL DIST., hosting 216 students in grades pre-K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 344 students per school, that is 37% leaner than typical.

Across the 2 schools in LITTLEFORK-BIG FALLS SCHOOL DIST. (402 students total), LITTLEFORK-BIG FALLS ELEMENTARY accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, LITTLEFORK-BIG FALLS ELEMENTARY records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (89%); the rest breaks down as 7% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Koochiching County as a whole.

On the resource side, The school lists 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.7:1 average. Around 44% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, LITTLEFORK-BIG FALLS ELEMENTARY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 41.4%, the actual is 34.8%, a residual of -6.6 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Koochiching County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $66,940 per year, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. LITTLEFORK-BIG FALLS ELEMENTARY is one of 10 public schools in Koochiching County (combined enrollment of about 1,545 students).

The closest other public school is LITTLEFORK-BIG FALLS SECONDARY, roughly 0.0 miles away. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts LITTLEFORK-BIG FALLS ELEMENTARY at 3rd of 4; the average score across the group is 36.3%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at LITTLEFORK-BIG FALLS ELEMENTARY has increased 14%, going from 189 students in 2018 to 216 in 2025.

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