Lk Crystal Wellcome Memorial El

Lk Crystal Wellcome Memorial El is one of the reasonably sized elementary schools in LAKE CRYSTAL, Minnesota, part of LAKE CRYSTAL-WELLCOME MEMORIAL, with 423 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 344 students per school, that is 23% bigger than typical.

LAKE CRYSTAL-WELLCOME MEMORIAL comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 957 students; Lk Crystal Wellcome Memorial El is among them.

Demographically, Lk Crystal Wellcome Memorial El records that 90% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school lists 8% Hispanic.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Lk Crystal Wellcome Memorial El has 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.7:1, putting Lk Crystal Wellcome Memorial El tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 25% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is below Blue Earth County's rate of about 37%.

With demographic context factored in, Lk Crystal Wellcome Memorial El sits in the top 10% of Minnesota schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 51.6%; actual is 65.2%, +13.6 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Across the wider county, Blue Earth County reports that the typical household earns roughly $74,477 per year, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Blue Earth County runs 31 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,034 students), of which Lk Crystal Wellcome Memorial El is one.

LCWM ECSE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Lk Crystal Wellcome Memorial El. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Lk Crystal Wellcome Memorial El at 1st of 6; the average score across the group is 51.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 10%: 470 students in 2018 compared to 423 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 12.9:1 in 2018 to 10.9:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.