Long Prairie-Grey Eagle Elementary

Long Prairie-Grey Eagle Elementary is a K-5 school of sizable scale in LONG PRAIRIE, Minnesota, one of the schools within Long Prairie-Grey Eagle School Dist, hosting 518 students in grades pre-K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 344 students per school, that is 51% bigger than typical.

Long Prairie-Grey Eagle Elementary is one of 2 schools operated by Long Prairie-Grey Eagle School Dist, a district that serves 984 students overall.

Demographically, Long Prairie-Grey Eagle Elementary reports that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 61% of enrollment; the rest breaks down as 34% White, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Todd County as a whole is about 10% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Long Prairie-Grey Eagle Elementary has 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.7:1 average. Roughly 74% of students at Long Prairie-Grey Eagle Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Todd County (around 56%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Long Prairie-Grey Eagle Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 25.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 20.4%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Todd County put the typical household earns roughly $67,662 per year, about 16% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Long Prairie-Grey Eagle Elementary is one of 13 public schools in Todd County (combined enrollment of about 2,957 students).

Nearest neighbor: Long Prairie-Grey Eagle Secondary, around 1.0 miles off. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Long Prairie-Grey Eagle Elementary at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 35.2%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Long Prairie-Grey Eagle Elementary's enrollment has expanded 11% since 2018, when it stood at 465 (now 518). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 47% to 34%. Class-load math has fell: from 12.4:1 in 2018 to 10.7:1 in 2025.

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