MAPLE LAKE ELEMENTARY

Set in MAPLE LAKE, Minnesota, MAPLE LAKE ELEMENTARY is a reasonably sized primary school, operated by MAPLE LAKE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. It works with 404 students across grades pre-K through 6.

MAPLE LAKE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 744 students; MAPLE LAKE ELEMENTARY is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, MAPLE LAKE ELEMENTARY lists that nearly all students (95%) are White. The remainder breaks down as 2% multiracial.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.7:1 average. About 27% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, MAPLE LAKE ELEMENTARY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.4%, the actual is 51.4%, a residual of +0.9 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Wright County indicate median household income runs about $107,209, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Wright County's 88 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,879 students), MAPLE LAKE ELEMENTARY is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: MAPLE LAKE SECONDARY, around 0.1 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MAPLE LAKE ELEMENTARY at 5th of 6; the average score across the group is 53.7%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 397 students in 2018 compared to 404 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 13.4:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, members of the MAPLE LAKE ELEMENTARY community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.