Matoska International

Matoska International, a substantial elementary campus in WHITE BEAR LAKE, Minnesota, part of White Bear Lake School District, serves 543 students, covering grades K through 5. By comparison, Minnesota's public schools average about 344 students each, so Matoska International sits 58% bigger than that benchmark.

White Bear Lake School District runs 17 schools in total, collectively educating 8,571 students. Matoska International is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Matoska International logs that White students make up the majority at 70%. Other groups include 8% Hispanic, 8% Black, 7% Asian, 7% multiracial. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 59%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 29% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably below Ramsey County's rate of about 57%.

With demographic context factored in, Matoska International performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.7%, the actual is 53.4%, a residual of +3.7 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Ramsey County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $81,568 per year, roughly 46% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Ramsey County's 302 public schools (combined enrollment of about 94,437 students), Matoska International is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Level Up K-5 Virtual Academy, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 5%: 569 students in 2018 compared to 543 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 78% to 70% over that span.

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