McKinley Elementary

McKinley Elementary operates as a tight-knit K-5 school in FERGUS FALLS, Minnesota, one of the schools within Fergus Falls Public School District. Current enrollment sits at 249 students spanning grades 1 through 3. Compared to the state average of about 344 students per school, that is 28% leaner than typical.

Fergus Falls Public School District runs 11 schools in total, collectively educating 3,235 students. McKinley Elementary is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, McKinley Elementary records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (86%); the rest breaks down as 6% multiracial, 3% Hispanic, 3% Black.

On the resource side, The school lists 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.9:1. The state averages about 13.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 43% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, McKinley Elementary ranks in the top 10% of Minnesota public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 41.8%; McKinley Elementary posts 55.4%, +13.6 points above that line.

In the surrounding community, Otter Tail County reports that the typical household earns roughly $72,255 per year, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Otter Tail County's 37 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,503 students), McKinley Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Early Childhood Special Education is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at McKinley Elementary has rose 4%, going from 239 students in 2018 to 249 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 13.9:1 today.

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