MENAHGA ELEMENTARY

Located at 216 ASPEN AVE SE, in MENAHGA, Minnesota, MENAHGA ELEMENTARY is a sizable primary school that enrolls 537 students (grades pre-K through 6), part of Menahga Public School District. By comparison, Minnesota's public schools average about 344 students each, so MENAHGA ELEMENTARY sits 56% larger than that benchmark.

Menahga Public School District comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 987 students; MENAHGA ELEMENTARY is among them.

Looking at the student body, MENAHGA ELEMENTARY lists that nearly all students (96%) are White. Beyond that, the school lists 2% multiracial. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 87%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.9:1. The state averages around 13.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 55% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), MENAHGA ELEMENTARY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 35.6%; this one delivers 40.7%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Wadena County shows median household income runs about $61,467, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Wadena County's 17 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,201 students), MENAHGA ELEMENTARY is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Menahga High School, around 0.0 miles off. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), MENAHGA ELEMENTARY ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 38.6%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 29%: 415 students in 2018 compared to 537 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 13.5:1 in 2018 to 14.9:1 today.

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