NERSTRAND CHARTER SCHOOL

NERSTRAND CHARTER SCHOOL is one of the very small K-5 schools in NERSTRAND, Minnesota, operated by NERSTRAND CHARTER SCHOOL, with 102 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. That puts it 70% below the typical public school in Minnesota, which averages around 344 students.

NERSTRAND CHARTER SCHOOL is a school of NERSTRAND CHARTER SCHOOL, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

On the student-mix side, NERSTRAND CHARTER SCHOOL logs that 86% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder is composed of 5% multiracial, 4% Black, 3% Hispanic.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, NERSTRAND CHARTER SCHOOL has 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 24% of students at NERSTRAND CHARTER SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Rice County runs at roughly 46%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, NERSTRAND CHARTER SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 52.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 52.1%.

Around the school, census data for Rice County shows median household earnings sit near $83,181, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. NERSTRAND CHARTER SCHOOL is one of 40 public schools in Rice County (combined enrollment of about 8,301 students).

KENYON-WANAMINGO MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 6.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, NERSTRAND CHARTER SCHOOL comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 49.4%.

The campus sits in a rural setting. As a public charter, NERSTRAND CHARTER SCHOOL runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at NERSTRAND CHARTER SCHOOL has decreased 32%, going from 149 students in 2018 to 102 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 19.9:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 today.

Inside the community feed, the feed for NERSTRAND CHARTER SCHOOL typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.