Neveln Elementary

Neveln Elementary is a primary school of mid-tier scale in AUSTIN, Minnesota, run under Austin Public School District, instructing 381 students in grades pre-K through 4.

Across the 12 schools in Austin Public School District (5,385 students total), Neveln Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Neveln Elementary records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (38%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder consists of 34% White, 12% Asian, 7% Black, 4% Pacific Islander. By comparison, Mower County as a whole is about 14% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Neveln Elementary logs 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.7:1, putting Neveln Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. About 63% 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 above Mower County's rate of about 55%.

After controlling for student poverty, Neveln Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 31.2%, the actual is 35.3%, a residual of +4.1 points.

In the broader community, census data for Mower County shows the typical household earns roughly $73,074 per year, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Mower County runs 34 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,434 students), of which Neveln Elementary is one.

I.J. Holton Intermediate School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Neveln Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 25.8%.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 15%: 332 students in 2018 compared to 381 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 53% to 34% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 12.7:1 today.

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