NICOLLET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

As a modestly sized K-5 school in NICOLLET, Minnesota, NICOLLET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves 156 students from grades pre-K through 6, part of NICOLLET PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. By comparison, Minnesota's public schools average about 344 students each, so NICOLLET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 55% smaller than that benchmark.

NICOLLET PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 314 students. NICOLLET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, NICOLLET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that 92% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school records 6% Hispanic, 3% Black.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, NICOLLET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.6:1. The state averages about 13.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 26% of students at NICOLLET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, NICOLLET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 51.3%, the actual is 53.0%, a residual of +1.7 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Nicollet County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $79,756 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Nicollet County runs 25 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,447 students), of which NICOLLET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

Nicollet High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around NICOLLET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts NICOLLET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 2nd of 5; the average score across the group is 49.1%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Over the past 7-year window. NICOLLET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has ticked up 6% since 2018, when it stood at 147 (now 156).

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.