PARK RAPIDS AREA CENTURY ELEMENTARY

PARK RAPIDS AREA CENTURY ELEMENTARY is an elementary campus of large scale in PARK RAPIDS, Minnesota, run under PARK RAPIDS PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, serveing 861 students in grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 150% larger than the typical public school in Minnesota, which averages around 344 students.

Across the 6 schools in PARK RAPIDS PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT (1,379 students total), PARK RAPIDS AREA CENTURY ELEMENTARY accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, PARK RAPIDS AREA CENTURY ELEMENTARY logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (80%). Other groups include 10% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 3% Native American. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 91%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.7:1 average. Roughly 52% of students at PARK RAPIDS AREA CENTURY ELEMENTARY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), PARK RAPIDS AREA CENTURY ELEMENTARY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 37.1%, the actual is 40.0%, a residual of +2.9 points.

In the broader community, Hubbard County reports that median household income runs about $71,995, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. PARK RAPIDS AREA CENTURY ELEMENTARY is one of 15 public schools in Hubbard County (combined enrollment of about 2,415 students).

Nearest neighbor: Century Middle School Within A Sch, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around PARK RAPIDS AREA CENTURY ELEMENTARY. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PARK RAPIDS AREA CENTURY ELEMENTARY ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 41.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Five-year trend. PARK RAPIDS AREA CENTURY ELEMENTARY's enrollment has grew 36% since 2018, when it stood at 635 (now 861). Class-load math has widened: from 13.6:1 in 2018 to 18.0:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, members of the PARK RAPIDS AREA CENTURY ELEMENTARY community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.