PARK SIDE ELEMENTARY

PARK SIDE ELEMENTARY is a reasonably sized elementary-level community in MARSHALL, Minnesota, one of the schools within MARSHALL PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school serves 407 students in grades pre-K through 1.

Within MARSHALL PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 7 schools and 2,664 students, PARK SIDE ELEMENTARY is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, PARK SIDE ELEMENTARY shows that 47% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest comes out to 25% Hispanic, 14% Asian, 8% Black, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Lyon County as a whole is about 82% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, PARK SIDE ELEMENTARY records 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 8.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.7:1, putting PARK SIDE ELEMENTARY tighter than the state norm the norm. About 61% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Lyon County runs at roughly 47%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Lyon County indicate median household earnings sit near $75,303, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. PARK SIDE ELEMENTARY is one of 21 public schools in Lyon County (combined enrollment of about 4,803 students).

The closest other public school is Marshall EC Voluntary PreK, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 31%: 591 students in 2018 compared to 407 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 18% to 25% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 11.1:1 in 2018 to 8.7:1 today.

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