PINE ISLAND ELEMENTARY

PINE ISLAND ELEMENTARY, a high-enrollment K-5 school in PINE ISLAND, Minnesota, part of Pine Island Public School District, teaches 610 students, covering grades pre-K through 4. That puts it 77% above the typical public school in Minnesota, which averages around 344 students.

Pine Island Public School District runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,562 students. PINE ISLAND ELEMENTARY is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, PINE ISLAND ELEMENTARY shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (91%). Beyond that, the school records 4% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 77% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.3:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 19% of students at PINE ISLAND ELEMENTARY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Olmsted County (around 35%), the school's rate is south of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, PINE ISLAND ELEMENTARY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 54.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 62.1%.

In the broader community, Olmsted County reports that median household income runs about $95,406, about 49% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. PINE ISLAND ELEMENTARY is one of 72 public schools in Olmsted County (combined enrollment of about 24,627 students).

Pine Island High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. On composite proficiency, PINE ISLAND ELEMENTARY comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 48.3%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Five-year trend. PINE ISLAND ELEMENTARY's enrollment has expanded 6% since 2018, when it stood at 573 (now 610). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 today.

On the community side, the feed for PINE ISLAND ELEMENTARY typically covers classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.