Pipestone Elementary

Pipestone Elementary is a K-5 school of expansive scale in PIPESTONE, Minnesota, overseen by Pipestone Area School District, hosting 580 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 344 students per school, that is 69% larger than typical.

Pipestone Area School District runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,138 students. Pipestone Elementary is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Pipestone Elementary logs that White students make up the majority at 63%; the rest comes out to 26% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 2% Native American, 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 86% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 13.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 49% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Pipestone Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 38.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 40.7%.

Zooming out to the county, Pipestone County reports that the typical household earns roughly $69,628 per year, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Pipestone Elementary is one of 10 public schools in Pipestone County (combined enrollment of about 1,640 students).

Nearest neighbor: Pipestone Senior High, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Pipestone Elementary. On composite proficiency, Pipestone Elementary comes 1st of 4 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 28.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Pipestone Elementary has expanded 144%, going from 238 students in 2018 to 580 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 71% to 63%.

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