PRAIRIE CREEK COMMUNITY SCHOOL

PRAIRIE CREEK COMMUNITY SCHOOL, a close-knit primary school in NORTHFIELD, Minnesota, operated by PRAIRIE CREEK COMMUNITY SCHOOL, caters to 180 students, covering grades K through 5. By comparison, Minnesota's public schools average about 344 students each, so PRAIRIE CREEK COMMUNITY SCHOOL sits 48% leaner than that benchmark.

PRAIRIE CREEK COMMUNITY SCHOOL is a school of PRAIRIE CREEK COMMUNITY SCHOOL, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

On demographics, PRAIRIE CREEK COMMUNITY SCHOOL reports that 86% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 6% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 74% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.7:1 average. Around 18% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is south of Dakota County's rate of about 34%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), PRAIRIE CREEK COMMUNITY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 55.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 61.4%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Dakota County put the typical household earns roughly $106,318 per year, about 45% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Dakota County's 170 public schools (combined enrollment of about 74,687 students), PRAIRIE CREEK COMMUNITY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

GREENVALE PARK ELEMENTARY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 5.5 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, PRAIRIE CREEK COMMUNITY SCHOOL comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 40.5%.

PRAIRIE CREEK COMMUNITY SCHOOL operates from a countryside location. PRAIRIE CREEK COMMUNITY SCHOOL is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Looking at the recent track record. PRAIRIE CREEK COMMUNITY SCHOOL's enrollment has remained close to its prior level since 2018, when it stood at 180 (now 180). Class-load math has pulled in: from 13.0:1 in 2018 to 12.0:1 in 2025.

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