Prairie Meadows Learning Center

Prairie Meadows Learning Center is one of the minimally staffed elementary schools in SPICER, Minnesota, run under NEW LONDON-SPICER SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 26 students on its rolls from grade pre-K. Enrollment runs roughly 92% smaller than the state mean of about 344.

Within NEW LONDON-SPICER SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 5 schools and 1,518 students, Prairie Meadows Learning Center is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Prairie Meadows Learning Center reports that 65% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 23% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 4% Native American. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 79%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 3.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.7:1 average. Around 46% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Kandiyohi County (around 54%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Kandiyohi County put median household income runs about $76,592, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Prairie Meadows Learning Center is one of 22 public schools in Kandiyohi County (combined enrollment of about 6,213 students).

PRAIRIE WOODS ELEMENTARY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 3.9 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around Prairie Meadows Learning Center.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 420%: 5 students in 2018 compared to 26 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 100% to 65% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 1.0:1 in 2018 to 3.4:1 today.

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