Primary DCD - SNW

Primary DCD - SNW, an one-room-style K-5 school in MONTICELLO, Minnesota, part of Sherburne and Northern Wright Speci, works with 5 students, covering grades pre-K through K. Compared to the state average of about 344 students per school, that is 99% leaner than typical.

Sherburne and Northern Wright Speci runs 12 schools in total, collectively educating 186 students. Primary DCD - SNW is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Primary DCD - SNW lists that 80% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school records 20% Black. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 89%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 1.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.7:1, putting Primary DCD - SNW tighter than the state norm the norm.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Wright County indicate the typical household earns roughly $107,209 per year, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Wright County's 88 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,879 students), Primary DCD - SNW is one campus in the mix.

Eastview Elementary School - SNW is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Primary DCD - SNW.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 6-year window, the student count declined 44%: 9 students in 2018 compared to 5 in 2024. The Black share of enrollment rose from 0% to 20% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 9.0:1 in 2018 to 0.8:1 today.

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