Red Lake County Central Elementary

Red Lake County Central Elementary operates as a small K-5 school in PLUMMER, Minnesota, operated by RED LAKE COUNTY CENTRAL PUBLIC SCH. Current enrollment sits at 178 students spanning grades pre-K through 6. By comparison, Minnesota's public schools average about 344 students each, so Red Lake County Central Elementary sits 48% below that benchmark.

RED LAKE COUNTY CENTRAL PUBLIC SCH runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 343 students. Red Lake County Central Elementary is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Red Lake County Central Elementary reports that 92% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest breaks down as 4% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. Compared to Red Lake County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.0:1. The state averages around 13.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 40% of students at Red Lake County Central Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Red Lake County Central Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 43.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 43.7%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Red Lake County) records that median household income runs about $77,188, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Red Lake County's 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 764 students), Red Lake County Central Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Red Lake County Central High School, roughly 9.9 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, Red Lake County Central Elementary comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 41.9%.

Red Lake County Central Elementary operates from a small-town location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 23%: 230 students in 2018 compared to 178 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 12.2:1 in 2018 to 10.0:1 today.

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