RED ROCK CENTRAL ELEMENTARY

Set in LAMBERTON, Minnesota, RED ROCK CENTRAL ELEMENTARY is a cozy primary school, one of the schools within RED ROCK CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. It educates 244 students across grades pre-K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 29% leaner than the state mean of about 344.

Across the 2 schools in RED ROCK CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (404 students total), RED ROCK CENTRAL ELEMENTARY accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, RED ROCK CENTRAL ELEMENTARY records that 91% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest is composed of 5% multiracial, 3% Hispanic.

On the resource side, On paper, RED ROCK CENTRAL ELEMENTARY has 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.9:1. The state averages around 13.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 41% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, RED ROCK CENTRAL ELEMENTARY sits in the top 10% of Minnesota schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 43.3%; actual is 56.3%, +13.0 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Redwood County indicate median household earnings sit near $67,866, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Redwood County's 12 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,468 students), RED ROCK CENTRAL ELEMENTARY is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: RED ROCK CENTRAL SECONDARY, around 0.0 miles off. On composite proficiency, RED ROCK CENTRAL ELEMENTARY comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 47.9%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at RED ROCK CENTRAL ELEMENTARY has expanded 27%, going from 192 students in 2018 to 244 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 96% to 91%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.1:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 in 2025.

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