REEDE GRAY ELEMENTARY

Located at 201 MCPHAIL DR, in REDWOOD FALLS, Minnesota, REEDE GRAY ELEMENTARY is a moderately sized elementary-level community that instructs 442 students (grades pre-K through 4), run under REDWOOD AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT. Enrollment runs roughly 28% above the state mean of about 344.

REEDE GRAY ELEMENTARY is one of 3 schools operated by REDWOOD AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that instructs 1,113 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, REEDE GRAY ELEMENTARY reports that the largest single group is White, at 69% of enrollment; the rest consists of 23% Native American, 6% Hispanic. By comparison, Redwood County as a whole is about 87% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, REEDE GRAY ELEMENTARY has 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.5:1. The state averages around 13.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 45% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, REEDE GRAY ELEMENTARY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 41.0%, the actual is 39.6%, a residual of -1.4 points.

Zooming out to the county, Redwood County reports that the typical household earns roughly $67,866 per year, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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), REEDE GRAY ELEMENTARY is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is REDWOOD VALLEY MIDDLE, roughly 0.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around REEDE GRAY ELEMENTARY. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), REEDE GRAY ELEMENTARY ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 42.3%.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. REEDE GRAY ELEMENTARY's enrollment has edged down 4% since 2018, when it stood at 461 (now 442). The White share of enrollment rose from 59% to 69% over that span.

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