RTR Elementary School

RTR Elementary School, an intimate primary school in TYLER, Minnesota, overseen by RTR Public Schools, serves 266 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Minnesota's public schools average about 344 students each, so RTR Elementary School sits 23% leaner than that benchmark.

RTR Public Schools comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 646 students; RTR Elementary School is among them.

On demographics, RTR Elementary School records that 92% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 5% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, RTR Elementary School reports 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.7:1, putting RTR Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 37% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, RTR Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 45.3%, the actual is 44.2%, a residual of -1.1 points.

In the surrounding community, Lincoln County reports that median household earnings sit near $69,694, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. RTR Elementary School is one of 12 public schools in Lincoln County (combined enrollment of about 1,063 students).

The closest other public school is RTR Secondary School, roughly 0.0 miles away. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), RTR Elementary School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 40.6%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 3%: 273 students in 2018 compared to 266 in 2025.

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