Enrollment
266
Elementary
DISTRICT 216 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RUSHFORD-PETERSON PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 272829001407
RUSHFORD-PETERSON ELEMENTARY
1000 PINE MEADOWS LANE, RUSHFORD, MN 55971 · (507) 864-7785 · Fillmore County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL266 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
98 students
DISTRICT 32% · STATE 48%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
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MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
53.6%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
54.4%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Minnesota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 45.
Source: MCA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
47.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.3%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% typical for Minnesota schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Minnesota's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
266
-45 (-14%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
was 12.0:1
% White
93%
was 97%
% Hispanic
4%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About RUSHFORD-PETERSON ELEMENTARY
RUSHFORD-PETERSON ELEMENTARY is a modestly sized elementary-level community in RUSHFORD, Minnesota, operated by RUSHFORD-PETERSON PUBLIC SCHOOLS. The school serves 266 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 23% leaner than the state mean of about 344.
RUSHFORD-PETERSON ELEMENTARY is one of 3 schools operated by RUSHFORD-PETERSON PUBLIC SCHOOLS, a district that works with 648 students overall.
On the student-mix side, RUSHFORD-PETERSON ELEMENTARY shows that nearly all students (93%) are White; the rest consists of 4% Hispanic. Compared to Fillmore County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.
Looking at school resources, RUSHFORD-PETERSON ELEMENTARY shows 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.3:1. The state averages around 13.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 37% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, RUSHFORD-PETERSON ELEMENTARY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 45.3%, the actual is 47.2%, a residual of +1.9 points.
In the broader community, ACS estimates for Fillmore County put the typical household earns roughly $77,512 per year, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Fillmore County's 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,946 students), RUSHFORD-PETERSON ELEMENTARY is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: RUSHFORD-PETERSON SENIOR HIGH, around 0.0 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), RUSHFORD-PETERSON ELEMENTARY ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 42.6%.
The school occupies an outlying site.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at RUSHFORD-PETERSON ELEMENTARY has contracted 14%, going from 311 students in 2018 to 266 in 2025.
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Fillmore County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
21,414
Census ACS
Median income
$77,512
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
2,946 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in RUSHFORD-PETERSON PUBLIC SCHOOLS
- RUSHFORD-PETERSON SENIOR HIGHHigh · 237 students
- RUSHFORD-PETERSON MIDDLEMiddle · 145 students
Other schools in RUSHFORD
- RUSHFORD-PETERSON SENIOR HIGHHigh · 237 students
- RUSHFORD-PETERSON MIDDLEMiddle · 145 students
Nearby schools
- RUSHFORD-PETERSON SENIOR HIGH0.0 mi · 237
- RUSHFORD-PETERSON MIDDLE0.0 mi · 145
- HOUSTON SECONDARY9.6 mi · 234
- SUMMIT LEARNING PROGRAM9.6 mi · 22
- Minnesota Virtual Academy Middle9.6 mi · 333
- Minnesota Virtual Academy Elementar9.6 mi · 392
Frequently asked questions
About RUSHFORD-PETERSON ELEMENTARYWhat is the total enrollment at RUSHFORD-PETERSON ELEMENTARY?
RUSHFORD-PETERSON ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 266 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does RUSHFORD-PETERSON ELEMENTARY serve?
RUSHFORD-PETERSON ELEMENTARY serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does RUSHFORD-PETERSON ELEMENTARY have?
RUSHFORD-PETERSON ELEMENTARY employs 24 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.3:1.
How diverse is RUSHFORD-PETERSON ELEMENTARY?
RUSHFORD-PETERSON ELEMENTARY reports a student body of 93% White, 4% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees RUSHFORD-PETERSON ELEMENTARY?
RUSHFORD-PETERSON ELEMENTARY is overseen by RUSHFORD-PETERSON PUBLIC SCHOOLS in Fillmore County.
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