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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