RUTHERFORD ELEMENTARY

RUTHERFORD ELEMENTARY is an elementary school of big scale in STILLWATER, Minnesota, operated by Stillwater Area Public Schools, instructing 573 students in grades K through 5. By comparison, Minnesota's public schools average about 344 students each, so RUTHERFORD ELEMENTARY sits 67% bigger than that benchmark.

Within Stillwater Area Public Schools, which oversees 16 schools and 8,455 students, RUTHERFORD ELEMENTARY is one campus in the system.

Demographically, RUTHERFORD ELEMENTARY shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (84%). Beyond that, the school reports 6% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, 3% Asian, 2% Black.

Looking at the economic backdrop, RUTHERFORD ELEMENTARY records 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.7:1, putting RUTHERFORD ELEMENTARY higher than the state norm the norm. Around 14% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Washington County runs at roughly 26%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, RUTHERFORD ELEMENTARY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 57.4%, the actual is 55.4%, a residual of -2.0 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Washington County put the typical household earns roughly $115,345 per year, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Washington County's 103 public schools (combined enrollment of about 46,313 students), RUTHERFORD ELEMENTARY is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: LILY LAKE ELEMENTARY, around 1.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around RUTHERFORD ELEMENTARY. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), RUTHERFORD ELEMENTARY ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, below the local average of 55.5%.

RUTHERFORD ELEMENTARY operates from a small-town location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at RUTHERFORD ELEMENTARY has decreased 6%, going from 611 students in 2018 to 573 in 2025.

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