Scandia Elementary

Scandia Elementary is an elementary school of reasonably sized scale in SCANDIA, Minnesota, operated by Forest Lake Public School District, educateing 311 students in grades pre-K through 6.

Within Forest Lake Public School District, which oversees 14 schools and 5,776 students, Scandia Elementary is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Scandia Elementary records that 87% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 5% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, 2% Asian. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 78%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.7:1 average. About 19% 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, Scandia Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 55.0%; this one delivers 59.1%.

Around the school, Washington County reports that median household income runs about $115,345, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, Washington County runs 103 public schools (combined enrollment of about 46,313 students), of which Scandia Elementary is one.

Marine Village School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 4.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Scandia Elementary at 2nd of 6; the average score across the group is 49.5%.

Scandia Elementary operates from a low-density location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 5%: 327 students in 2018 compared to 311 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 95% to 87%. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 16.9:1 in 2018 to 18.2:1 today.

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