Solway Elementary

Solway Elementary is a compact elementary campus in SOLWAY, Minnesota, one of the schools within Bemidji Public School District. The school educates 148 students in grades pre-K through 3. Enrollment runs roughly 57% smaller than the state mean of about 344.

Bemidji Public School District runs 14 schools in total, collectively educating 4,722 students. Solway Elementary is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Solway Elementary reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (84%). Other groups include 13% Native American. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 71%.

On the resource side, Solway Elementary logs 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.6:1. The state averages around 13.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 43% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is lower than Beltrami County's rate of about 54%.

With demographic context factored in, Solway Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 41.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 49.5%.

Around the school, census data for Beltrami County shows median household income runs about $68,975, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Beltrami County's 38 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,088 students), Solway Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Paul Bunyan Center is the nearest neighboring public school, about 9.0 miles from this campus. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, Solway Elementary comes 1st of 5 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 38.5%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Solway Elementary's enrollment has declined 6% since 2018, when it stood at 157 (now 148). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 12.6:1 today.

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