Enrollment
303
Elementary
DISTRICT 205 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ST. LOUIS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 270000804509
SOUTH RIDGE ELEMENTARY
8162 SWAN LAKE RD, CULVER, MN 55779 · (218) 345-6789 · St. Louis County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL303 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.8:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
119 students
DISTRICT 45% · 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
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
45.5%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
42.7%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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
40.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.0%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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
303
-28 (-8%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 14.5:1
% White
84%
was 79%
% Hispanic
1%
was 2%
% Black
0%
was 2%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About SOUTH RIDGE ELEMENTARY
SOUTH RIDGE ELEMENTARY is a mid-tier elementary-level community in CULVER, Minnesota, part of ST. LOUIS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school educates 303 students in grades pre-K through 6.
Within ST. LOUIS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 9 schools and 1,914 students, SOUTH RIDGE ELEMENTARY is one campus in the system.
For racial and ethnic makeup, SOUTH RIDGE ELEMENTARY records that nearly all students (84%) are White. Other groups include 12% multiracial, 4% Native American.
Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.7:1 average. An estimated 39% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
After controlling for student poverty, SOUTH RIDGE ELEMENTARY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 44.0%; this one delivers 40.0%.
Around the school, census data for St. Louis County shows median household earnings sit near $70,069, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, St. Louis County runs 100 public schools (combined enrollment of about 23,921 students), of which SOUTH RIDGE ELEMENTARY is one.
SOUTH RIDGE SECONDARY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SOUTH RIDGE ELEMENTARY at 5th of 6; the average score across the group is 49.8%.
The campus sits in a rural setting.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SOUTH RIDGE ELEMENTARY has fell 8%, going from 331 students in 2018 to 303 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 79% to 84% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 14.5:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 today.
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St. Louis County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
200,123
Census ACS
Median income
$70,069
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
100
23,921 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ST. LOUIS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- CHERRY ELEMENTARYElementary · 297 students
- CHERRY SECONDARYHigh · 273 students
- SOUTH RIDGE SECONDARYHigh · 258 students
- NORTH WOODS SECONDARYHigh · 245 students
- NORTH WOODS ELEMENTARYElementary · 234 students
- NORTHEAST RANGE SECONDARYHigh · 114 students
Nearby schools
- SOUTH RIDGE SECONDARY0.0 mi · 258
- Pike Lake Elementary14.4 mi · 293
- SHARED TIME16.5 mi · 6
- CHURCHILL ELEMENTARY16.5 mi · 351
- CLOQUET EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION16.5 mi · 83
- Hermantown Middle17.3 mi · 677
Frequently asked questions
About SOUTH RIDGE ELEMENTARYHow large is SOUTH RIDGE ELEMENTARY?
SOUTH RIDGE ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 303 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does SOUTH RIDGE ELEMENTARY serve?
SOUTH RIDGE ELEMENTARY serves grades PK-06.
How many students per teacher at SOUTH RIDGE ELEMENTARY?
Approximately 12.8:1 students per teacher at SOUTH RIDGE ELEMENTARY.
How diverse is SOUTH RIDGE ELEMENTARY?
SOUTH RIDGE ELEMENTARY reports a student body of 84% White, 1% Hispanic, 12% Two or more.
Is SOUTH RIDGE ELEMENTARY public or private?
SOUTH RIDGE ELEMENTARY is a public K-12 school, overseen by ST. LOUIS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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