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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