Spring Creek Elementary

Spring Creek Elementary is an average-sized primary school in NORTHFIELD, Minnesota, overseen by NORTHFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school instructs 445 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Minnesota's public schools average about 344 students each, so Spring Creek Elementary sits 29% bigger than that benchmark.

NORTHFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 3,849 students; Spring Creek Elementary is among them.

On demographics, Spring Creek Elementary records that White students make up the majority at 78%; the rest comes out to 13% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 3% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Rice County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Spring Creek Elementary has 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.7:1, putting Spring Creek Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 29% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is below Rice County's rate of about 46%.

After controlling for student poverty, Spring Creek Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.4%, the actual is 60.7%, a residual of +11.4 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Rice County shows the typical household earns roughly $83,181 per year, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Rice County runs 40 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,301 students), of which Spring Creek Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is NORTHFIELD SENIOR HIGH, roughly 0.6 miles away. Within five miles, there are 7 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Spring Creek Elementary at 2nd of 7; the average score across the group is 56.8%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Spring Creek Elementary has ticked down 25%, going from 590 students in 2018 to 445 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 84% to 78% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 11.9:1 in 2025.

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