SWWC ELC - Pipestone

SWWC ELC - Pipestone operates as a low-enrollment multi-level school in PIPESTONE, Minnesota, overseen by Region 6 and 8-SW/WC Service Coop. Current enrollment sits at 26 students spanning grades K through 12. That puts it 48% below the typical public school in Minnesota, which averages around 50 students.

SWWC ELC - Pipestone is one of 10 schools operated by Region 6 and 8-SW/WC Service Coop, a district that educates 292 students overall.

In terms of who attends, SWWC ELC - Pipestone reports that the largest single group is White, at 77% of enrollment; the rest is composed of 12% Hispanic, 8% Native American, 4% Black. The wider county runs roughly 86% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 3.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 6.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 62% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Pipestone County's rate of about 44%.

In the broader community, census data for Pipestone County shows median household income runs about $69,628, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Pipestone County runs 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,640 students), of which SWWC ELC - Pipestone is one.

Nearest neighbor: Pipestone Elementary, around 1.9 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around SWWC ELC - Pipestone.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 37%: 19 students in 2018 compared to 26 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 16% to 4% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 4.7:1 in 2018 to 3.6:1 today.

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