UNDERWOOD ELEMENTARY

Set in UNDERWOOD, Minnesota, UNDERWOOD ELEMENTARY is a modestly sized elementary-level community, part of UNDERWOOD PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. It instructs 282 students across grades pre-K through 6.

UNDERWOOD ELEMENTARY is one of 2 schools operated by UNDERWOOD PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that works with 554 students overall.

Demographically, UNDERWOOD ELEMENTARY records that 96% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 37% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, UNDERWOOD ELEMENTARY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 45.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 48.1%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Otter Tail County put median household income runs about $72,255, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Otter Tail County's 37 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,503 students), UNDERWOOD ELEMENTARY is one campus in the mix.

UNDERWOOD SECONDARY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, UNDERWOOD ELEMENTARY comes 5th of 6 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 52.3%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 5%: 298 students in 2018 compared to 282 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 16.9:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 in 2025.

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