UPSALA ELEMENTARY

As a tight-knit elementary campus in UPSALA, Minnesota, UPSALA ELEMENTARY instructs 181 students from grades pre-K through 6, part of UPSALA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. By comparison, Minnesota's public schools average about 344 students each, so UPSALA ELEMENTARY sits 47% below that benchmark.

Across the 2 schools in UPSALA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT (327 students total), UPSALA ELEMENTARY accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, UPSALA ELEMENTARY records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (97%). That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, On paper, UPSALA ELEMENTARY has 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.7:1, putting UPSALA ELEMENTARY higher than the state norm the norm. About 35% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, UPSALA ELEMENTARY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 46.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 45.6%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Morrison County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $69,446 per year, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Morrison County's 28 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,330 students), UPSALA ELEMENTARY is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: UPSALA SECONDARY, around 0.0 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 5 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), UPSALA ELEMENTARY ranks 5th on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 42.2%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at UPSALA ELEMENTARY has shrank 4%, going from 188 students in 2018 to 181 in 2025.

On allk12, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.