VANDYKE ELEMENTARY

Located at 300 COLE AVE, in COLERAINE, Minnesota, VANDYKE ELEMENTARY is a middle-of-the-pack elementary school that instructs 377 students (grades pre-K through 4), part of GREENWAY PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT.

Within GREENWAY PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 4 schools and 970 students, VANDYKE ELEMENTARY is one campus in the system.

Demographically, VANDYKE ELEMENTARY records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (86%). The remainder consists of 10% multiracial, 3% Native American. That composition is broadly in line with Itasca County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.7:1 average. About 59% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Itasca County runs at roughly 48%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, VANDYKE ELEMENTARY is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 33.3%; this one delivers 48.7%, a residual of +15.4 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Itasca County) records that median household earnings sit near $68,603, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. VANDYKE ELEMENTARY is one of 26 public schools in Itasca County (combined enrollment of about 6,407 students).

Nearest neighbor: GREENWAY SENIOR HIGH, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), VANDYKE ELEMENTARY ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 44.2%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. VANDYKE ELEMENTARY's enrollment has decreased 17% since 2018, when it stood at 453 (now 377). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 12.6:1 today.

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