Washington Elementary

Washington Elementary is a small elementary school in CROOKSTON, Minnesota, one of the schools in Crookston Public School District. Enrolled students number 42 students, in pre-K through kindergarten. Enrollment is 88% lower than the average for elementary schools in Minnesota, which is about 344.

Crookston Public School District runs 5 schools with a combined 1,140 students. Washington Elementary is one of them.

At 64%, White students outnumber all other groups at Washington Elementary combined. Other students are 26% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 2% Black, and 2% Native American. By comparison, Polk County residents are about 86% White.

Washington Elementary employs 4.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 9.1:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Minnesota is 13.7:1, higher than at this school. Washington Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 69%. The rate at public schools in Polk County averages 43%, lower than here.

Census estimates describe Polk County this way: median household income is about $73,107, about 28% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 20 public schools in Polk County, with a combined enrollment of about 5,075.

Nearest public school: Crookston Pre-K Program, less than a tenth of a mile away. The five-mile area around Washington Elementary holds 4 other public schools.

NCES assigns Washington Elementary the locale Town: Distant, meaning in a town some distance from an urbanized area.

The school counted 115 students in 2020-21 and 42 in 2024-25. A shift in the grades offered could account for part of the difference. By 2024-25, the school had 9.1 students per teacher, compared with 12.8 in 2020-21.

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