WATERVILLE ELEMENTARY

WATERVILLE ELEMENTARY is a modestly sized elementary campus in WATERVILLE, Minnesota, one of the schools within WATERVILLE-ELYSIAN-MORRISTOWN. The school hosts 264 students in grades pre-K through 4. That puts it 23% leaner than the typical public school in Minnesota, which averages around 344 students.

Across the 4 schools in WATERVILLE-ELYSIAN-MORRISTOWN (716 students total), WATERVILLE ELEMENTARY accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, WATERVILLE ELEMENTARY lists that 91% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 5% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. Compared to Le Sueur County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, The school employs 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.7:1 average. Roughly 36% of students at WATERVILLE ELEMENTARY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, WATERVILLE ELEMENTARY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 45.9%; this one delivers 42.1%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Le Sueur County) records that median household income runs about $94,968, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Le Sueur County's 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,869 students), WATERVILLE ELEMENTARY is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is WATERVILLE-ELYSIAN-MORRISTOWN SR., roughly 0.0 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts WATERVILLE ELEMENTARY at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 39.3%.

WATERVILLE ELEMENTARY operates from a countryside location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 14%: 307 students in 2018 compared to 264 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share expanded from 85% to 91%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 13.7:1 in 2018 to 12.6:1 today.

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