WEST CENTRAL AREA S. EL.

WEST CENTRAL AREA S. EL. operates as a close-knit K-5 school in KENSINGTON, Minnesota, overseen by WEST CENTRAL AREA. Current enrollment sits at 138 students spanning grades pre-K through 4. That puts it 60% smaller than the typical public school in Minnesota, which averages around 344 students.

WEST CENTRAL AREA S. EL. is one of 4 schools operated by WEST CENTRAL AREA, a district that serves 743 students overall.

Looking at the student body, WEST CENTRAL AREA S. EL. shows that 89% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest comes out to 5% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Native American.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.2:1. The state averages around 13.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 40% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Douglas County (around 31%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), WEST CENTRAL AREA S. EL. performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 43.6%, the actual is 53.6%, a residual of +10.0 points.

In the area at large, census data for Douglas County shows the typical household earns roughly $79,043 per year, about 30% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. WEST CENTRAL AREA S. EL. is one of 22 public schools in Douglas County (combined enrollment of about 5,781 students).

WCA Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 13.1 miles from this campus. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), WEST CENTRAL AREA S. EL. ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 51.8%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Five-year trend. WEST CENTRAL AREA S. EL.'s enrollment has changed only slightly since 2018, when it stood at 138 (now 138). The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 8.6:1 in 2018 to 11.2:1 today.

On allk12, members of the WEST CENTRAL AREA S. EL. community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.