Enrollment
187
Elementary
DISTRICT 174 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WRENSHALL PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 274419001842
WRENSHALL ELEMENTARY
207 PIONEER DR, WRENSHALL, MN 55797 · (218) 384-4274 · Carlton County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL187 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
70 students
DISTRICT 41% · STATE 48%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
WRENSHALL ELEMENTARY→WRENSHALL SECONDARY
Based on grade levels within WRENSHALL PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
45.4%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
42.4%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Minnesota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 45.
Source: MCA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
39.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.0%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% typical for Minnesota schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Minnesota's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
187
-34 (-15%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 14.3:1
% White
86%
was 92%
% Hispanic
5%
was 1%
% Black
0%
was 1%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About WRENSHALL ELEMENTARY
As a compact K-5 school in WRENSHALL, Minnesota, WRENSHALL ELEMENTARY teaches 187 students from grades pre-K through 6, one of the schools within WRENSHALL PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. That puts it 46% smaller than the typical public school in Minnesota, which averages around 344 students.
WRENSHALL ELEMENTARY is one of 2 schools operated by WRENSHALL PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that serves 347 students overall.
For racial and ethnic makeup, WRENSHALL ELEMENTARY logs that nearly all students (86%) are White. Beyond that, the school records 6% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, 3% Native American. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
Looking at school resources, The school lists 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.6:1. The state averages about 13.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 37% of students at WRENSHALL ELEMENTARY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, WRENSHALL ELEMENTARY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 45.0%, the actual is 39.8%, a residual of -5.2 points.
Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Carlton County put median household earnings sit near $80,573, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. WRENSHALL ELEMENTARY is one of 25 public schools in Carlton County (combined enrollment of about 6,201 students).
WRENSHALL SECONDARY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts WRENSHALL ELEMENTARY at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 42.5%.
WRENSHALL ELEMENTARY operates from an outlying location.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at WRENSHALL ELEMENTARY has contracted 15%, going from 221 students in 2018 to 187 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 92% to 86% over that span.
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Carlton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
36,518
Census ACS
Median income
$80,573
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
25
6,201 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in WRENSHALL PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
- WRENSHALL SECONDARYHigh · 160 students
Nearby schools
- WRENSHALL SECONDARY0.0 mi · 160
- SOUTH TERRACE ELEMENTARY3.2 mi · 163
- NLA-Carlton3.8 mi · 31
- CARLTON SECONDARY3.8 mi · 145
- LINCOLN SECONDARY6.2 mi · 603
- WINTERQUIST ELEMENTARY6.2 mi · 684
Frequently asked questions
About WRENSHALL ELEMENTARYWhat is the total enrollment at WRENSHALL ELEMENTARY?
WRENSHALL ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 187 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does WRENSHALL ELEMENTARY serve?
WRENSHALL ELEMENTARY serves grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at WRENSHALL ELEMENTARY?
The student-to-teacher ratio at WRENSHALL ELEMENTARY is approximately 13.6:1 (14 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at WRENSHALL ELEMENTARY?
Student demographics at WRENSHALL ELEMENTARY are roughly 86% White, 5% Hispanic, 6% Two or more.
Is WRENSHALL ELEMENTARY public or private?
WRENSHALL ELEMENTARY is a public K-12 school, overseen by WRENSHALL PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.