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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