Zumbrota-Mazeppa Elementary School

Zumbrota-Mazeppa Elementary School operates as a moderately sized K-5 school in MAZEPPA, Minnesota, part of Zumbrota-Mazeppa School District. Current enrollment sits at 349 students spanning grades 3 through 6.

Zumbrota-Mazeppa Elementary School is one of 4 schools operated by Zumbrota-Mazeppa School District, a district that educates 1,242 students overall.

On demographics, Zumbrota-Mazeppa Elementary School shows that 91% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder is composed of 4% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.8:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 29% of students at Zumbrota-Mazeppa Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Zumbrota-Mazeppa Elementary School sits in the top 10% of Minnesota schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 49.5%; actual is 67.2%, +17.7 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Wabasha County shows median household income runs about $82,007, roughly 27% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Zumbrota-Mazeppa Elementary School is one of 11 public schools in Wabasha County (combined enrollment of about 3,408 students).

The closest other public school is Zumbrota-Mazeppa Middle School, roughly 6.5 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 Zumbrota-Mazeppa Elementary School at 1st of 7; the average score across the group is 47.9%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 8%: 378 students in 2018 compared to 349 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 today.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.