MINNEWAUKAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

MINNEWAUKAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as a middle-of-the-pack K-5 school in Minnewaukan, North Dakota, overseen by MINNEWAUKAN 5. Current enrollment sits at 182 students spanning grades pre-K through 8.

MINNEWAUKAN 5 runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 253 students. MINNEWAUKAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, MINNEWAUKAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that 91% of students identify as Native American, making the school strongly Native American-majority. The remainder is composed of 8% White.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 92% of students at MINNEWAUKAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Benson County indicate median household earnings sit near $64,033, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 25%. MINNEWAUKAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 14 public schools in Benson County (combined enrollment of about 1,397 students).

The closest other public school is MINNEWAUKAN HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.0 miles away.

The school occupies a rural site.

Looking at the recent track record. MINNEWAUKAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has fell 10% since 2018, when it stood at 202 (now 182). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 12.9:1 in 2018 to 10.9:1 today.

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