📍 550 e 5th St, Grand Marais, Cook County, 55604
Great Expectations is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Grand Marais, Cook County. The school has 136 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Great Expectations school district. It serves grades K–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 11.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.4:1. It operates as a public charter school. 62% of students are proficient in reading. 27% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Great Expectations enrolls 136 students across grades K–8. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 11.9 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 84% White, 6.6% Two or more races and 4.4% American Indian or Alaska Native.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 114 | 84% |
| Two or more races | 9 | 6.6% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 6 | 4.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 5 | 3.7% |
| Black or African American | 1 | <1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
53 of the school's 136 students (39%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 39 qualify for free lunch and 14 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Great Expectations is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Remote). It operates as a public charter school. The school receives targeted-assistance Title I funding for eligible students. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district MN-80, state senate district 3.
Great Expectations is one of 1 schools in GREAT EXPECTATIONS, based in GRAND MARAIS, Minnesota. The district serves 113 students district-wide and employs 11 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 136 students, Great Expectations is larger than the district average of about 113 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Remote