📍 301 17th St Sw, Austin, Mower County, 55912
Banfield Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Austin, Mower County. The school has 461 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Austin Public School District school district. It serves grades 1–4 in a small-town setting. The school employs 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.8:1. 37% of students are proficient in reading. 47% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Banfield Elementary enrolls 461 students across grades 1–4. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 36 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 54% White, 19% Hispanic or Latino and 10% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 247 | 54% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 86 | 19% |
| Black or African American | 46 | 10% |
| Asian | 44 | 9.5% |
| Two or more races | 22 | 4.8% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 14 | 3% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
303 of the school's 461 students (66%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 247 qualify for free lunch and 56 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.
Banfield Elementary is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Distant). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district MN-10, state senate district 27.
Banfield Elementary is one of 14 schools in Austin Public School District, based in AUSTIN, Minnesota. The district serves 5,385 students district-wide and employs 304 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 461 students, Banfield Elementary is larger than the district average of about 385 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Distant
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