📍 805 8th Ave Nw, Austin, Mower County, 55912
Sumner Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Austin, Mower County. The school has 325 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 25.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.8:1. 17% of students are proficient in reading. 17% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Sumner Elementary enrolls 325 students across grades 1–4. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 25.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 40% Hispanic or Latino, 16% Black or African American and 15% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 131 | 40% |
| Black or African American | 53 | 16% |
| Asian | 49 | 15% |
| White | 42 | 13% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 28 | 8.6% |
| Two or more races | 22 | 6.8% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
288 of the school's 325 students (89%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 235 qualify for free lunch and 53 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.
Sumner 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.
Sumner 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 325 students, Sumner Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 385 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Distant