📍 1000 Pine Meadows Lane, Rushford, Fillmore County, 55971
Rushford-peterson Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Rushford, Fillmore County. The school has 254 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Rushford-Peterson Public Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 21.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.8:1. 52% of students are proficient in reading. 57% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Rushford-peterson Elementary enrolls 254 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 59% male and 41% female. A teaching staff of 21.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 91% White, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino and 2.8% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 230 | 91% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 13 | 5.1% |
| Two or more races | 7 | 2.8% |
| Asian | 3 | 1.2% |
| Black or African American | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
110 of the school's 254 students (43%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 82 qualify for free lunch and 28 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.
Rushford-peterson Elementary is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, 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 28.
Rushford-peterson Elementary is one of 3 schools in RUSHFORD-PETERSON PUBLIC SCHOOLS, based in RUSHFORD, Minnesota. The district serves 648 students district-wide and employs 46 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 254 students, Rushford-peterson Elementary is larger than the district average of about 216 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant
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