Enrollment
79
Minnesota · 2024-25 NCES data
Other / mixed grade configuration · Red Wing, MN
Federal NCES profile for Colvill Family Education Center, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 47/100.
The verdict
Colvill Family Education Center earns 47/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 86% of Minnesota schools.
Colvill Family Education Center has class sizes smaller than 86% of Minnesota schools. Computed live against every Minnesota school reporting to NCES.
By Resource Investment Index, Colvill Family Education Center ranks #2 of 6 schools in Red Wing, MN.
NCES ID 273048000575 Verify on NCES CCD record →
Enrollment
79
Minnesota · 2024-25 NCES data
Teachers (FTE)
9.0
Federal CCD staff survey
Students per teacher
8.8:1
vs 15.8:1 Minnesota avg
-44% vs state
Free-lunch eligible
43.2%
vs 42.8% Minnesota avg
+1% vs state
How Colvill Family Education Center compares with Minnesota and U.S. medians
Smaller classes than state median
8.8:1 - 7.0 below the Minnesota state median of 15.8:1, indicating smaller average class loads than typical schools in the state.
Colvill Family Education Center is a mid-sized combined-grade school in Red Wing, Minnesota, enrolling 79 students.
Classes run notably small here: at 8.8:1, Colvill Family Education Center is leaner than roughly 86% of Minnesota schools and 44% under the state's 15.8:1 norm, more adult attention per pupil than most peers.
Its free-meal eligibility rate of 43.2% lands close to the Minnesota typical range, neither a high- nor low-need campus by this measure.
Enrollment of 79 puts it in the smaller third of Minnesota schools by headcount.
Its Resource Investment Index lands in the upper third of 2,334 scored Minnesota schools.
Against 130 statewide peers matched on enrollment and economic need, it ranks mid-pack at #54.
Its student body is led by White (76%) and Hispanic or Latino (11%) (diversity index 40/100).
Red Wing Public School District also operates Red Wing Senior High (762 students) and Twin Bluff School (502 students) alongside Colvill Family Education Center.
Sourced from NCES CCD, CRDC, and F-33 (federal records, not a quality verdict). How we source and compute this.
Source: National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data + CRDC + F-33 · 2024-25
Colvill Family Education Center on the metrics families compare, against Minnesota and U.S. means.
| Metric | This school | vs Minnesota | Minnesota avg | U.S. avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Students per teacher | 8.8:1 | ▼ 44% | 15.8:1 | 15.7:1 |
| Free-lunch eligible | 43.2% | ▲ 1% | 42.8% | 51.7% |
| Enrollment | 79 | top 74% | - | - |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25
Three separate federal collections, each on its own reporting cadence - which is why this school's numbers line up on a consistent basis against every other school and state on this site, rather than mixing figures pulled from different survey years.
Largest group: White at 75.9% of enrollment.
Simpson diversity index - at 40.0, Colvill Family Education Center is less mixed than the Minnesota school average of 42.8.
District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Red Wing Public School District, which includes Colvill Family Education Center.
Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey District-level finance · FY 2021-22 Per-pupil expenditure reflects the district-wide average. Individual school budgets are not reported at the federal level.
| School | Enrollment | Economic Profile | Student-Teacher Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Wing Senior High | Larger | Lower economic need | Higher S:T ratio |
| Twin Bluff School | Larger | Lower economic need | Higher S:T ratio |
| Burnside Elementary | Larger | Similar economic need | Higher S:T ratio |
| Sunnyside Elementary | Larger | Similar economic need | Higher S:T ratio |
Comparisons are relative to Colvill Family Education Center's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data.
Matched by enrollment size and by staffing ratio across all of Minnesota, not just this city - a different peer set than the local comparisons above.
Next steps
Verify locally before acting on Colvill Family Education Center's federal record.
Federal record (CCD 2024-25, CRDC 2021-22) - PlainSchools assigns no subjective rating; the composite quality score is a transparent, reproducible index computed from this cited federal data.
Colvill Family Education Center has 79 students enrolled. It is a special-education school in Red Wing, MN.
The student-teacher ratio at Colvill Family Education Center is 8.8:1, which is 44% lower than the Minnesota average of 15.8:1 and 44% lower than the national average of 15.7:1. Lower ratios generally mean more individual attention per student.
43.2% of students at Colvill Family Education Center are eligible for free lunch, compared to the Minnesota average of 42.8%.
The largest demographic group at Colvill Family Education Center is White at 75.9% of enrollment, in Red Wing, MN.
Colvill Family Education Center has a Resource Investment Index of 47/100 (typical reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 2 factors: student-teacher ratio. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology). Limited indicators were available, so the index reflects partial data.
By Resource Investment Index, Colvill Family Education Center ranks #2 of 6 schools in Red Wing, MN. This compares federal resource and staffing data among local peers; it is not a test-score or academic ranking. See all schools in Red Wing on the city page.
Colvill Family Education Center earns 47/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 86% of Minnesota schools. This is a resource snapshot, not an academic rating; see the Resource Investment Index question above for what the number does and doesn't measure.
Besides Colvill Family Education Center, Red Wing Public School District also operates Red Wing Senior High (762 students), Twin Bluff School (502 students), and Burnside Elementary (493 students). See the Red Wing Public School District district page for the complete list.
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