Other / mixed grade configuration · Fridley, MN

Early Childhood Special Education S

Federal NCES profile for Early Childhood Special Education S, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators.

2024-25 NCES dataOther / mixed grade configurationNCES 271242005079
39 students enrolled

Enrollment

39

Minnesota · 2024-25 NCES data

Free-lunch eligible

51.9%

vs 42.8% Minnesota avg

+21% vs state

What stands out at Early Childhood Special Education S

Early Childhood Special Education S is a higher-need, mid-sized combined-grade school in Fridley, Minnesota, enrolling 39 students.

Economic need runs somewhat above the state's typical profile, with 51.9% of students eligible for free meals.

Enrollment of 39 puts it in the smaller third of Minnesota schools by headcount.

Its student body is led by White (49%) and African American (26%), more mixed than most schools in the state (diversity index 67/100).

Fridley Public School District also operates Fridley Senior High (796 students) and Fridley Middle (694 students) alongside Early Childhood Special Education S.

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

How Early Childhood Special Education S compares

Early Childhood Special Education S on the metrics families compare, against Minnesota and U.S. means.

Metric This school vs Minnesota Minnesota avg U.S. avg
Free-lunch eligible 51.9% ▲ 21% 42.8% 51.7%
Enrollment 39 top 82% - -

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25

39
Bigger than 5% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.

Equity indicators (what these measure)

Economic need
51.9%
free-lunch eligible - 21% above the Minnesota average of 42.8%
Above the 40% Title I schoolwide threshold; federal funds support the whole school, not individual students.
Funding equity
$16,352
per pupil, district-wide - above Minnesota avg of $15,270
Close to the U.S. public-school average per-pupil spend.

Overview

  • Common Core of Data (June 2026): enrollment, staffing, and the student-teacher ratio above.
  • Civil Rights Data Collection: discipline counts and program access (AP, gifted, special education).
  • F-33 School District Finance Survey: the district-wide per-pupil spending figures below.

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.

Student demographics

White 48.7%
African American 25.6%
Hispanic or Latino 15.4%
Asian 7.7%
Two or More 2.6%

Largest group: White at 48.7% of enrollment.

Student-body diversity index 66.7/100

Simpson diversity index - at 66.7, Early Childhood Special Education S is more mixed than the Minnesota school average of 42.8.

Funding & spending

District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Fridley Public School District, which includes Early Childhood Special Education S.

$16,352
Per student
+7%
vs Minnesota
Avg $15,270
-1%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 26.0%
State 65.0%
Federal 9.0%

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.

How Early Childhood Special Education S Compares to District-Mates

School Enrollment Economic Profile Student-Teacher Ratio
Fridley Senior High Larger Similar economic need No ratio data
Fridley Middle Larger Higher economic need No ratio data
Stevenson Elementary Larger Higher economic need No ratio data
Hayes Elementary Larger Higher economic need No ratio data
Voluntary Prekindergarten School Larger Similar economic need No ratio data

Comparisons are relative to Early Childhood Special Education S's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data.

Other Schools in This District

Fridley Public School District · 5 sibling schools

View district profile

Similar other schools statewide

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 Early Childhood Special Education S'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.

Frequently asked questions about Early Childhood Special Education S

How many students attend Early Childhood Special Education S?

Early Childhood Special Education S has 39 students enrolled. It is a special-education school in Fridley, MN.

What percentage of students receive free lunch at Early Childhood Special Education S?

51.9% of students at Early Childhood Special Education S are eligible for free lunch, compared to the Minnesota average of 42.8%.

What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Early Childhood Special Education S?

The largest demographic group at Early Childhood Special Education S is White at 48.7% of enrollment, in Fridley, MN. Its student body is more racially and ethnically mixed than most US schools, with a diversity index of 66.7/100.

What other schools are in Fridley Public School District?

Besides Early Childhood Special Education S, Fridley Public School District also operates Fridley Senior High (796 students), Fridley Middle (694 students), and Stevenson Elementary (459 students). See the Fridley Public School District district page for the complete list.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) CCD + Public School Universe (2024-25), CRDC (2021-22), F-33 District Finance Survey (FY 2021-22) · 2024-25 Data as of the 2024-25 school year. Coverage from U.S. Department of Education NCES Common Core of Data. Varies by entity type; administrative districts and certain charter networks may report only a subset of fields.

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