Southern Plains Bridges
Public school, kindergarten to grade 12 · Fairmont, Minnesota
Southern Plains Bridges in Fairmont, Minnesota enrolled 23 students in 2024-25 with 5.6 full-time teachers, 4.1 students per teacher against the Minnesota median of 6.6. It was not a Title I school in 2021-22; every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision (2024-25). On the state tests, 21-39% of its students tested were proficient in reading in 2021-22 and 20% or less proficient in math in 2022-23 (Minnesota: 51.1% and 45.5%).
NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22 · Title I status CCD 2021-22 · method
Enrollment fell 12% from 2022-23 to 2024-25; full-time teachers rose 20%
26 students in 2022-23, 23 students in 2023-24, 23 students in 2024-25. Full-time teachers went from 4.7 to 5.6.
The numbers as a table
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Per teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 26 | 4.7 | 5.6 |
| 2023-24 | 23 | 4.5 | 5.1 |
| 2024-25 | 23 | 5.6 | 4.1 |
4.1 students per teacher, a lower ratio than 82 of every 100 Minnesota schools of this kind
Among the 163 Minnesota schools of this kind that reported teachers for 2024-25 the median is 6.6; the national median for schools of this kind is 13.8. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; the comparison counts schools with a 2024-25 teacher count and a ratio from 3 to 99 (lower values are reporting errors).
Programs and staff in 2021-22
In the 2021-22 civil rights collection Southern Plains Bridges enrolled 28 students and reported no counselor; it reported 7 out-of-school suspensions that year.
- Advanced Placement coursesNone
- Gifted and talented programNo
- Counselors (FTE)0.0
- Out-of-school suspensions7
- Chronically absent80.8% (2022-23)
Who attends
65.2% of students were White, 17.4% of two or more races, 13.0% Hispanic in 2024-25.
- White65.2%
- Two or more races17.4%
- Hispanic13.0%
- Black4.3%
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22; chronic absenteeism from EDFacts 2022-23; every count and the counselor ratio are for that school year. Who attends: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25, membership by race and ethnicity.
State test results, 2021-22 and 2022-23
The students tested at Southern Plains Bridges scored proficient or above: 21-39% in reading in 2021-22 and 20% or less in math in 2022-23, against 51.1% in reading in 2021-22 and 45.5% in math in 2022-23 across Minnesota. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within Minnesota, not across states. ED Data Express holds no district results after 2021-22, so the district column gives its 2021-22 figure.
| Subject and year | This school | Its district | Minnesota |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading and language arts, 2021-22 | 21‑39% | 20‑29% | 51.1% |
| Math, 2022-23 | 20% or less | 10% or less (2021-22) | 45.5% |
Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2021-22 and 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express (2021-22 through the Data Rescue Project archive); for 2022-23 ED published math by school and reading only by state: ED shows school and district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.
Schools of this kind in Fairmont
2 public schools of this kind in Fairmont report 2024-25 enrollment; Southern Plains Bridges is the largest.
| School | Students | Per teacher | Free lunch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Plains Bridges | 23 | 4.1 | 82.6% |
| Positive Approach to Learning | 5 | 3.7 | not reported |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25.
What to look at next about Southern Plains Bridges
- Positive Approach to LearningThe nearest public school of this kind, under 0.1 miles away: 5 students, 3.7 per teacher (2024-25).under 0.1 mi
- Blue Earth Area Early Childhood SpeThe next nearest public school of this kind, 18 miles away: 8 students (2024-25).18 mi
- Compare Southern Plains Bridges with Positive Approach to LearningStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
- How much Southern Plains Education Coop. spends per studentIts schools, enrollment and finance figures.
- The largest public schools in MinnesotaSouthern Plains Bridges is the number 155 by size of 245 Minnesota schools of this kind open in 2024-25.#155 of 245
- Minnesota schools by students per teacher4.1 students per teacher here against the Minnesota median of 6.6 for schools of this kind.4.1:1
- Find the school district for an addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (locations, enrollment, teachers); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23. Distances are straight lines between the schools' NCES coordinates, not travel routes.
Questions about Southern Plains Bridges
How many students attend Southern Plains Bridges?
23 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 26 in 2022-23. It is a special-education school in Fairmont, MN.What is the student-teacher ratio at Southern Plains Bridges?
4.1 students per full-time teacher (2024-25); the Minnesota median for schools of this kind is 6.6. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.Is Southern Plains Bridges a Title I school?
Southern Plains Bridges was not a Title I school in 2021-22, the last year NCES published school Title I status.How do students at Southern Plains Bridges do on state tests?
The students tested at Southern Plains Bridges scored proficient or above: 21-39% in reading in 2021-22 and 20% or less in math in 2022-23, against 51.1% in reading in 2021-22 and 45.5% in math in 2022-23 across Minnesota. Minnesota's own test sets what proficient means, so results compare within the state, not across states. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22 and 2022-23; ED publishes school results as ranges to protect small groups.What district is Southern Plains Bridges in?
Southern Plains Education Coop., NCES district ID 2700046. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 270004604627 are the district's.
Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.
Sources
Every federal file behind this record
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
- Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
- EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
- EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22 and 2022-23: reading and math proficiency for the school, its district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
- NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
- U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov
Source: NCES Common Core of Data Directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25
Source: Civil Rights Data Collection School-level files (AP, gifted, counselors, discipline) · 2021-22
District spending on the district page is from the NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23.