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Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 4

Banfield Elementary, Austin, MN

CEP schoolBanfield Elementary is a public elementary school in Austin, part of Austin Public School District. It enrolled 574 students in 2024-25, with 14.7 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
574
Teachers (FTE)
39.0
Students per teacher
14.7
Grades
PK to 4

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 15.1. The Minnesota average across schools is 15.2. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school14.7
District15.1
Minnesota15.2
United States15.3

School details

Address
301 17th St SW, Austin, MN 55912
Phone
(507)460-1200
District
Austin Public School District
County
Mower County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Town: Distant
NCES school ID
270345000149
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
313
Reduced-price lunch
38
Free or reduced-price lunch
35161.1% of enrollment.
Direct certification
282Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other elementary schools in Austin Public School District

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.