Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 6
Columbus Elementary, Forest Lake, MN
Enrollment and teachers
- Students
- 441
- Teachers (FTE)
- 21.0
- Students per teacher
- 21.0
- Grades
- PK to 6
This school's ratio is 1.7 higher than the district figure of 19.3. The Minnesota average across schools is 15.2. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.
School details
- Address
- 17345 Notre Dame St, Forest Lake, MN 55025
- Phone
- (651)982-8900
- County
- Washington County
- Level
- Elementary
- Type
- Regular
- Status
- Open
- Charter
- No
- Virtual
- No
- Locale
- Rural: Fringe
- NCES school ID
- 271227000593
School meals
- Free lunch
- 57
- Reduced-price lunch
- 24
- Free or reduced-price lunch
- 8118.4% of enrollment.
- Direct certification
- 54Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
- Community Eligibility Provision
- No
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 Forest Lake Public School District
- Lino Lakes Elementary 501 students
- Wyoming Elementary 447 students
- Linwood Elementary 400 students
- Forest View Elementary 345 students
- Scandia Elementary 311 students
Elementary schools elsewhere in Forest Lake
- LILA Lower School Lakes International Language Academ
- North Lakes Academy Elementary North Lakes Academy
- LILA Kinder Center Lakes International Language Academ
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.