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Elementary · Regular · Grades K to 8

Great Expectations, Grand Marais, MN

Charter schoolGreat Expectations is a public elementary school in Grand Marais, part of Great Expectations. It enrolled 113 students in 2024-25, with 9.4 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "GREAT EXPECTATIONS".

Enrollment and teachers

Students
113
Teachers (FTE)
12.0
Students per teacher
9.4
Grades
K to 8

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 9.4. The Minnesota average across schools is 15.2. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school9.4
District9.4
Minnesota15.2
United States15.3

School details

Address
550 E 5th St, Grand Marais, MN 55604
Phone
(218)387-9322
District
Great Expectations
County
Cook County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
Yes
Virtual
No
Locale
Rural: Remote
NCES school ID
270033904177
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
23
Reduced-price lunch
7
Free or reduced-price lunch
3026.5% of enrollment.
Direct certification
23Students 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

Elementary schools elsewhere in Grand Marais

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.