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Prairie Creek Community School, Northfield, MN

Charter schoolPrairie Creek Community School is a public elementary school in Northfield, part of Prairie Creek Community School. It enrolled 180 students in 2024-25, with 12.0 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "PRAIRIE CREEK COMMUNITY SCHOOL".

Enrollment and teachers

Students
180
Teachers (FTE)
15.0
Students per teacher
12.0
Grades
K to 5

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 12.0. The Minnesota average across schools is 15.2. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school12.0
District12.0
Minnesota15.2
United States15.3

School details

Address
27695 Denmark Ave, Northfield, MN 55057
Phone
(507)645-9640
District
Prairie Creek Community School
County
Dakota County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
Yes
Virtual
No
Locale
Rural: Distant
NCES school ID
270021203273
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
9
Free or reduced-price lunch
3217.8% 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 Northfield

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.