Prekindergarten · Special education · Grades PK

River Bend Early Childhood Prog., New Ulm, MN

River Bend Early Childhood Prog. is a public prekindergarten school in New Ulm, part of River Bend Education District. It enrolled 90 students in 2024-25, with 22.5 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "RIVER BEND EARLY CHILDHOOD PROG.".

Enrollment and teachers

Students: 90
Teachers (FTE): 4.0
Students per teacher: 22.5
Grades: PK

This school's ratio is 15.2 higher than the district figure of 7.3. The Minnesota average across schools is 15.2. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school22.5

District7.3

Minnesota15.2

United States15.3

School details

Address: 1315 S Broadway St, New Ulm, MN 56073
Phone: (507)359-8700
District: River Bend Education District
County: Brown County
Level: Prekindergarten
Type: Special education
Status: Open
Charter: No
Virtual: No
Locale: Town: Distant
NCES school ID: 279135302496

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School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.

Free lunch: 3
Reduced-price lunch: 0
Free or reduced-price lunch: 33.3% of enrollment.
Direct certification: 3Students 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.

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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.