Sawtooth Mountain Elementary
Public · Grades Pre-K–5 · 203 students
Great Expectations
550 E 5th St, Grand Marais, MN 55604
Grades
K–8
Elementary
Students
113
Enrolled 2024–25
Students per teacher
9.4 : 1
Full-time teachers
District
Great Expectations
Cook County
Schola Grade C · Average
Letter grade (A–F) · compared with 884 Minnesota elementary schools · How we grade
Percentiles compare this school with other Minnesota elementary schools; the line marks the middle. Data: test scores 2021–22, graduation and absenteeism 2022–23 (U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts); coursework 2023–24 (Civil Rights Data Collection); staffing 2024–25 (NCES).
About Great Expectations
Great Expectations is a charter elementary school in Grand Marais, Minnesota, serving grades K–8. The school is located in a remote rural area in Cook County.
In the 2024–25 school year, 113 students were enrolled, with about 9.4 students for every full-time teacher. That ratio is smaller than the typical Minnesota elementary school (12.9 students per teacher). As a charter school, it is publicly funded and tuition-free, but operates independently of the local district under a charter from Osprey Wilds Environmental Learning Center. Its Schola Grade is C (average), compared with 884 Minnesota elementary schools.
Grades & enrollment
Students per grade, 2024–25Grades K–8
Location & nearby schools
School details
- Type
- Charter School · What this means
- Level
- Elementary
- Grades offered
- K–8
- Enrollment (2024–25)
- 113 students
- Students per teacher
- 9.4 to 1
- Charter school
- Yes
- Charter authorizer
- Osprey Wilds Environmental Learning Center
- Magnet school
- No
- Locale
- Rural — Remote
- School district
- Great Expectations
- County
- Cook County
- NCES school ID
- 270033904177
Schools near Great Expectations
All 7 schools in Grand Marais →
Cook County ISD 166 ALC Program
Alternative · Grades 6–12
Cook County ISD 166 Credit Recovery
Alternative · Grades 9–12
Cook County Senior High
Public · Grades 9–12 · 177 students
Cook County Middle
Public · Grades 6–8 · 95 students
Grand Marais Community
Special Ed · Grades 6–12
School data comes from the U.S. Department of Education: the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDGE school locations (2024–25) and Private School Survey (2023–24), the Civil Rights Data Collection (2023–24), and EDFacts (test results 2021–22; graduation and chronic absenteeism 2022–23), plus other public sources. Please contact the school to confirm enrollment, programs, and other details. How we source data.