Prairie Creek Community School
507-645-9640
According to director Caroline Jones, Prairie Creek Community School is about students finding their voice. At the school, project-based learning leads the way as curriculum is tailored toward individual students' interests.
Located north of Northfield proper, Prairie Creek, which teaches kindergarten through fifth grade students, is considered a place of joy, discovery, invention, questioning, caring, community and learning.
In 2002, the Prairie Creek Communtiy School became a public charter school and is sponsored by the Northfield School District.
- Fax: 507-645-8234
- Hours: Mon-Tue, Thu-Fri, 8:10 am-2:30 pm, Wed, 9:15 am-2:30 pm
- Handicap Accessible: Yes
- Founding Date: 1983
- Number of students: 177
- Public/Private: Public
- Student-to-teacher ratio: 16:1
- Parking: Free lot
- Number of faculty: 11
- Grade levels: K-5
- Special education: Yes
- Features: Cafeteria, Computer lab, Infirmary, Library