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Minneapolis Jr-Sr High School

602 Woodland Ave, Minneapolis, KS 67467 · (785) 392-2113 · Ottawa County
GRADES 07–12HIGH43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL300 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 58% of Kansas public high schools
  • BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
  • ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.

Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Kansas public high schools

Enrollment
300
High
DISTRICT 299 · STATE 410
Student : Teacher
9.9:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.1:1 · STATE 11.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
125 students
DISTRICT 46% · STATE 51%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.

Enrollment by grade, 2024-25

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 74515%
Grade 85117%
Grade 95619%
Grade 104415%
Grade 115518%
Grade 124916%
Student demographics
18%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 19% · STATE 58% · US 70%
White
27190%
DISTRICT 90% · STATE 60% · US 43%
Hispanic
124%
DISTRICT 4% · STATE 23% · US 30%
Black
10%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 7% · US 15%
Asian
10%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 3% · US 6%
Two+
114%
DISTRICT 5% · STATE 6% · US 5%
Native American
21%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 1% · US 1%
Pacific Islander
21%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 0%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Male
16655%
Female
13445%

School pathway

Feeds from
Minneapolis ElementaryPK–06
Based on grade levels within North Ottawa County. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + Exceeding
English Language Arts
33.1%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
35.3%
KS avg 38.8%

What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kansas schools, those numbers are about 45 and 39.

KAP results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2533.1%35.3%
2023-2423.9%22.1%
% Meeting + Exceeding, all students and all tested grades. Kansas set new KAP cut scores in spring 2025, so results from 2023-24 and earlier are not comparable with later years.
Source: KAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
30.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.3%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.6pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% typical for Kansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Kansas's top nor bottom 10%.

BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →

Schools most like Minneapolis Jr-Sr High School

Minneapolis Jr-Sr High School's state test result (30.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Minneapolis Jr-Sr High School this school30041.7%30.6%
Clay Center Community High
Clay Center
32640.8%35.9%
Atchison County Community JR/SR High
Effingham
25441.7%33.5%
Girard High
Girard
28444.0%36.0%
Burlington High
Burlington
24639.0%23.3%
Bennington Junior High/High School
Bennington
21942.9%28.9%
Matched among Kansas high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.

Where Minneapolis Jr-Sr High School ranks

Among high schools
MeasureThis schoolIn Kansas
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
30.6%#113 of 262
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
35.3%#128 of 262
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
33.1%#176 of 262
Enrollment
ranked largest first
300#124 of 332
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
9.9:1#17 of 172
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
18.1%#153 of 172
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
41.7%#147 of 263
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked fastest growth first
+9.1%#39 of 75
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.

4-year change

SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25
Enrollment
300
+12 (+4%) vs 2020
+81% since 1990-91, when it was 166
Student : Teacher
9.9:1
was 11.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2530030.39.9:142% (125)
2023-2430724.212.7:144% (134)
2022-2330225.212.0:145% (136)
2020-212882511.5:140% (114)
2017-1827526.810.3:137% (102)
2015-162912910.0:142% (122)
2010-113152512.6:136% (112)
2000-012352011.8:128% (65)
1990-911661610.4:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Minneapolis Jr-Sr High School.

Since 2017-18: students up 9% (275 to 300); teachers up 13% (26.8 to 30.3).

About Minneapolis Jr-Sr High School

Minneapolis Jr-Sr High School, located in Minneapolis, Kansas, is a low-enrollment high school. The school had 300 students in grades 7 through 12 in 2024-25. Average enrollment for high schools in Kansas is about 410, so this school runs 27% smaller than that.

District-wide, North Ottawa County has 2 schools and 598 students.

White students are the large majority at Minneapolis Jr-Sr High School, with 90% of enrollment. The next largest groups are 4% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. The White share in Ottawa County as a whole is similar, at about 94%. The chance that two students picked at random at Minneapolis Jr-Sr High School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 18%.

The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 9.9:1, with 30.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. Among high schools in Kansas, the typical ratio is 11.9:1. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Minneapolis Jr-Sr High School is 42%.

allk12 grades Minneapolis Jr-Sr High School a B. The grade compares the school only with Kansas public high schools, because each state gives its own test.

When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Minneapolis Jr-Sr High School is 11.6 points below its prediction. Actual: 30.6%. Predicted: 42.3%.

Within Ottawa County, median household income is about $74,018, about 28% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 6 public schools in Ottawa County, with a combined enrollment of about 1,193.

The next-closest public school is Minneapolis Elementary, about 0.3 miles away. There are 3 more public schools inside ten miles. Minneapolis Jr-Sr High School ranks 6th of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 30.6% against a local average of 36.8%.

Federal data place Minneapolis Jr-Sr High School in the Rural: Remote locale, which means it is in rural territory far from an urban area.

From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Minneapolis Jr-Sr High School went from 288 students to 300. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 11.5:1 in 2020-21 to 9.9:1 in 2024-25.

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Ottawa County at a glance

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Population
5,819
Census ACS
Median income
$74,018
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
6
1,193 students

Quick facts

School name
Minneapolis Jr-Sr High School
District
North Ottawa County
Address
602 Woodland Ave, Minneapolis, KS 67467
Phone
(785) 392-2113
County
Ottawa County
Level
High
Grade range
07–12
Total enrollment
300
Teachers (FTE)
30
Student–teacher ratio
9.9:1
Free and reduced lunch
125 (42%)
Locale
43-Rural: Remote
NCES ID
200957000163
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About Minneapolis Jr-Sr High School
What is the total enrollment at Minneapolis Jr-Sr High School?
Minneapolis Jr-Sr High School enrolls approximately 300 students in grades 07-12.
Is Minneapolis Jr-Sr High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Minneapolis Jr-Sr High School is a high school covering grades 07-12.
How many teachers does Minneapolis Jr-Sr High School have?
Minneapolis Jr-Sr High School employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.9:1.
How diverse is Minneapolis Jr-Sr High School?
Minneapolis Jr-Sr High School reports a student body of 90% White, 4% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Minneapolis Jr-Sr High School?
Minneapolis Jr-Sr High School is overseen by North Ottawa County in Ottawa County.
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