917 TESA

917 TESA is a rural-scale secondary school in ROSEMOUNT, Minnesota, operated by INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL DISTRICT 917. The school hosts 133 students in grades 7 through 12. That puts it 64% leaner than the typical public school in Minnesota, which averages around 371 students.

INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL DISTRICT 917 comprises 13 schools with combined enrollment of 584 students; 917 TESA is among them.

On demographics, 917 TESA reports that the largest single group is White, at 56% of enrollment; the rest is composed of 14% Black, 11% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 7% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 74% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 6.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.3:1 average. Around 44% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Dakota County's rate of about 34%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Dakota County put median household earnings sit near $106,318, about 45% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Dakota County's 170 public schools (combined enrollment of about 74,687 students), 917 TESA is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: 917 DASH, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around 917 TESA.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Five-year trend. 917 TESA's enrollment has edged up 122% since 2018, when it stood at 60 (now 133). The White share of enrollment shrank from 72% to 56% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 7.5:1 in 2018 to 6.3:1 in 2025.

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