BARNUM SECONDARY

BARNUM SECONDARY operates as a compact four-year high school in BARNUM, Minnesota, run under BARNUM PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 312 students spanning grades 7 through 12.

BARNUM PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 660 students. BARNUM SECONDARY is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, BARNUM SECONDARY shows that nearly all students (88%) are White. Other groups include 10% multiracial. Compared to Carlton County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, BARNUM SECONDARY has 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.2:1. The state averages about 16.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 27% of students at BARNUM SECONDARY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Carlton County runs at roughly 35%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, BARNUM SECONDARY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.4%, the actual is 42.4%, a residual of -8.0 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Carlton County put median household earnings sit near $80,573, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Carlton County's 25 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,201 students), BARNUM SECONDARY is one campus in the mix.

BARNUM ELEMENTARY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 4 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts BARNUM SECONDARY at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 43.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BARNUM SECONDARY has fell 10%, going from 348 students in 2018 to 312 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 93% to 88% over that span. Class-load math has rose: from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 16.2:1 in 2025.

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