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BECKER SENIOR HIGH
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About BECKER SENIOR HIGH
As a heavily attended four-year high school in BECKER, Minnesota, BECKER SENIOR HIGH instructs 881 students from grades 9 through 12, one of the schools within BECKER PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. Compared to the state average of about 371 students per school, that is 137% larger than typical.
BECKER SENIOR HIGH is one of 5 schools operated by BECKER PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that educates 2,877 students overall.
For racial and ethnic makeup, BECKER SENIOR HIGH records that nearly all students (91%) are White. The remainder consists of 3% multiracial, 3% Hispanic.
In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.3:1, putting BECKER SENIOR HIGH higher than the state norm the norm. About 17% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably below Sherburne County's rate of about 29%.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, BECKER SENIOR HIGH is in the bottom 10% of Minnesota public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 55.9%; BECKER SENIOR HIGH posts 43.1%, -12.8 points below that line.
In the surrounding community, Sherburne County reports that the typical household earns roughly $105,466 per year, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 3%. In all, Sherburne County runs 45 public schools (combined enrollment of about 16,306 students), of which BECKER SENIOR HIGH is one.
BECKER ALTERNATIVE LEARNING PROGRAM is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts BECKER SENIOR HIGH at 6th of 6; the average score across the group is 52.2%.
BECKER SENIOR HIGH operates from an outlying location.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BECKER SENIOR HIGH has held roughly steady, going from 883 students in 2018 to 881 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 20.3:1 in 2018 to 18.6:1 today.
On the community side, the feed for BECKER SENIOR HIGH typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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