Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Sec.

Set in BELGRADE, Minnesota, Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Sec. is a middle-of-the-pack secondary school, overseen by BELGRADE-BROOTEN-ELROSA SCHOOL DIST. It serves 316 students across grades 6 through 12.

BELGRADE-BROOTEN-ELROSA SCHOOL DIST comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 610 students; Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Sec. is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Sec. shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (92%). Other groups include 8% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 82% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.3:1, putting Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Sec. tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 34% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Stearns County runs at roughly 44%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Sec. tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 46.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 35.8%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Stearns County indicate median household income runs about $77,066, about 29% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Stearns County's 74 public schools (combined enrollment of about 24,160 students), Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Sec. is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Elementary, roughly 7.2 miles away. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Sec. at 5th of 6; the average score across the group is 46.5%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Sec.'s enrollment has changed only slightly since 2018, when it stood at 313 (now 316). Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Sec. community share and discuss classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.