BELLE PLAINE SENIOR HIGH

Located at 220 S MARKET ST, in BELLE PLAINE, Minnesota, BELLE PLAINE SENIOR HIGH is a middle-of-the-pack secondary school that caters to 475 students (grades 9 through 12), part of BELLE PLAINE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. By comparison, Minnesota's public schools average about 371 students each, so BELLE PLAINE SENIOR HIGH sits 28% bigger than that benchmark.

BELLE PLAINE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 1,522 students; BELLE PLAINE SENIOR HIGH is among them.

On demographics, BELLE PLAINE SENIOR HIGH records that 86% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest comes out to 7% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 77% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 21.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.3:1, putting BELLE PLAINE SENIOR HIGH higher than the state norm the norm. Around 19% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Scott County runs at roughly 28%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, BELLE PLAINE SENIOR HIGH performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 54.7%, the actual is 55.0%, a residual of +0.3 points.

In the surrounding community, Scott County reports that median household income runs about $119,314, roughly 44% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. BELLE PLAINE SENIOR HIGH is one of 66 public schools in Scott County (combined enrollment of about 26,041 students).

Nearest neighbor: BELLE PLAINE JUNIOR HIGH, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts BELLE PLAINE SENIOR HIGH at 1st of 5; the average score across the group is 46.8%.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 469 students in 2018 compared to 475 in 2025. Class-load math has grew: from 20.0:1 in 2018 to 21.2:1 in 2025.

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