BIG LAKE SENIOR HIGH

Set in BIG LAKE, Minnesota, BIG LAKE SENIOR HIGH is a high-enrollment 9-12 campus, overseen by BIG LAKE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. It caters to 902 students across grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 143% above the state mean of about 371.

BIG LAKE SENIOR HIGH is one of 6 schools operated by BIG LAKE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that caters to 3,190 students overall.

In terms of who attends, BIG LAKE SENIOR HIGH lists that White students make up the majority at 76%. Other groups include 9% Hispanic, 7% Black, 6% multiracial, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 87% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, BIG LAKE SENIOR HIGH reports 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.3:1, putting BIG LAKE SENIOR HIGH higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 29% of students at BIG LAKE SENIOR HIGH qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, BIG LAKE SENIOR HIGH is in the bottom 10% of Minnesota public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 49.6%; BIG LAKE SENIOR HIGH posts 36.5%, -13.1 points below that line.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Sherburne County indicate the typical household earns roughly $105,466 per year, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 3%. BIG LAKE SENIOR HIGH is one of 45 public schools in Sherburne County (combined enrollment of about 16,306 students).

The closest other public school is Big Lake Online 6-12, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, BIG LAKE SENIOR HIGH comes 4th of 4 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 45.6%.

BIG LAKE SENIOR HIGH operates from a small-town location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BIG LAKE SENIOR HIGH has showed little movement, going from 901 students in 2018 to 902 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 87% to 76% across the same window.

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