BIGFORK SECONDARY

BIGFORK SECONDARY operates as an one-room-style high school in BIGFORK, Minnesota, part of GRAND RAPIDS PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 130 students spanning grades 7 through 12. By comparison, Minnesota's public schools average about 371 students each, so BIGFORK SECONDARY sits 65% below that benchmark.

GRAND RAPIDS PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 11 schools with combined enrollment of 3,972 students; BIGFORK SECONDARY is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, BIGFORK SECONDARY lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (81%). Other groups include 12% Native American, 5% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 89% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, BIGFORK SECONDARY reports 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.3:1. The state averages around 16.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 55% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, BIGFORK SECONDARY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 35.7%; this one delivers 36.7%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Itasca County indicate median household income runs about $68,603, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Itasca County's 26 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,407 students), BIGFORK SECONDARY is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is BIGFORK ELEMENTARY, roughly 0.0 miles away. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BIGFORK SECONDARY ranks 4th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 40.9%.

BIGFORK SECONDARY operates from a countryside location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BIGFORK SECONDARY has showed little movement, going from 128 students in 2018 to 130 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 87% to 81% across the same window.

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