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Best kept secret at Blue Earth Area Secondary?
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Enrollment
378
High
DISTRICT 266 · STATE 371
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BLUE EARTH AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 270013002498
Blue Earth Area Secondary
1125 N GROVE STREET, BLUE EARTH, MN 56013 · (507) 526-3201 · Faribault County
GRADES 08–12HIGH43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL378 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 48% of Minnesota public high schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Minnesota public high schools
Student : Teacher
17.5:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.8:1 · STATE 16.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
189 students
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 48%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 8 | 61 | 16% |
| Grade 9 | 81 | 21% |
| Grade 10 | 75 | 20% |
| Grade 11 | 81 | 21% |
| Grade 12 | 80 | 21% |
Student demographics
36%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 60% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Blue Earth Area School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
45.7%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
30.3%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Minnesota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 45.
Source: MCA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
34.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.2%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% typical for Minnesota schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Minnesota's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Blue Earth Area Secondary
Blue Earth Area Secondary's state test result (34.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Earth Area Secondary this school | 378 | 50.0% | 34.7% |
| MONTEVIDEO SENIOR HIGH MONTEVIDEO | 408 | 47.8% | 45.9% |
| MACCRAY Secondary CLARA CITY | 402 | 45.8% | 39.1% |
| UNITED SOUTH CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL WELLS | 343 | 44.3% | 23.9% |
| Crookston Secondary CROOKSTON | 592 | 52.0% | 37.6% |
| A.C.G.C. SECONDARY GROVE CITY | 390 | 43.1% | 39.4% |
Matched among Minnesota high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Blue Earth Area Secondary ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.7% | #253 of 397 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.3% | #228 of 401 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.7% | #207 of 397 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 378 | #221 of 764 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.5:1 | #191 of 332 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 35.5% | #173 of 338 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.0% | #123 of 444 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.9% | #57 of 146 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
378
-51 (-12%) vs 2020
-27% since 2000-01, when it was 520
Student : Teacher
17.5:1
was 21.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 378 | 21.6 | 17.5:1 | 50% (189) |
| 2023-24 | 420 | 23.5 | 17.9:1 | 43% (180) |
| 2022-23 | 418 | 23.7 | 17.6:1 | 46% (193) |
| 2020-21 | 429 | 20 | 21.4:1 | 33% (142) |
| 2017-18 | 429 | 27.5 | 15.6:1 | 40% (171) |
| 2015-16 | 440 | 29 | 15.2:1 | 33% (146) |
| 2010-11 | 386 | 23 | 16.8:1 | 41% (160) |
| 2000-01 | 520 | 33 | 15.8:1 | 16% (85) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Blue Earth Area Secondary.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (429 to 378); teachers down 21% (27.5 to 21.6).
About Blue Earth Area Secondary
Blue Earth Area Secondary is a high school in BLUE EARTH, Minnesota, reachable at (507) 526-3201. The student body numbers 378 students, from grades 8 through 12.
Blue Earth Area School District is responsible for 4 schools, Blue Earth Area Secondary included, with 1,064 students in all.
At 78%, White students outnumber all other groups at Blue Earth Area Secondary combined. Other students are 19% Hispanic. By comparison, Faribault County residents are about 89% White. The chance that two students picked at random at Blue Earth Area Secondary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 36%.
The school employs the equivalent of 21.6 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 17.5:1. The average ratio among high schools in Minnesota is 16.3:1, lower than at this school. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Blue Earth Area Secondary is 50%. That is close to the 49% average for public schools in Faribault County.
The allk12 Grade for Blue Earth Area Secondary is B-. Compared with Minnesota public high schools, the school scored higher than 48% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
A school with Blue Earth Area Secondary's lunch-eligibility share in Minnesota is predicted to score 38.2%. Blue Earth Area Secondary scores 34.7%, 3.5 points below that line.
Federal survey data for Faribault County show that median household income is about $66,815, roughly 22% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Blue Earth Area Secondary is among the 6 public schools in Faribault County.
BLUE EARTH AREA MIDDLE is located about 0.9 miles from Blue Earth Area Secondary. Other public schools within five miles: 3. The nearest schools with test data average 32.9%, lower than Blue Earth Area Secondary's 34.7%.
For locale, NCES codes Blue Earth Area Secondary as Rural: Remote.
Enrollment was 429 in 2020-21 and 378 in 2024-25, a decrease of 51 students. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 21.4:1 in 2020-21 to 17.5:1 in 2024-25.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss science fairs, picture day, and bus routes at Blue Earth Area Secondary. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Faribault County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
13,914
Census ACS
Median income
$66,815
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
6
1,827 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Blue Earth Area School District
- Blue Earth Area ElementaryElementary · 515 students
- BLUE EARTH AREA MIDDLEMiddle · 163 students
- Blue Earth Area Early Childhood SpeElementary · 8 students
Other schools in BLUE EARTH
- Blue Earth Area ElementaryElementary · 515 students
- BLUE EARTH AREA MIDDLEMiddle · 163 students
- Blue Earth Area Early Childhood SpeElementary · 8 students
Nearby schools
- BLUE EARTH AREA MIDDLE0.9 mi · 163
- Blue Earth Area Early Childhood Spe0.9 mi · 8
- Blue Earth Area Elementary0.9 mi · 515
- Granada Huntley East Chain Middle S13.1 mi · 81
- Granada Huntley East Chain Elem Sch13.1 mi · 138
- Granada Huntley East Chain High Sch13.1 mi · 98
Frequently asked questions
About Blue Earth Area SecondaryHow many students attend Blue Earth Area Secondary?
Blue Earth Area Secondary enrolls approximately 378 students in grades 08-12.
What grades does Blue Earth Area Secondary serve?
Blue Earth Area Secondary serves grades 08-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Blue Earth Area Secondary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Blue Earth Area Secondary is approximately 17.5:1 (22 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Blue Earth Area Secondary?
At Blue Earth Area Secondary, the student body is approximately 78% White, 19% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Blue Earth Area Secondary public or private?
Blue Earth Area Secondary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Blue Earth Area School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.