Blue Earth Area Secondary

As a reasonably sized secondary school in BLUE EARTH, Minnesota, Blue Earth Area Secondary hosts 378 students from grades 8 through 12, one of the schools within Blue Earth Area School District.

Across the 4 schools in Blue Earth Area School District (1,064 students total), Blue Earth Area Secondary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Blue Earth Area Secondary lists that the largest single group is White, at 78% of enrollment. The remainder is composed of 19% Hispanic. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 89%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 16.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 50% of students at Blue Earth Area Secondary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Blue Earth Area Secondary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 38.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 34.7%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Faribault County indicate median household income runs about $66,815, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Faribault County runs 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,827 students), of which Blue Earth Area Secondary is one.

The closest other public school is BLUE EARTH AREA MIDDLE, roughly 0.9 miles away. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Blue Earth Area Secondary ranks 4th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 32.9%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 12%: 429 students in 2018 compared to 378 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 84% to 78%. Class-load math has rose: from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 17.5:1 in 2025.

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