BRAHAM AREA SECONDARY

BRAHAM AREA SECONDARY is a middle-of-the-pack senior high in BRAHAM, Minnesota, overseen by BRAHAM PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school caters to 354 students in grades 7 through 12.

Across the 2 schools in BRAHAM PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT (783 students total), BRAHAM AREA SECONDARY accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, BRAHAM AREA SECONDARY reports that 87% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest comes out to 6% Hispanic, 5% multiracial.

On the resource side, On paper, BRAHAM AREA SECONDARY has 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 16.3:1 average. About 35% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), BRAHAM AREA SECONDARY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 46.4%, the actual is 36.4%, a residual of -10.0 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Isanti County put median household income runs about $87,440, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. BRAHAM AREA SECONDARY is one of 24 public schools in Isanti County (combined enrollment of about 6,086 students).

Nearest neighbor: BRAHAM ELEMENTARY, around 0.2 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 6 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BRAHAM AREA SECONDARY ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 44.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 12%: 316 students in 2018 compared to 354 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 96% to 87% over that span. Class-load math has loosened: from 16.7:1 in 2018 to 20.0:1 in 2025.

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