Breckenridge Middle/High School

Breckenridge Middle/High School, a small four-year high school in BRECKENRIDGE, Minnesota, run under BRECKENRIDGE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, enrolls 311 students, covering grades 7 through 12.

BRECKENRIDGE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 665 students. Breckenridge Middle/High School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Breckenridge Middle/High School records that 80% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school shows 9% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 5% Native American. The wider county runs roughly 92% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.3:1, putting Breckenridge Middle/High School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 39% of students at Breckenridge Middle/High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, Breckenridge Middle/High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 44.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 41.0%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Wilkin County put median household earnings sit near $71,410, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Wilkin County runs 8 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,114 students), of which Breckenridge Middle/High School is one.

BRECKENRIDGE MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around Breckenridge Middle/High School.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Breckenridge Middle/High School's enrollment has climbed 32% since 2018, when it stood at 235 (now 311). White enrollment moved from 92% to 80% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 in 2025.

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