CALEDONIA SENIOR HIGH

Set in CALEDONIA, Minnesota, CALEDONIA SENIOR HIGH is a tight-knit 9-12 campus, part of CALEDONIA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. It hosts 259 students across grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Minnesota's public schools average about 371 students each, so CALEDONIA SENIOR HIGH sits 30% smaller than that benchmark.

CALEDONIA SENIOR HIGH is one of 4 schools operated by CALEDONIA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that hosts 693 students overall.

Demographically, CALEDONIA SENIOR HIGH reports that 97% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. That composition is broadly in line with Houston County as a whole.

On the resource side, CALEDONIA SENIOR HIGH shows 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.5:1. The state averages around 16.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 16% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is below Houston County's rate of about 38%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), CALEDONIA SENIOR HIGH sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 56.4%; this one delivers 54.1%.

In the surrounding community, Houston County reports that median household earnings sit near $79,825, about 30% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 3%. Across Houston County's 20 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,089 students), CALEDONIA SENIOR HIGH is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: CALEDONIA MIDDLE, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around CALEDONIA SENIOR HIGH. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), CALEDONIA SENIOR HIGH ranks 4th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 54.9%.

CALEDONIA SENIOR HIGH operates from a rural location.

Over the past 7-year window. CALEDONIA SENIOR HIGH's enrollment has climbed 7% since 2018, when it stood at 243 (now 259).

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