CARLTON SECONDARY

CARLTON SECONDARY is one of the one-room-style secondary schools in CARLTON, Minnesota, run under CARLTON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 145 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 61% leaner than the state mean of about 371.

Across the 2 schools in CARLTON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT (308 students total), CARLTON SECONDARY accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, CARLTON SECONDARY logs that the largest single group is White, at 72% of enrollment; the rest is composed of 13% multiracial, 12% Native American, 2% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 88% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, CARLTON SECONDARY records 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.3:1, putting CARLTON SECONDARY tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 42% of students at CARLTON SECONDARY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, On a poverty-adjusted basis, CARLTON SECONDARY sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 42.5%; actual is 24.5%, a gap of -18.0 points.

In the broader community, census data for Carlton County shows median household income runs about $80,573, roughly 27% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Carlton County's 25 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,201 students), CARLTON SECONDARY is one campus in the mix.

NLA-Carlton is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts CARLTON SECONDARY at 5th of 5; the average score across the group is 43.2%.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 39%: 239 students in 2018 compared to 145 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 82% to 72% across the same window. Class-load math has rose: from 12.4:1 in 2018 to 14.9:1 in 2025.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.