CHATFIELD SECONDARY

CHATFIELD SECONDARY operates as an average-sized high school in CHATFIELD, Minnesota, overseen by CHATFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Current enrollment sits at 423 students spanning grades 7 through 12.

CHATFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOLS comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 898 students; CHATFIELD SECONDARY is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, CHATFIELD SECONDARY logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (95%). Beyond that, the school reports 2% multiracial. By comparison, Olmsted County as a whole is about 77% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, CHATFIELD SECONDARY has 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 23% of students at CHATFIELD SECONDARY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably below Olmsted County's rate of about 35%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, CHATFIELD SECONDARY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 52.9%, the actual is 43.2%, a residual of -9.7 points.

In the broader community, census data for Olmsted County shows median household income runs about $95,406, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Olmsted County's 72 public schools (combined enrollment of about 24,627 students), CHATFIELD SECONDARY is one campus in the mix.

FOCUS ALP is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around CHATFIELD SECONDARY. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts CHATFIELD SECONDARY at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 48.0%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CHATFIELD SECONDARY has rose 4%, going from 407 students in 2018 to 423 in 2025.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.