CHERRY SECONDARY

CHERRY SECONDARY is a compact senior high in IRON, Minnesota, operated by ST. LOUIS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school educates 273 students in grades 7 through 12. That puts it 26% smaller than the typical public school in Minnesota, which averages around 371 students.

ST. LOUIS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 9 schools in total, collectively educating 1,914 students. CHERRY SECONDARY is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, CHERRY SECONDARY shows that 84% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 11% multiracial, 4% Hispanic.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.2:1. The state averages around 16.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 33% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, CHERRY SECONDARY falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 47.5%; this one comes in at 32.3%, -15.2 points off the demographic line.

Around the school, community-level numbers for St. Louis County indicate the typical household earns roughly $70,069 per year, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across St. Louis County's 100 public schools (combined enrollment of about 23,921 students), CHERRY SECONDARY is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is CHERRY ELEMENTARY, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 5 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), CHERRY SECONDARY ranks 7th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 39.3%.

CHERRY SECONDARY operates from a small-town location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 27%: 215 students in 2018 compared to 273 in 2025.

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