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Enrollment
1,053
High
DISTRICT 527 · STATE 371
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHISAGO LAKES SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 270001700353
Chisago Lakes Senior High
29400 OLINDA TR, LINDSTROM, MN 55045 · (651) 213-2500 · Chisago County
GRADES 09–12HIGH32-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL1,053 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 48% of Minnesota public high schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Minnesota public high schools
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
69 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 16.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
22%
227 students
DISTRICT 23% · STATE 48%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 276 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 267 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 249 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 261 | 25% |
Student demographics
19%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 18% · STATE 60% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
52.3%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
32.6%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Minnesota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 45.
Source: MCA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
42.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.5%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% typical for Minnesota schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Minnesota's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Chisago Lakes Senior High
Chisago Lakes Senior High's state test result (42.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chisago Lakes Senior High this school | 1,053 | 21.6% | 42.2% |
| Alexandria Area High School ALEXANDRIA | 1,315 | 21.1% | 49.0% |
| Sartell Senior High SARTELL | 1,269 | 18.9% | 50.5% |
| East High School DULUTH | 1,495 | 19.7% | 54.2% |
| ZIMMERMAN HIGH SCHOOL ZIMMERMAN | 704 | 21.3% | 50.6% |
| BECKER SENIOR HIGH BECKER | 881 | 17.0% | 43.1% |
Matched among Minnesota high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Chisago Lakes Senior High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Chisago County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.2% | #159 of 397 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.6% | #205 of 401 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.3% | #127 of 397 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,053 | #91 of 764 | #1 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #105 of 332 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 18.8% | #261 of 338 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 21.6% | #382 of 444 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.7% | #115 of 146 | N/A |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,053
-22 (-2%) vs 2020
-1% since 2000-01, when it was 1,066
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 17.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,053 | 69.4 | 15.2:1 | 22% (227) |
| 2023-24 | 1,048 | 68.9 | 15.2:1 | 26% (276) |
| 2022-23 | 1,053 | 60.2 | 17.5:1 | 21% (225) |
| 2020-21 | 1,075 | 60 | 17.9:1 | 10% (105) |
| 2017-18 | 1,093 | 62.2 | 17.6:1 | 14% (153) |
| 2015-16 | 1,093 | 61 | 17.9:1 | 17% (182) |
| 2010-11 | 1,138 | 62 | 18.4:1 | 18% (202) |
| 2000-01 | 1,066 | 51 | 20.9:1 | 12% (131) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Chisago Lakes Senior High.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (1,093 to 1,053); teachers up 12% (62.2 to 69.4).
About Chisago Lakes Senior High
Chisago Lakes Senior High is a high-enrollment high school found in LINDSTROM, Minnesota. In all, 1,053 students attend the school in grades 9 through 12. It has 184% more students than the average for high schools in Minnesota (about 371).
Chisago Lakes Senior High is one of 7 schools in Chisago Lakes School District, which enrolls 3,317 students in total.
By race and ethnicity, Chisago Lakes Senior High is 90% White. The next largest groups are 4% multiracial and 3% Hispanic. In Chisago County overall, the White share is about 91%. A diversity index of 19% means there is a 19% chance two randomly chosen students at Chisago Lakes Senior High are from different groups.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Chisago Lakes Senior High is 15.2:1, based on 69.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for high schools in Minnesota is 16.3:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. Chisago Lakes Senior High counts 22% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, Chisago Lakes Senior High lands at B-, ahead of 48% of Minnesota public high schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Chisago Lakes Senior High would score about 53.5%. It scores 42.2%, 11.3 points below that figure.
American Community Survey estimates for Chisago County show that the median household earns about $99,400 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 24%, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Chisago County has 27 public schools with about 7,668 students, including Chisago Lakes Senior High.
Chisago Lakes HS Alt Learning Prog is less than a tenth of a mile from Chisago Lakes Senior High, the shortest distance to any other public school. The five-mile area around Chisago Lakes Senior High holds at least 8 other public schools.
Chisago Lakes Senior High is in a town some distance from an urbanized area, a location NCES labels Town: Distant.
Enrollment at Chisago Lakes Senior High was 1,075 in 2020-21 and 1,053 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%. Students per teacher dropped from 17.9 in 2020-21 to 15.2 in 2024-25.
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Chisago County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
57,991
Census ACS
Median income
$99,400
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
27
7,668 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Chisago Lakes School District
- Lakeside El.Elementary · 804 students
- Chisago Lakes MiddleMiddle · 742 students
- Chisago Lakes El.Elementary · 347 students
- Taylors Falls ElementaryElementary · 329 students
- Chisago Lakes Family CenterElementary · 41 students
- Chisago Lakes HS Alt Learning ProgHigh · 1 students
Other schools in LINDSTROM
- Chisago Lakes MiddleMiddle · 742 students
- Pathway to ChangeCombined · 10 students
- Skillbuilding Opportunities for AcaCombined · 8 students
- Chisago Lakes HS Alt Learning ProgHigh · 1 students
Nearby schools
- Chisago Lakes HS Alt Learning Prog0.0 mi · 1
- Skillbuilding Opportunities for Aca1.4 mi · 8
- Pathway to Change1.4 mi · 10
- Chisago Lakes Middle1.4 mi · 742
- Chisago Lakes El.2.2 mi · 347
- Chisago Lakes Family Center2.2 mi · 41
Frequently asked questions
About Chisago Lakes Senior HighHow many students attend Chisago Lakes Senior High?
Chisago Lakes Senior High enrolls approximately 1,053 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Chisago Lakes Senior High serve?
Chisago Lakes Senior High serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Chisago Lakes Senior High?
Approximately 15.2:1 students per teacher at Chisago Lakes Senior High.
What is the student diversity at Chisago Lakes Senior High?
Student demographics at Chisago Lakes Senior High are roughly 90% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Chisago Lakes Senior High in?
Chisago Lakes Senior High is part of Chisago Lakes School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.