CLIMAX SECONDARY

As a minimally staffed senior high in CLIMAX, Minnesota, CLIMAX SECONDARY teaches 94 students from grades 6 through 12, run under CLIMAX-SHELLY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. By comparison, Minnesota's public schools average about 371 students each, so CLIMAX SECONDARY sits 75% below that benchmark.

Across the 2 schools in CLIMAX-SHELLY PUBLIC SCHOOLS (159 students total), CLIMAX SECONDARY accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, CLIMAX SECONDARY reports that 66% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 23% Hispanic, 5% Black, 4% Native American. The wider county runs roughly 86% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, CLIMAX SECONDARY records 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.3:1, putting CLIMAX SECONDARY tighter than the state norm the norm. About 59% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Polk County runs at roughly 43%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, CLIMAX SECONDARY sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 33.6%; actual is 18.5%, a gap of -15.1 points.

Zooming out to the county, Polk County reports that median household earnings sit near $73,107, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Polk County's 20 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,075 students), CLIMAX SECONDARY is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is CLIMAX ELEMENTARY, roughly 0.0 miles away. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), CLIMAX SECONDARY ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 25.4%.

CLIMAX SECONDARY operates from a small-town location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CLIMAX SECONDARY has contracted 14%, going from 109 students in 2018 to 94 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 75% to 66%.

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