Enrollment
47
High
DISTRICT 52 · STATE 371
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COMFREY PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 270954000404
COMFREY SECONDARY
305 OCHRE ST W, COMFREY, MN 56019 · (507) 877-3491 · Brown County
GRADES 07–12HIGH43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL47 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 17% of Minnesota public high schools
- C-Test 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
8.7:1
5 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 8.8:1 · STATE 16.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
19 students
DISTRICT 41% · STATE 48%
Community
0
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 7 | 7 | 15% |
| Grade 8 | 12 | 26% |
| Grade 9 | 6 | 13% |
| Grade 10 | 3 | 6% |
| Grade 11 | 9 | 19% |
| Grade 12 | 10 | 21% |
Student demographics
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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within COMFREY PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
33.3%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
40.7%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of MN schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
26.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.3%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 43% typical for Minnesota schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Where COMFREY SECONDARY ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Brown County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 47 | #555 of 764 | #4 of 6 |
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
47
-32 (-41%) vs 2020
-64% since 1990-91, when it was 131
Student : Teacher
8.7:1
was 15.8:1
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 | 47 | 5.4 | 8.7:1 | 40% (19) |
| 2023-24 | 56 | 5.4 | 10.3:1 | 54% (30) |
| 2022-23 | 60 | 5.1 | 11.7:1 | 52% (31) |
| 2020-21 | 79 | 5 | 15.8:1 | 51% (40) |
| 2017-18 | 81 | 6.8 | 11.9:1 | 43% (35) |
| 2015-16 | 75 | 7 | 10.7:1 | 43% (32) |
| 2010-11 | 67 | 8 | 8.4:1 | 52% (35) |
| 2000-01 | 76 | 9 | 8.4:1 | 22% (17) |
| 1990-91 | 131 | 10 | 13.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for COMFREY SECONDARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 42% (81 to 47); teachers down 20% (6.8 to 5.4).
About COMFREY SECONDARY
In COMFREY, Minnesota, COMFREY SECONDARY is a small high school. The grade span is 7 through 12, and enrollment is 47 students. An average school in this group (high schools in Minnesota) has about 371 students.
COMFREY PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT has 104 students spread across 2 schools.
The student body at COMFREY SECONDARY is 91% White. Other groups make up 9% Hispanic. The county population is about 93% White, within a few points of the school.
Teacher staffing is 5.4 full-time equivalents, or about 8.7 students per teacher. On average, high schools in Minnesota have 16.3:1, compared with 8.7:1 here. About 40% of students, or 19, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
COMFREY SECONDARY is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 17% of Minnesota public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On allk12's BeatsExpectations measure, COMFREY SECONDARY is among the bottom 10% of schools in Minnesota. Predicted: 43.3%. Actual: 26.9%.
In the county around the school, Brown County, the median household income is $69,378, about 25% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. In all, Brown County has 20 public schools and roughly 3,672 students.
COMFREY ELEMENTARY is the closest public school, less than a tenth of a mile away in a straight line. Other public schools within ten miles number 3. The school's 26.9% average proficiency ranks 7th among 8 nearby schools.
NCES assigns COMFREY SECONDARY the locale Rural: Remote, meaning in rural territory far from an urban area.
The school's enrollment figures are 79 for 2020-21 and 47 for 2024-25. Differences this large can reflect a change in grade levels, a boundary change, or a merger. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 15.8:1; by 2024-25 it was 8.7:1.
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Brown County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
25,800
Census ACS
Median income
$69,378
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
20
3,672 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in COMFREY PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
- COMFREY ELEMENTARYElementary · 57 students
Nearby schools
- COMFREY ELEMENTARY0.0 mi · 57
- SPRINGFIELD ELEMENTARY9.6 mi · 339
- SPRINGFIELD SECONDARY9.6 mi · 314
- MOUNTAIN LAKE ELEMENTARY11.6 mi · 257
- MOUNTAIN LAKE SECONDARY11.6 mi · 241
- BUTTERFIELD ELEMENTARY11.9 mi · 110
Frequently asked questions
About COMFREY SECONDARYHow large is COMFREY SECONDARY?
COMFREY SECONDARY enrolls approximately 47 students in grades 07-12.
What age range does COMFREY SECONDARY serve?
COMFREY SECONDARY serves students from grade 07 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at COMFREY SECONDARY?
Approximately 8.7:1 students per teacher at COMFREY SECONDARY.
What is the student diversity at COMFREY SECONDARY?
Student demographics at COMFREY SECONDARY are roughly 91% White, 9% Hispanic.
Is COMFREY SECONDARY public or private?
COMFREY SECONDARY is a public K-12 school, overseen by COMFREY PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.