Cook County Senior High

Cook County Senior High is an intimate senior high in GRAND MARAIS, Minnesota, run under Cook County Public Schools. The school serves 177 students in grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 371 students per school, that is 52% leaner than typical.

Cook County Public Schools runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 475 students. Cook County Senior High is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Cook County Senior High logs that the largest single group is White, at 69% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 14% Native American, 10% multiracial, 6% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 84% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Cook County Senior High has 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.3:1 average. Around 38% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Cook County Senior High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 44.4%, the actual is 54.3%, a residual of +9.9 points.

Zooming out to the county, Cook County reports that the typical household earns roughly $72,638 per year, about 47% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Cook County's 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 652 students), Cook County Senior High is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Cook County Middle, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Cook County Senior High. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Cook County Senior High ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 36.4%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Looking at the recent track record. Cook County Senior High's enrollment has decreased 9% since 2018, when it stood at 195 (now 177). The Hispanic share of enrollment rose from 1% to 6% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 11.1:1 today.

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