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DASSEL-COKATO SENIOR HIGH
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsWhat this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Minnesota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 45.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About DASSEL-COKATO SENIOR HIGH
DASSEL-COKATO SENIOR HIGH is one of the expansive 9-12 campuss in COKATO, Minnesota, operated by Dassel-Cokato Public Schools, with 601 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 371 students per school, that is 62% larger than typical.
Within Dassel-Cokato Public Schools, which oversees 5 schools and 2,020 students, DASSEL-COKATO SENIOR HIGH is one campus in the system.
In terms of who attends, DASSEL-COKATO SENIOR HIGH shows that nearly all students (91%) are White. The remainder looks like 4% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 16.3:1 average. About 21% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
With demographic context factored in, DASSEL-COKATO SENIOR HIGH sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 53.5%; this one delivers 47.3%.
Around the school, Wright County reports that the typical household earns roughly $107,209 per year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Wright County's 88 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,879 students), DASSEL-COKATO SENIOR HIGH is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: DASSEL-COKATO MIDDLE, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around DASSEL-COKATO SENIOR HIGH. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), DASSEL-COKATO SENIOR HIGH ranks 4th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 66.1%.
The campus sits in a low-density setting.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at DASSEL-COKATO SENIOR HIGH has declined 4%, going from 625 students in 2018 to 601 in 2025.
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