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What's one thing DASSEL-COKATO SENIOR HIGH gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
601
High
DISTRICT 340 · STATE 371
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DASSEL-COKATO PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 271006000428
DASSEL-COKATO SENIOR HIGH
4852 REARDON AVE SW STE 1600, COKATO, MN 55321 · (320) 286-4100 · Wright County
GRADES 09–12HIGH43-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL601 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 68% of Minnesota public high schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
17.6:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 26.3:1 · STATE 16.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
21%
129 students
DISTRICT 31% · 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 | 160 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 162 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 135 | 22% |
| Grade 12 | 144 | 24% |
Student demographics
17%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 15% · 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
52.5%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
42.9%
MN avg 45.3%
What 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.
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
47.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.5%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.2pp
below demographic expectation
What 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%.
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 DASSEL-COKATO SENIOR HIGH
DASSEL-COKATO SENIOR HIGH's state test result (47.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| DASSEL-COKATO SENIOR HIGH this school | 601 | 21.5% | 47.3% |
| ANNANDALE SENIOR HIGH ANNANDALE | 611 | 21.9% | 61.5% |
| ZIMMERMAN HIGH SCHOOL ZIMMERMAN | 704 | 21.3% | 50.6% |
| Watertown Mayer High WATERTOWN | 516 | 22.5% | 44.2% |
| Cannon Falls Secondary CANNON FALLS | 536 | 23.1% | 51.3% |
| ROSEAU SECONDARY ROSEAU | 527 | 23.5% | 32.5% |
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 DASSEL-COKATO SENIOR HIGH ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Wright County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.3% | #107 of 397 | #6 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.9% | #109 of 401 | #6 of 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.5% | #124 of 397 | #7 of 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 601 | #141 of 764 | #6 of 27 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.6:1 | #195 of 332 | #2 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 16.6% | #281 of 338 | #6 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 21.5% | #383 of 444 | #5 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.8% | #112 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
601
+27 (+5%) vs 2020
+10% since 1990-91, when it was 548
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
was 15.5:1
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 | 601 | 34.2 | 17.6:1 | 21% (129) |
| 2023-24 | 593 | 37.5 | 15.8:1 | 23% (139) |
| 2022-23 | 566 | 37.7 | 15.0:1 | 25% (142) |
| 2020-21 | 574 | 37 | 15.5:1 | 14% (82) |
| 2017-18 | 625 | 37.7 | 16.6:1 | 21% (133) |
| 2015-16 | 655 | 37 | 17.7:1 | 24% (156) |
| 2010-11 | 641 | 37 | 17.3:1 | 33% (210) |
| 2000-01 | 703 | 41 | 17.1:1 | 16% (114) |
| 1990-91 | 548 | 31 | 17.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for DASSEL-COKATO SENIOR HIGH.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (625 to 601); teachers down 9% (37.7 to 34.2).
About DASSEL-COKATO SENIOR HIGH
DASSEL-COKATO SENIOR HIGH is a large high school in COKATO, Minnesota. The student body numbers 601 students, from grades 9 through 12. An average school in this group (high schools in Minnesota) has about 371 students.
Dassel-Cokato Public Schools is the local district for DASSEL-COKATO SENIOR HIGH. It runs 5 schools with 2,020 students.
At DASSEL-COKATO SENIOR HIGH, White students make up 91% of the student body. It is also 4% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. That is close to the 89% White share among all Wright County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at DASSEL-COKATO SENIOR HIGH belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 17%.
Its teaching staff equals 34.2 full-time positions, a ratio of 17.6:1. That ratio is over the 16.3:1 average for high schools in Minnesota. Around 21% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. That is close to the 24% average for public schools in Wright County.
The allk12 Grade for DASSEL-COKATO SENIOR HIGH is B+. Compared with Minnesota public high schools, the school scored higher than 68% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
A school with DASSEL-COKATO SENIOR HIGH's lunch-eligibility share in Minnesota is predicted to score 53.5%. DASSEL-COKATO SENIOR HIGH scores 47.3%, 6.2 points below that line.
Wright County census figures show that median household income is about $107,209, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. DASSEL-COKATO SENIOR HIGH is among the 88 public schools in Wright County.
DASSEL-COKATO MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, less than a tenth of a mile away. Counting only straight-line distance, 5 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 4 nearby schools with scores, DASSEL-COKATO SENIOR HIGH ranks 4th on average proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes DASSEL-COKATO SENIOR HIGH as Rural: Remote.
Enrollment was 574 in 2020-21 and 601 in 2024-25, a rise of 27 students. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 15.5:1 to 17.6:1.
Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Wright County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
148,269
Census ACS
Median income
$107,209
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
88
27,879 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Dassel-Cokato Public Schools
- DASSEL-COKATO MIDDLEMiddle · 576 students
- COKATO ELEMENTARYElementary · 401 students
- DASSEL ELEMENTARYElementary · 364 students
- DASSEL-COKATO ALTERNATIVE CTR.High · 78 students
- Dassel-Cokato Virtual School ELElementary
- Dassel-Cokato Virtual School MiddleMiddle
Other schools in COKATO
- DASSEL-COKATO MIDDLEMiddle · 576 students
- COKATO ELEMENTARYElementary · 401 students
- DASSEL-COKATO ALTERNATIVE CTR.High · 78 students
- Village Ranch Alternative ProgramHigh · 33 students
- Dassel-Cokato Virtual School ELElementary
- Dassel-Cokato Virtual School MiddleMiddle
Nearby schools
- DASSEL-COKATO MIDDLE0.0 mi · 576
- DASSEL-COKATO ALTERNATIVE CTR.1.8 mi · 78
- COKATO ELEMENTARY2.1 mi · 401
- Village Ranch Alternative Program3.4 mi · 33
- DASSEL ELEMENTARY3.5 mi · 364
- Meeker-Wright Early Childhood Sp Ed8.1 mi · 68
Frequently asked questions
About DASSEL-COKATO SENIOR HIGHHow large is DASSEL-COKATO SENIOR HIGH?
DASSEL-COKATO SENIOR HIGH enrolls approximately 601 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does DASSEL-COKATO SENIOR HIGH serve?
DASSEL-COKATO SENIOR HIGH serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at DASSEL-COKATO SENIOR HIGH?
The student-to-teacher ratio at DASSEL-COKATO SENIOR HIGH is approximately 17.6:1 (34 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at DASSEL-COKATO SENIOR HIGH?
At DASSEL-COKATO SENIOR HIGH, the student body is approximately 91% White, 4% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees DASSEL-COKATO SENIOR HIGH?
DASSEL-COKATO SENIOR HIGH is overseen by Dassel-Cokato Public Schools in Wright County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.