Dawson-Boyd Secondary

Dawson-Boyd Secondary is an intimate secondary school in DAWSON, Minnesota, run under Dawson-Boyd Public School District. The school instructs 269 students in grades 7 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 371 students per school, that is 27% below typical.

Across the 2 schools in Dawson-Boyd Public School District (566 students total), Dawson-Boyd Secondary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Dawson-Boyd Secondary shows that 85% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest looks like 8% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 93% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, Dawson-Boyd Secondary has 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.3:1 average. Roughly 35% of students at Dawson-Boyd Secondary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Dawson-Boyd Secondary is in the bottom 10% of Minnesota public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 46.1%; Dawson-Boyd Secondary posts 28.4%, -17.7 points below that line.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Lac qui Parle County put the typical household earns roughly $74,432 per year, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, Lac qui Parle County runs 5 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,226 students), of which Dawson-Boyd Secondary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Stevens Elementary, around 0.1 miles off. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Dawson-Boyd Secondary at 7th of 7; the average score across the group is 42.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Looking at the recent track record. Dawson-Boyd Secondary's enrollment has grew 3% since 2018, when it stood at 260 (now 269). The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 13.0:1 in 2018 to 14.3:1 today.

Inside the community feed, members of the Dawson-Boyd Secondary community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.