Enrollment
269
High
DISTRICT 283 · STATE 371
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DAWSON-BOYD PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 271009000430
Dawson-Boyd Secondary
848 CHESTNUT ST, DAWSON, MN 56232 · (320) 769-2955 · Lac qui Parle County
GRADES 07–12HIGH43-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL269 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 10% 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.
- DBeats 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
14.3:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 16.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
95 students
DISTRICT 38% · 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 | 48 | 18% |
| Grade 8 | 43 | 16% |
| Grade 9 | 46 | 17% |
| Grade 10 | 46 | 17% |
| Grade 11 | 44 | 16% |
| Grade 12 | 42 | 16% |
Student demographics
27%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 30% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Dawson-Boyd Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
43.2%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
15.0%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 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
28.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.1%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 46% 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 →
Schools most like Dawson-Boyd Secondary
Dawson-Boyd Secondary's state test result (28.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dawson-Boyd Secondary this school | 269 | 35.3% | 28.4% |
| WARREN-ALVARADO-OSLO SECONDARY WARREN | 273 | 36.3% | 33.9% |
| Jackson County Central Senior High JACKSON | 332 | 35.2% | 45.9% |
| Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Sec. BELGRADE | 316 | 34.5% | 35.8% |
| North Lakes Academy 7-12 Campus FOREST LAKE | 245 | 37.6% | 23.8% |
| Ortonville Secondary ORTONVILLE | 228 | 33.8% | 41.5% |
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 Dawson-Boyd Secondary ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.4% | #319 of 397 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.0% | #351 of 401 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.2% | #238 of 397 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 269 | #284 of 764 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #81 of 332 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 26.6% | #211 of 338 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.3% | #233 of 444 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.5% | #139 of 181 |
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
269
-4 (-1%) vs 2020
-16% since 1990-91, when it was 319
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 19.5:1
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 | 269 | 18.8 | 14.3:1 | 35% (95) |
| 2023-24 | 264 | 18.8 | 14.1:1 | 39% (103) |
| 2022-23 | 261 | 16 | 16.3:1 | 46% (121) |
| 2020-21 | 273 | 14 | 19.5:1 | 28% (77) |
| 2017-18 | 260 | 20 | 13.0:1 | 37% (96) |
| 2015-16 | 258 | 18 | 14.3:1 | 38% (98) |
| 2010-11 | 241 | 18 | 13.4:1 | 33% (79) |
| 2000-01 | 325 | 23 | 14.1:1 | 21% (67) |
| 1990-91 | 319 | 20 | 15.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dawson-Boyd Secondary.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (260 to 269); teachers down 6% (20 to 18.8).
About Dawson-Boyd Secondary
This page covers Dawson-Boyd Secondary, a small high school in DAWSON, Minnesota. It teaches 269 students in grades 7 through 12. It has 27% fewer students than the average for high schools in Minnesota (about 371).
Dawson-Boyd Public School District is the local district for Dawson-Boyd Secondary. It runs 2 schools with 566 students.
Dawson-Boyd Secondary is 85% White by enrollment. The next largest groups are 8% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. In Lac qui Parle County overall, about 93% of residents are White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 27%.
Dawson-Boyd Secondary lists 18.8 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 14.3 students per teacher. By comparison, the average for high schools in Minnesota is 16.3:1. About 35% of students at Dawson-Boyd Secondary are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, Dawson-Boyd Secondary lands at D, ahead of 10% of Minnesota public high schools.
Dawson-Boyd Secondary ranks in the bottom 10% of Minnesota schools after adjusting test results for student poverty. Actual: 28.4%. Predicted: 46.1%. Difference: 17.7 points.
In Lac qui Parle County, home to about 6,682 people, median household income comes to about $74,432, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 23%, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. There are 5 public schools in the county, enrolling about 1,226, Dawson-Boyd Secondary among them.
Stevens Elementary sits less than a tenth of a mile from Dawson-Boyd Secondary. Dawson-Boyd Secondary has 4 other public schools within ten miles. Among 7 nearby schools that report test results, Dawson-Boyd Secondary ranks 7th on proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is Rural: Remote: the school is in rural territory far from an urban area.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (273) to 2024-25 (269). Federal data show the ratio falling from 19.5:1 to 14.3:1.
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Lac qui Parle County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
6,682
Census ACS
Median income
$74,432
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
5
1,226 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Dawson-Boyd Public School District
- Stevens ElementaryElementary · 297 students
Nearby schools
- Stevens Elementary0.1 mi · 297
- MADISON-MARIETTA-NASSAU ELEMENTARY8.6 mi · 151
- LAC QUI PARLE VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL9.9 mi · 129
- LAC QUI PARLE VALLEY SECONDARY9.9 mi · 380
- RAMSEY ELEMENTARY16.7 mi · 260
- Sanford Elementary School17.0 mi · 277
Frequently asked questions
About Dawson-Boyd SecondaryHow many students attend Dawson-Boyd Secondary?
Dawson-Boyd Secondary enrolls approximately 269 students in grades 07-12.
What age range does Dawson-Boyd Secondary serve?
Dawson-Boyd Secondary serves students from grade 07 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Dawson-Boyd Secondary?
Approximately 14.3:1 students per teacher at Dawson-Boyd Secondary.
What is the student diversity at Dawson-Boyd Secondary?
Student demographics at Dawson-Boyd Secondary are roughly 85% White, 8% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Dawson-Boyd Secondary in?
Dawson-Boyd Secondary is part of Dawson-Boyd Public School District.
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