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What's the most underrated thing about DETROIT LAKES SENIOR HIGH that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
791
High
DISTRICT 226 · STATE 371
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DETROIT LAKES PUBLIC SCHOOL DIST.·NCES 271023000442
DETROIT LAKES SENIOR HIGH
1301 ROOSEVELT AVE, DETROIT LAKES, MN 56501 · (218) 847-4491 · Becker County
GRADES 09–12HIGH33-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL791 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 88% of Minnesota public high schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
14.8:1
53 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.0:1 · STATE 16.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
247 students
DISTRICT 43% · 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 | 205 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 198 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 180 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 208 | 26% |
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · 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
61.0%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
45.2%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 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
53.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.3%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 DETROIT LAKES SENIOR HIGH
DETROIT LAKES SENIOR HIGH's state test result (53.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| DETROIT LAKES SENIOR HIGH this school | 791 | 31.2% | 53.1% |
| Kennedy High School FERGUS FALLS | 714 | 30.1% | 55.2% |
| Rock Ridge High School VIRGINIA | 1,048 | 30.2% | 34.0% |
| LITTLE FALLS SENIOR HIGH LITTLE FALLS | 747 | 33.3% | 33.5% |
| PACT CHARTER SECONDARY RAMSEY | 730 | 32.3% | 46.5% |
| Princeton High School PRINCETON | 940 | 30.2% | 48.9% |
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 DETROIT LAKES SENIOR HIGH ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.1% | #62 of 397 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.2% | #91 of 401 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #64 of 397 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 791 | #113 of 764 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #98 of 332 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.9% | #145 of 338 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.2% | #277 of 444 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.7% | #89 of 146 |
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
791
-107 (-12%) vs 2020
+35% since 1990-91, when it was 587
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 18.3:1
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 | 791 | 53.3 | 14.8:1 | 31% (247) |
| 2023-24 | 851 | 54.3 | 15.7:1 | 38% (321) |
| 2022-23 | 865 | 48.8 | 17.7:1 | 37% (319) |
| 2020-21 | 898 | 49 | 18.3:1 | 24% (218) |
| 2017-18 | 857 | 55.7 | 15.4:1 | 27% (232) |
| 2015-16 | 816 | 52 | 15.7:1 | 31% (256) |
| 2010-11 | 825 | 51 | 16.2:1 | 27% (219) |
| 2000-01 | 974 | 59 | 16.5:1 | 22% (219) |
| 1990-91 | 587 | 34 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for DETROIT LAKES SENIOR HIGH.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (857 to 791); teachers down 4% (55.7 to 53.3).
About DETROIT LAKES SENIOR HIGH
DETROIT LAKES SENIOR HIGH is a high school in DETROIT LAKES, Minnesota, reachable at (218) 847-4491. In all, 791 students attend the school in grades 9 through 12. The school is 113% bigger than the average for high schools in Minnesota.
DETROIT LAKES PUBLIC SCHOOL DIST. counts 9 schools and 2,728 students, including DETROIT LAKES SENIOR HIGH.
White students are 76% of those enrolled at DETROIT LAKES SENIOR HIGH. The rest of enrollment is 17% Native American, 4% multiracial, and 3% Hispanic. Census estimates put the White share of Becker County's population at about 85%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 40, compared with 70 nationally.
With 53.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 14.8:1. Statewide, high schools in Minnesota average 16.3:1. Roughly 31% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 41% for public schools in Becker County.
DETROIT LAKES SENIOR HIGH earns an A on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 88% of Minnesota public high schools.
Test results at DETROIT LAKES SENIOR HIGH are 4.8 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (53.1% actual, 48.3% predicted).
In Becker County, median household income comes to about $71,388, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 28% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Becker County counts 22 public schools with about 4,637 students.
Voluntary Pre-Kindergarten, about 0.3 miles away, is the closest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 4 nearby schools with scores, including this one, DETROIT LAKES SENIOR HIGH is 2nd on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, Town: Remote, means it is in a town far from an urbanized area.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 791, from 898 in 2020-21. By 2024-25, the school had 14.8 students per teacher, compared with 18.3 in 2020-21.
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Becker County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
35,343
Census ACS
Median income
$71,388
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
22
4,637 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in DETROIT LAKES PUBLIC SCHOOL DIST.
- DETROIT LAKES MIDDLEMiddle · 617 students
- ROSSMAN ELEMENTARYElementary · 565 students
- ROOSEVELT ELEMENTARYElementary · 562 students
- LINCOLN EARLY CHILDHOOD ED. CENTERElementary · 64 students
- DETROIT LAKES AREA LEARNING CENTERHigh · 57 students
- E-Laker Online SchoolHigh · 38 students
Other schools in DETROIT LAKES
- DETROIT LAKES MIDDLEMiddle · 617 students
- ROSSMAN ELEMENTARYElementary · 565 students
- ROOSEVELT ELEMENTARYElementary · 562 students
- LINCOLN EARLY CHILDHOOD ED. CENTERElementary · 64 students
- DETROIT LAKES AREA LEARNING CENTERHigh · 57 students
- E-Laker Online SchoolHigh · 38 students
Nearby schools
- Voluntary Pre-Kindergarten0.3 mi · 17
- LINCOLN EARLY CHILDHOOD ED. CENTER0.3 mi · 64
- ROSSMAN ELEMENTARY0.7 mi · 565
- E-Laker Online School0.9 mi · 38
- ROOSEVELT ELEMENTARY1.0 mi · 562
- DETROIT LAKES MIDDLE1.0 mi · 617
Frequently asked questions
About DETROIT LAKES SENIOR HIGHHow large is DETROIT LAKES SENIOR HIGH?
DETROIT LAKES SENIOR HIGH enrolls approximately 791 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does DETROIT LAKES SENIOR HIGH serve?
DETROIT LAKES SENIOR HIGH serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at DETROIT LAKES SENIOR HIGH?
Approximately 14.8:1 students per teacher at DETROIT LAKES SENIOR HIGH.
What is the student diversity at DETROIT LAKES SENIOR HIGH?
Student demographics at DETROIT LAKES SENIOR HIGH are roughly 76% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is DETROIT LAKES SENIOR HIGH in?
DETROIT LAKES SENIOR HIGH is part of DETROIT LAKES PUBLIC SCHOOL DIST..
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