Enrollment
309
High
DISTRICT 171 · STATE 371
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EAST CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 271108500189
EAST CENTRAL SENIOR SECONDARY
61085 STATE HIGHWAY 23, FINLAYSON, MN 55735 · (320) 245-6015 · Pine County
GRADES 07–12HIGH43-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL309 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 8% 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
14.1:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.1:1 · STATE 16.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
116 students
DISTRICT 53% · 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 | 44 | 14% |
| Grade 8 | 48 | 16% |
| Grade 9 | 65 | 21% |
| Grade 10 | 49 | 16% |
| Grade 11 | 62 | 20% |
| Grade 12 | 41 | 13% |
Student demographics
31%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 37% · 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
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MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
35.7%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
23.1%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 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
26.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.9%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-18.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 45% 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 EAST CENTRAL SENIOR SECONDARY
EAST CENTRAL SENIOR SECONDARY's state test result (26.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| EAST CENTRAL SENIOR SECONDARY this school | 309 | 37.5% | 26.4% |
| MOUNTAIN IRON-BUHL SECONDARY MOUNTAIN IRON | 283 | 39.2% | 38.8% |
| FRAZEE SECONDARY FRAZEE | 381 | 37.0% | 25.4% |
| Staples-Motley Senior High STAPLES | 309 | 38.2% | 44.7% |
| BRAHAM AREA SECONDARY BRAHAM | 354 | 34.7% | 36.4% |
| HAYFIELD SECONDARY HAYFIELD | 319 | 38.9% | 33.3% |
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 EAST CENTRAL SENIOR SECONDARY ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Pine County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.4% | #334 of 397 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.1% | #288 of 401 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.7% | #324 of 397 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 309 | #261 of 764 | #3 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #73 of 332 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 31.1% | #189 of 338 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.5% | #210 of 444 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.0% | #137 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
309
-7 (-2%) vs 2020
+14% since 2000-01, when it was 272
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 15.8:1
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 | 309 | 21.9 | 14.1:1 | 38% (116) |
| 2023-24 | 345 | 19.2 | 18.0:1 | 50% (173) |
| 2022-23 | 323 | 20.7 | 15.6:1 | 53% (170) |
| 2020-21 | 316 | 20 | 15.8:1 | 37% (116) |
| 2017-18 | 312 | 23.6 | 13.2:1 | 54% (167) |
| 2015-16 | 315 | 22 | 14.3:1 | 51% (161) |
| 2010-11 | 220 | 15 | 14.7:1 | 34% (74) |
| 2000-01 | 272 | 16 | 17.0:1 | 31% (84) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for EAST CENTRAL SENIOR SECONDARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (312 to 309); teachers down 7% (23.6 to 21.9).
About EAST CENTRAL SENIOR SECONDARY
EAST CENTRAL SENIOR SECONDARY is a small high school in FINLAYSON, Minnesota, (ZIP code 55735). In all, 309 students attend the school in grades 7 through 12.
EAST CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT is the local district for EAST CENTRAL SENIOR SECONDARY. It runs 3 schools with 732 students.
Of every 100 students at EAST CENTRAL SENIOR SECONDARY, about 83 are White. Smaller groups are 7% multiracial, 5% Native American, and 3% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 31, compared with 70 nationally.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 14.1:1. The school has 21.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 16.3:1 average for high schools in Minnesota is 2.2 students per teacher. In all, 38% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
EAST CENTRAL SENIOR SECONDARY holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 8% of Minnesota public high schools.
Compared with Minnesota schools that have similar shares of low-income students, EAST CENTRAL SENIOR SECONDARY scores 18.5 points lower than predicted. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 26.4%; the prediction is 44.9%.
Census data for Pine County show median household income comes to about $71,146, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 17%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. There are 21 public schools in the county, enrolling about 3,657, EAST CENTRAL SENIOR SECONDARY among them.
A public school less than a tenth of a mile away, CROSSROADS AREA LEARNING CENTER, is the closest to EAST CENTRAL SENIOR SECONDARY. EAST CENTRAL SENIOR SECONDARY is one of several public schools in the area, with 3 others within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 38.6%, higher than EAST CENTRAL SENIOR SECONDARY's 26.4%.
Its NCES locale code is Rural: Remote: the school is in rural territory far from an urban area.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 309, close to the 316 recorded in 2020-21. Students per teacher dropped from 15.8 in 2020-21 to 14.1 in 2024-25.
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Pine County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
29,640
Census ACS
Median income
$71,146
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
21
3,657 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in EAST CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- EAST CENTRAL ELEMENTARYElementary · 391 students
- CROSSROADS AREA LEARNING CENTERHigh · 32 students
- East Central Early ChildhoodElementary
Other schools in FINLAYSON
- EAST CENTRAL ELEMENTARYElementary · 391 students
- FINLAYSON ELEMENTARYElementary · 58 students
- CROSSROADS AREA LEARNING CENTERHigh · 32 students
- East Central Early ChildhoodElementary
Nearby schools
- CROSSROADS AREA LEARNING CENTER0.0 mi · 32
- EAST CENTRAL ELEMENTARY0.0 mi · 391
- FINLAYSON ELEMENTARY4.2 mi · 58
- WILLOW RIVER ELEMENTARY9.6 mi · 231
- WILLOW RIVER SECONDARY9.6 mi · 205
- Pine County Transition Program12.4 mi · 19
Frequently asked questions
About EAST CENTRAL SENIOR SECONDARYHow many students attend EAST CENTRAL SENIOR SECONDARY?
EAST CENTRAL SENIOR SECONDARY enrolls approximately 309 students in grades 07-12.
Is EAST CENTRAL SENIOR SECONDARY an elementary, middle, or high school?
EAST CENTRAL SENIOR SECONDARY is a high school covering grades 07-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at EAST CENTRAL SENIOR SECONDARY?
The student-to-teacher ratio at EAST CENTRAL SENIOR SECONDARY is approximately 14.1:1 (22 FTE teachers).
How diverse is EAST CENTRAL SENIOR SECONDARY?
EAST CENTRAL SENIOR SECONDARY reports a student body of 83% White, 3% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is EAST CENTRAL SENIOR SECONDARY public or private?
EAST CENTRAL SENIOR SECONDARY is a public K-12 school, overseen by EAST CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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