EAST CENTRAL SENIOR SECONDARY

EAST CENTRAL SENIOR SECONDARY is a modestly sized four-year high school in FINLAYSON, Minnesota, one of the schools within EAST CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school hosts 309 students in grades 7 through 12.

EAST CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 732 students. EAST CENTRAL SENIOR SECONDARY is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, EAST CENTRAL SENIOR SECONDARY logs that 83% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 7% multiracial, 5% Native American, 3% Hispanic.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, EAST CENTRAL SENIOR SECONDARY has 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.3:1, putting EAST CENTRAL SENIOR SECONDARY tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 38% of students at EAST CENTRAL SENIOR SECONDARY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), On a poverty-adjusted basis, EAST CENTRAL SENIOR SECONDARY sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 44.9%; actual is 26.4%, a gap of -18.5 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Pine County) records that median household income runs about $71,146, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. EAST CENTRAL SENIOR SECONDARY is one of 21 public schools in Pine County (combined enrollment of about 3,657 students).

The closest other public school is EAST CENTRAL ELEMENTARY, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around EAST CENTRAL SENIOR SECONDARY. On composite proficiency, EAST CENTRAL SENIOR SECONDARY comes 5th of 6 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 38.6%.

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

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 312 students in 2018 compared to 309 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.