EAST GRAND FORKS SENIOR HIGH

EAST GRAND FORKS SENIOR HIGH is a senior high of roomy scale in EAST GRAND FORKS, Minnesota, part of East Grand Forks Public Schools, works with 608 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Minnesota's public schools average about 371 students each, so EAST GRAND FORKS SENIOR HIGH sits 64% bigger than that benchmark.

Across the 4 schools in East Grand Forks Public Schools (2,005 students total), EAST GRAND FORKS SENIOR HIGH accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, EAST GRAND FORKS SENIOR HIGH reports that 78% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 11% Hispanic, 6% Black, 4% multiracial. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 86%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 16.3:1 average. An estimated 30% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Polk County runs at roughly 43%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, EAST GRAND FORKS SENIOR HIGH falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 48.8%; this one comes in at 35.1%, -13.7 points off the demographic line.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Polk County put the typical household earns roughly $73,107 per year, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Polk County's 20 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,075 students), EAST GRAND FORKS SENIOR HIGH is one campus in the mix.

NEW HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at EAST GRAND FORKS SENIOR HIGH has rose 6%, going from 573 students in 2018 to 608 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 11% to 6% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 19.3:1 today.

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