E.C.H.O. Secondary

E.C.H.O. Secondary, a very small four-year high school in ECHO, Minnesota, one of the schools within E.C.H.O. CHARTER SCHOOL, serves 38 students, covering grades 7 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 90% leaner than the state mean of about 371.

E.C.H.O. Secondary is one of 2 schools operated by E.C.H.O. CHARTER SCHOOL, a district that teaches 65 students overall.

On the student-mix side, E.C.H.O. Secondary logs that 39% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest comes out to 34% White, 18% Native American, 5% multiracial, 3% Black. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 6%.

On the resource side, E.C.H.O. Secondary reports 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 6.8:1. The state averages around 16.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 74% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Yellow Medicine County's rate of about 44%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Yellow Medicine County) shows that median household earnings sit near $74,000, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Yellow Medicine County runs 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,274 students), of which E.C.H.O. Secondary is one.

The closest other public school is E.C.H.O. Elementary, roughly 0.0 miles away.

The school occupies a low-density site. As a public charter, E.C.H.O. Secondary runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at E.C.H.O. Secondary has contracted 67%, going from 115 students in 2018 to 38 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 7% to 39% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 9.8:1 in 2018 to 6.8:1 today.

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