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EDEN VALLEY SECONDARY
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Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsWhat this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Minnesota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 45.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About EDEN VALLEY SECONDARY
Located at 298 BROOKS ST N, in EDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, EDEN VALLEY SECONDARY is a reasonably sized 9-12 campus that caters to 425 students (grades 7 through 12), operated by EDEN VALLEY-WATKINS SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Within EDEN VALLEY-WATKINS SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 3 schools and 868 students, EDEN VALLEY SECONDARY is one campus in the system.
In terms of who attends, EDEN VALLEY SECONDARY reports that nearly all students (93%) are White; the rest consists of 4% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Meeker County as a whole.
Looking at school resources, EDEN VALLEY SECONDARY reports 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.5:1. The state averages around 16.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 23% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is lower than Meeker County's rate of about 38%.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, EDEN VALLEY SECONDARY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 52.8%, the actual is 46.2%, a residual of -6.6 points.
In the area at large, census data for Meeker County shows the typical household earns roughly $75,446 per year, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Meeker County runs 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,994 students), of which EDEN VALLEY SECONDARY is one.
EDEN VALLEY ELEMENTARY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 6 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, EDEN VALLEY SECONDARY comes 5th of 6 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 46.9%.
The school occupies a low-density site.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at EDEN VALLEY SECONDARY has contracted 7%, going from 457 students in 2018 to 425 in 2025.
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