ELK RIVER SENIOR HIGH

ELK RIVER SENIOR HIGH is a secondary school of high-enrollment scale in ELK RIVER, Minnesota, run under Elk River Public School District, educateing 1,562 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Minnesota's public schools average about 371 students each, so ELK RIVER SENIOR HIGH sits 321% larger than that benchmark.

Across the 29 schools in Elk River Public School District (14,633 students total), ELK RIVER SENIOR HIGH accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, ELK RIVER SENIOR HIGH logs that White students make up the majority at 79%; the rest consists of 6% Black, 6% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 87%.

On the resource side, The school employs 60 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 26.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 16.3:1 average. An estimated 21% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, ELK RIVER SENIOR HIGH sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 54.0%; this one delivers 50.7%.

In the surrounding community, Sherburne County reports that median household income runs about $105,466, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 3%. ELK RIVER SENIOR HIGH is one of 45 public schools in Sherburne County (combined enrollment of about 16,306 students).

The closest other public school is LINCOLN ELEMENTARY, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around ELK RIVER SENIOR HIGH. On composite proficiency, ELK RIVER SENIOR HIGH comes 3rd of 4 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 49.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at ELK RIVER SENIOR HIGH has decreased 8%, going from 1,694 students in 2018 to 1,562 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 89% to 79% across the same window. Class-load math has rose: from 22.3:1 in 2018 to 26.1:1 in 2025.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.