Forest Lake Area High School

Forest Lake Area High School is a senior high of substantial scale in FOREST LAKE, Minnesota, one of the schools within Forest Lake Public School District, hosting 1,805 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Minnesota's public schools average about 371 students each, so Forest Lake Area High School sits 387% bigger than that benchmark.

Forest Lake Public School District runs 14 schools in total, collectively educating 5,776 students. Forest Lake Area High School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Forest Lake Area High School reports that 79% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 7% Asian, 5% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% Black. Compared to Washington County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 74 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 24.5:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 16.3:1 average. Around 23% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Forest Lake Area High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 53.0%; this one delivers 46.2%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Washington County indicate median household earnings sit near $115,345, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Forest Lake Area High School is one of 103 public schools in Washington County (combined enrollment of about 46,313 students).

The closest other public school is Forest Lake Area Middle School, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Forest Lake Area High School at 1st of 5; the average score across the group is 39.7%.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Forest Lake Area High School has edged up 25%, going from 1,443 students in 2018 to 1,805 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 88% to 79% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 20.4:1 in 2018 to 24.5:1 today.

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