GOODRIDGE SECONDARY

Located at 201 OSMUND AVE, in GOODRIDGE, Minnesota, GOODRIDGE SECONDARY is a rural-scale high school that hosts 114 students (grades 7 through 12), run under GOODRIDGE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. Enrollment runs roughly 69% smaller than the state mean of about 371.

Within GOODRIDGE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 2 schools and 275 students, GOODRIDGE SECONDARY is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, GOODRIDGE SECONDARY lists that 92% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest is composed of 4% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. Compared to Pennington County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, GOODRIDGE SECONDARY records 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.4:1. The state averages around 16.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 32% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, On a poverty-adjusted basis, GOODRIDGE SECONDARY sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 48.1%; actual is 24.0%, a gap of -24.1 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Pennington County indicate median household earnings sit near $77,325, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Pennington County runs 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,000 students), of which GOODRIDGE SECONDARY is one.

Nearest neighbor: GOODRIDGE ELEMENTARY, around 0.0 miles off. On composite proficiency, GOODRIDGE SECONDARY comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 37.7%.

GOODRIDGE SECONDARY operates from a small-town location.

Trend over the last 7 years. GOODRIDGE SECONDARY's enrollment has climbed 39% since 2018, when it stood at 82 (now 114). Over the same period, the White share grew from 85% to 92%. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 10.2:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 today.

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