GRAND MEADOW SENIOR HIGH

GRAND MEADOW SENIOR HIGH operates as a minimally staffed four-year high school in GRAND MEADOW, Minnesota, run under GRAND MEADOW PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 140 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 62% below the state mean of about 371.

GRAND MEADOW SENIOR HIGH is one of 3 schools operated by GRAND MEADOW PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that teaches 443 students overall.

In terms of who attends, GRAND MEADOW SENIOR HIGH shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (90%). The remainder reads as 4% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 75% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.3:1. The state averages around 16.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 25% of students at GRAND MEADOW SENIOR HIGH qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Mower County runs at roughly 55%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, GRAND MEADOW SENIOR HIGH sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 51.6%; this one delivers 42.2%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Mower County put median household income runs about $73,074, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Mower County's 34 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,434 students), GRAND MEADOW SENIOR HIGH is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Enrich GM, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around GRAND MEADOW SENIOR HIGH. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), GRAND MEADOW SENIOR HIGH ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, below the local average of 45.4%.

GRAND MEADOW SENIOR HIGH operates from a low-density location.

Trend over the last 7 years. GRAND MEADOW SENIOR HIGH's enrollment has rose 3% since 2018, when it stood at 136 (now 140). Class-load math has rose: from 10.1:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 in 2025.

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