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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at GRAND RAPIDS SENIOR HIGH this year?
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Enrollment
1,091
High
DISTRICT 450 · STATE 371
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GRAND RAPIDS PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 271317000935
GRAND RAPIDS SENIOR HIGH
800 CONIFER DR NW, GRAND RAPIDS, MN 55744 · (218) 327-5760 · Itasca County
GRADES 09–12HIGH41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL1,091 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 70% of Minnesota public high schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Minnesota public high schools
Student : Teacher
19.5:1
56 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.5:1 · STATE 16.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
36%
391 students
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 48%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 262 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 289 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 265 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 275 | 25% |
Student demographics
27%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 28% · STATE 60% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Based on grade levels within GRAND RAPIDS PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
50.6%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
36.5%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Minnesota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 45.
Source: MCA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
43.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.8%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like GRAND RAPIDS SENIOR HIGH
GRAND RAPIDS SENIOR HIGH's state test result (43.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| GRAND RAPIDS SENIOR HIGH this school | 1,091 | 35.8% | 43.8% |
| Hibbing High HIBBING | 829 | 36.4% | 40.4% |
| Mora High School MORA | 743 | 36.5% | 46.8% |
| LITTLE FALLS SENIOR HIGH LITTLE FALLS | 747 | 33.3% | 33.5% |
| PINE CITY SECONDARY PINE CITY | 683 | 36.0% | 36.2% |
| Rock Ridge High School VIRGINIA | 1,048 | 30.2% | 34.0% |
Matched among Minnesota high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where GRAND RAPIDS SENIOR HIGH ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Itasca County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.8% | #140 of 397 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.5% | #169 of 401 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.6% | #144 of 397 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,091 | #88 of 764 | #1 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.5:1 | #252 of 332 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 26.9% | #209 of 338 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.8% | #229 of 444 | #6 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.2% | #151 of 181 | N/A |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,091
-51 (-4%) vs 2020
-21% since 2000-01, when it was 1,373
Student : Teacher
19.5:1
was 18.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,091 | 56 | 19.5:1 | 36% (391) |
| 2023-24 | 1,114 | 55 | 20.3:1 | 40% (443) |
| 2022-23 | 1,129 | 51.6 | 21.9:1 | 39% (439) |
| 2020-21 | 1,142 | 61 | 18.7:1 | 24% (270) |
| 2017-18 | 1,068 | 61.1 | 17.5:1 | 29% (307) |
| 2015-16 | 1,160 | 56 | 20.7:1 | 29% (341) |
| 2010-11 | 1,076 | 51 | 21.1:1 | 30% (321) |
| 2000-01 | 1,373 | 80 | 17.2:1 | 18% (249) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for GRAND RAPIDS SENIOR HIGH.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (1,068 to 1,091); teachers down 8% (61.1 to 56).
About GRAND RAPIDS SENIOR HIGH
GRAND RAPIDS SENIOR HIGH is a high school in GRAND RAPIDS, Minnesota, and it is part of GRAND RAPIDS PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school counted 1,091 students in 2024-25, covering grades 9 through 12. That is 194% bigger than the average of about 371 students for high schools in Minnesota.
GRAND RAPIDS PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT (11 schools, 3,972 students) runs GRAND RAPIDS SENIOR HIGH.
At GRAND RAPIDS SENIOR HIGH, 85% of students are White. Other students are 7% Native American, 4% multiracial, and 3% Hispanic. Census estimates put Itasca County at about 89% White, close to the school's figure. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 27%.
The school had 56 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 19.5:1. The gap from the 16.3:1 average for high schools in Minnesota is 3.1 students per teacher. The school reported 36% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The 48% average for public schools in Itasca County is 12 points higher.
GRAND RAPIDS SENIOR HIGH holds a B+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 70% of Minnesota public high schools.
On BeatsExpectations, GRAND RAPIDS SENIOR HIGH is 2.0 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Minnesota schools.
In Itasca County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $68,603, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 26%, and about 8% of people live in poverty. There are 26 public schools in the county, enrolling about 6,407, GRAND RAPIDS SENIOR HIGH among them.
A public school about 1.3 miles away, MIDDLE AREA LEARNING CENTER, is the closest to GRAND RAPIDS SENIOR HIGH. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of GRAND RAPIDS SENIOR HIGH. Its average proficiency rate of 43.8% is below the 52.1% average for nearby schools.
NCES assigns GRAND RAPIDS SENIOR HIGH the locale Rural: Fringe, meaning in rural territory close to an urban area.
A 4% decline took enrollment from 1,142 in 2020-21 to 1,091 in 2024-25.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures at GRAND RAPIDS SENIOR HIGH. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Itasca County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
45,275
Census ACS
Median income
$68,603
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
26
6,407 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in GRAND RAPIDS PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
- ROBERT J. ELKINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 764 students
- East Rapids ElementaryElementary · 639 students
- West Rapids ElementaryElementary · 612 students
- COHASSET ELEMENTARYElementary · 312 students
- BIGFORK ELEMENTARYElementary · 139 students
- BIGFORK SECONDARYHigh · 130 students
Other schools in GRAND RAPIDS
- ROBERT J. ELKINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 764 students
- East Rapids ElementaryElementary · 639 students
- West Rapids ElementaryElementary · 612 students
- GRAND RAPIDS AREA LEARNING CENTERHigh · 129 students
- GRAND RAPIDS EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTERElementary · 63 students
- MIDDLE AREA LEARNING CENTERMiddle · 54 students
Nearby schools
- MIDDLE AREA LEARNING CENTER1.3 mi · 54
- ROBERT J. ELKINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL1.3 mi · 764
- East Rapids Elementary1.5 mi · 639
- GRAND RAPIDS AREA LEARNING CENTER1.5 mi · 129
- GRAND RAPIDS EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER1.5 mi · 63
- West Rapids Elementary2.0 mi · 612
Frequently asked questions
About GRAND RAPIDS SENIOR HIGHHow large is GRAND RAPIDS SENIOR HIGH?
GRAND RAPIDS SENIOR HIGH enrolls approximately 1,091 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does GRAND RAPIDS SENIOR HIGH serve?
GRAND RAPIDS SENIOR HIGH serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at GRAND RAPIDS SENIOR HIGH?
Approximately 19.5:1 students per teacher at GRAND RAPIDS SENIOR HIGH.
How diverse is GRAND RAPIDS SENIOR HIGH?
GRAND RAPIDS SENIOR HIGH reports a student body of 85% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees GRAND RAPIDS SENIOR HIGH?
GRAND RAPIDS SENIOR HIGH is overseen by GRAND RAPIDS PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT in Itasca County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.