GRAND RAPIDS SENIOR HIGH

GRAND RAPIDS SENIOR HIGH, a well-populated high school in GRAND RAPIDS, Minnesota, run under GRAND RAPIDS PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, caters to 1,091 students, covering grades 9 through 12. That puts it 194% larger than the typical public school in Minnesota, which averages around 371 students.

GRAND RAPIDS PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 11 schools with combined enrollment of 3,972 students; GRAND RAPIDS SENIOR HIGH is among them.

Demographically, GRAND RAPIDS SENIOR HIGH logs that nearly all students (85%) are White. Beyond that, the school reports 7% Native American, 4% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 56 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.5:1. The state averages around 16.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 36% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is lower than Itasca County's rate of about 48%.

With demographic context factored in, GRAND RAPIDS SENIOR HIGH performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 45.8%, the actual is 43.8%, a residual of -2.0 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Itasca County shows median household income runs about $68,603, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Itasca County's 26 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,407 students), GRAND RAPIDS SENIOR HIGH is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: MIDDLE AREA LEARNING CENTER, around 1.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts GRAND RAPIDS SENIOR HIGH at 3rd of 4; the average score across the group is 52.1%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Five-year trend. GRAND RAPIDS SENIOR HIGH's enrollment has held roughly steady since 2018, when it stood at 1,068 (now 1,091). Class-load math has rose: from 17.5:1 in 2018 to 19.5:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the GRAND RAPIDS SENIOR HIGH community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.