Greenbush-Middle River Secondary
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Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsWhat this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Minnesota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 45.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Greenbush-Middle River Secondary
Greenbush-Middle River Secondary is a micro-enrollment 9-12 campus in GREENBUSH, Minnesota, operated by Greenbush Middle River Schools. The school works with 102 students in grades 7 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 73% below the state mean of about 371.
Greenbush-Middle River Secondary is one of 2 schools operated by Greenbush Middle River Schools, a district that instructs 222 students overall.
In terms of who attends, Greenbush-Middle River Secondary records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (93%). The remainder reads as 4% Asian.
Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 16.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 22% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Roseau County runs at roughly 34%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Greenbush-Middle River Secondary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 53.5%; this one delivers 42.2%.
Around the school, census data for Roseau County shows median household income runs about $74,474, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Greenbush-Middle River Secondary is one of 11 public schools in Roseau County (combined enrollment of about 2,582 students).
Nearest neighbor: GREENBUSH ELEMENTARY, around 0.0 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 3 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Greenbush-Middle River Secondary at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 39.6%.
Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Greenbush-Middle River Secondary has fell 44%, going from 181 students in 2018 to 102 in 2025. Class-load math has rose: from 10.5:1 in 2018 to 12.0:1 in 2025.
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