GRYGLA SECONDARY

GRYGLA SECONDARY operates as a tiny 9-12 campus in GRYGLA, Minnesota, overseen by GRYGLA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 67 students spanning grades 7 through 12. By comparison, Minnesota's public schools average about 371 students each, so GRYGLA SECONDARY sits 82% smaller than that benchmark.

GRYGLA SECONDARY is one of 2 schools operated by GRYGLA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that hosts 135 students overall.

On demographics, GRYGLA SECONDARY lists that nearly all students (88%) are White. Other groups include 4% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, GRYGLA SECONDARY has 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 8.5:1. The state averages around 16.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 46% of students at GRYGLA SECONDARY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), GRYGLA SECONDARY is in the bottom 10% of Minnesota public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 40.2%; GRYGLA SECONDARY posts 24.6%, -15.6 points below that line.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Marshall County indicate the typical household earns roughly $72,543 per year, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, Marshall County runs 11 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,469 students), of which GRYGLA SECONDARY is one.

GRYGLA ELEMENTARY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), GRYGLA SECONDARY ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 38.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at GRYGLA SECONDARY has contracted 7%, going from 72 students in 2018 to 67 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 99% to 88% over that span.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.