GSL Junior High School

Set in GLENCOE, Minnesota, GSL Junior High School is a compact 6-8 campus, overseen by GLENCOE-SILVER LAKE SCHOOL DISTRICT. It educates 224 students across grades 7 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 55% smaller than the state mean of about 495.

Within GLENCOE-SILVER LAKE SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 4 schools and 1,390 students, GSL Junior High School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, GSL Junior High School shows that the largest single group is White, at 71% of enrollment. Other groups include 25% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 90%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting GSL Junior High School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 28% of students at GSL Junior High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, GSL Junior High School is in the bottom 10% of Minnesota public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 50.2%; GSL Junior High School posts 31.5%, -18.7 points below that line.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (McLeod County) records that the typical household earns roughly $80,084 per year, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. GSL Junior High School is one of 22 public schools in McLeod County (combined enrollment of about 5,121 students).

Nearest neighbor: Lincoln Elementary, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. On composite proficiency, GSL Junior High School comes 6th of 6 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 43.7%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 19%: 275 students in 2018 compared to 224 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 19.7:1 in 2018 to 16.4:1 in 2025.

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