HAWLEY SECONDARY

HAWLEY SECONDARY is one of the average-sized four-year high schools in HAWLEY, Minnesota, overseen by HAWLEY PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 453 students on its rolls from grades 7 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 22% above the state mean of about 371.

HAWLEY SECONDARY is one of 3 schools operated by HAWLEY PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that caters to 1,058 students overall.

On demographics, HAWLEY SECONDARY shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (94%). Other groups include 3% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 85% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.7:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.3:1, putting HAWLEY SECONDARY tighter than the state norm the norm. About 17% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Clay County runs at roughly 40%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), HAWLEY SECONDARY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 56.0%, the actual is 57.8%, a residual of +1.8 points.

In the broader community, census data for Clay County shows median household earnings sit near $81,172, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. HAWLEY SECONDARY is one of 32 public schools in Clay County (combined enrollment of about 11,470 students).

Glacial Ridge Transitional Skills P is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts HAWLEY SECONDARY at 2nd of 4; the average score across the group is 47.5%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Trend over the last 7 years. HAWLEY SECONDARY's enrollment has climbed 3% since 2018, when it stood at 441 (now 453). Class-load math has pulled in: from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 12.7:1 in 2025.

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