Herman-Norcross High School

Herman-Norcross High School is one of the one-room-style 9-12 campuss in HERMAN, Minnesota, run under Herman-Norcross Community School, with 36 students on its rolls from grades 7 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 90% leaner than the state mean of about 371.

Within Herman-Norcross Community School, which oversees 2 schools and 92 students, Herman-Norcross High School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Herman-Norcross High School shows that 92% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 8% multiracial. Compared to Grant County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, Herman-Norcross High School shows 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 7.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.3:1, putting Herman-Norcross High School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 14% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Grant County (around 35%), the school's rate is south of typical.

With demographic context factored in, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Herman-Norcross High School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 57.6%; actual is 12.5%, a gap of -45.1 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Grant County shows median household income runs about $73,917, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Grant County runs 8 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,012 students), of which Herman-Norcross High School is one.

Herman-Norcross 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), Herman-Norcross High School ranks 8th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 43.1%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 23%: 47 students in 2018 compared to 36 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged down from 9% to 0%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 9.9:1 in 2018 to 7.1:1 in 2025.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.