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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Hermantown Senior High administration to hear?
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Enrollment
655
High
DISTRICT 334 · STATE 371
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HERMANTOWN COMMUNITY SCHOOLS·NCES 271392000716
Hermantown Senior High
4335 HAWK CIRCLE DR, HERMANTOWN, MN 55811 · (218) 729-8874 · St. Louis County
GRADES 09–12HIGH41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL655 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 64% of Minnesota public high schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Minnesota public high schools
Student : Teacher
20.8:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 16.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
16%
108 students
DISTRICT 21% · STATE 48%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 165 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 174 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 153 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 163 | 25% |
Student demographics
16%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 19% · STATE 60% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
51.5%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
38.5%
MN avg 45.3%
What 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 39 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Minnesota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 45.
Source: MCA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
47.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.2%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Hermantown Senior High
Hermantown Senior High's state test result (47.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hermantown Senior High this school | 655 | 16.5% | 47.5% |
| Byron Senior High School BYRON | 695 | 15.0% | 66.4% |
| BECKER SENIOR HIGH BECKER | 881 | 17.0% | 43.1% |
| STEWARTVILLE SENIOR HIGH STEWARTVILLE | 608 | 18.1% | 40.6% |
| Albany Area High School ALBANY | 584 | 13.4% | 49.1% |
| HAWLEY SECONDARY HAWLEY | 453 | 16.8% | 57.8% |
Matched among Minnesota high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Hermantown Senior High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In St. Louis County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.5% | #104 of 397 | #5 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.5% | #146 of 401 | #4 of 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.5% | #135 of 397 | #6 of 16 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 655 | #133 of 764 | #5 of 29 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.8:1 | #286 of 332 | #12 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 16.4% | #285 of 338 | #13 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 16.5% | #420 of 444 | #17 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.1% | #136 of 146 | #7 of 7 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
655
-24 (-4%) vs 2020
+32% since 1990-91, when it was 496
Student : Teacher
20.8:1
was 25.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 655 | 31.5 | 20.8:1 | 16% (108) |
| 2023-24 | 671 | 30.3 | 22.1:1 | 17% (112) |
| 2022-23 | 660 | 28.5 | 23.1:1 | 16% (106) |
| 2020-21 | 679 | 27 | 25.1:1 | 8% (51) |
| 2017-18 | 662 | 33.4 | 19.8:1 | 10% (67) |
| 2015-16 | 652 | 33 | 19.8:1 | 11% (72) |
| 2010-11 | 659 | 32 | 20.6:1 | 13% (83) |
| 2000-01 | 618 | 35 | 17.7:1 | 7% (45) |
| 1990-91 | 496 | 25 | 19.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hermantown Senior High.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (662 to 655); teachers down 6% (33.4 to 31.5).
About Hermantown Senior High
Hermantown Senior High is a large high school based in HERMANTOWN, Minnesota. It educates 655 students in grades 9 through 12. The typical figure for high schools in Minnesota is about 371 students.
Hermantown Community Schools has 2,118 students spread across 5 schools.
The large majority of students at Hermantown Senior High, 91%, are White. The remaining shares are 4% multiracial. County-wide, about 90% of residents are White. The chance that two students picked at random at Hermantown Senior High belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 16%.
Hermantown Senior High counts 31.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 20.8 students for each one. Among high schools in Minnesota, the typical ratio is 16.3:1. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 16%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in St. Louis County is 40%.
The allk12 Grade for Hermantown Senior High is B. Compared with Minnesota public high schools, the school scored higher than 64% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Hermantown Senior High scores 47.5% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 56.2%.
St. Louis County census figures show that median household income is about $70,069, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. A total of 100 public schools operate in St. Louis County, serving about 23,921 students.
The school nearest to Hermantown Senior High is Hermantown Alternative Learning Prg, at a distance of less than a tenth of a mile. Within five miles of Hermantown Senior High, there are 6 other public schools. On state test proficiency, Hermantown Senior High ranks 5th in a group of 6 nearby schools.
Federal records code the school's setting as Rural: Fringe.
The number of students declined from 679 to 655 over 4 years. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 25.1:1 to 20.8:1.
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St. Louis County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
200,123
Census ACS
Median income
$70,069
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
100
23,921 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hermantown Community Schools
- Hermantown ElementaryElementary · 731 students
- Hermantown MiddleMiddle · 677 students
- Hermantown Early ChildhoodElementary · 43 students
- Hermantown Alternative Learning PrgHigh · 12 students
Other schools in HERMANTOWN
- Hermantown ElementaryElementary · 731 students
- Hermantown MiddleMiddle · 677 students
- Hermantown Early ChildhoodElementary · 43 students
- Hermantown Alternative Learning PrgHigh · 12 students
Nearby schools
- Hermantown Alternative Learning Prg0.0 mi · 12
- Hermantown Middle0.0 mi · 677
- Hermantown Early Childhood0.1 mi · 43
- Hermantown Elementary0.2 mi · 731
- Pike Lake Elementary3.2 mi · 293
- PIEDMONT ELEMENTARY4.9 mi · 410
Frequently asked questions
About Hermantown Senior HighWhat is the total enrollment at Hermantown Senior High?
Hermantown Senior High enrolls approximately 655 students in grades 09-12.
Is Hermantown Senior High an elementary, middle, or high school?
Hermantown Senior High is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Hermantown Senior High have?
Hermantown Senior High employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.8:1.
How diverse is Hermantown Senior High?
Hermantown Senior High reports a student body of 91% White, 2% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Hermantown Senior High?
Hermantown Senior High is overseen by Hermantown Community Schools in St. Louis County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.