Hill City Senior High

Hill City Senior High is a secondary school of tiny scale in HILL CITY, Minnesota, one of the schools within Hill City Public School District, teacheing 72 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 81% smaller than the state mean of about 371.

Across the 3 schools in Hill City Public School District (267 students total), Hill City Senior High accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Hill City Senior High logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (85%). Beyond that, the school lists 13% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 93%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.3:1, putting Hill City Senior High tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 54% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Hill City Senior High sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 36.0%; actual is 19.1%, a gap of -16.9 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Aitkin County) shows that median household earnings sit near $60,833, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Hill City Senior High is one of 10 public schools in Aitkin County (combined enrollment of about 1,670 students).

The closest other public school is Hill City Elementary, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Hill City Senior High comes 5th of 5 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 30.4%.

Hill City Senior High operates from a rural location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Hill City Senior High's enrollment has decreased 11% since 2018, when it stood at 81 (now 72). The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 9.3:1 in 2018 to 11.2:1 today.

On the community side, the feed for Hill City Senior High typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.