Enrollment
72
High
DISTRICT 89 · STATE 371
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HILL CITY PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 271401000724
Hill City Senior High
500 IONE AVE, HILL CITY, MN 55748 · (218) 697-2394 · Aitkin County
GRADES 09–12HIGH43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL72 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 6% of Minnesota public high schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
11.2:1
6 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 16.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
39 students
DISTRICT 57% · STATE 48%
Community
0
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 | 18 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 20 | 28% |
| Grade 11 | 17 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 17 | 24% |
Student demographics
27%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 26% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Hill City Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
29.4%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
7.1%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 7 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of MN schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
19.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.0%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 36% typical for Minnesota schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Hill City Senior High
Hill City Senior High's state test result (19.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hill City Senior High this school | 72 | 54.2% | 19.1% |
| TRI-COUNTY SECONDARY KARLSTAD | 83 | 51.8% | 47.8% |
| BADGER SECONDARY BADGER | 99 | 54.5% | 39.3% |
| LANCASTER SECONDARY LANCASTER | 86 | 50.0% | 24.1% |
| TRUMAN SECONDARY TRUMAN | 93 | 54.8% | 27.3% |
| Granada Huntley East Chain High Sch GRANADA | 98 | 51.0% | 32.6% |
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 Hill City Senior High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota |
|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 72 | #504 of 764 |
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
72
-11 (-13%) vs 2020
-49% since 1990-91, when it was 140
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
was 16.6:1
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 | 72 | 6.4 | 11.2:1 | 54% (39) |
| 2023-24 | 73 | 7.5 | 9.8:1 | 59% (43) |
| 2022-23 | 85 | 7.1 | 12.0:1 | 71% (60) |
| 2020-21 | 83 | 5 | 16.6:1 | 51% (42) |
| 2017-18 | 81 | 8.7 | 9.3:1 | 54% (44) |
| 2015-16 | 76 | 6 | 12.7:1 | 55% (42) |
| 2010-11 | 147 | 13 | 11.3:1 | 61% (89) |
| 2000-01 | 203 | 15 | 13.5:1 | 50% (101) |
| 1990-91 | 140 | 11 | 12.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hill City Senior High.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (81 to 72); teachers down 26% (8.7 to 6.4).
About Hill City Senior High
Hill City Senior High is a small high school. Its address is in HILL CITY, Minnesota. A total of 72 students attend the school, which covers grades 9 through 12. The average for high schools in Minnesota is about 371 students, so this school is 81% smaller than average.
Hill City Public School District is made up of 3 schools with 267 students in all.
About 85% of the student body at Hill City Senior High is White. The rest of enrollment is 13% multiracial. Census estimates put the White share of Aitkin County's population at about 93%. Hill City Senior High's diversity index is 27%, against a US figure of 70%.
Its 6.4 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 11.2:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 16.3:1 average for high schools in Minnesota. The school's lunch program data list 54% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
The allk12 Grade for Hill City Senior High is D. Compared with Minnesota public high schools, the school scored higher than 6% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
A school in Minnesota with Hill City Senior High's free or reduced-price lunch share would be expected to score about 36.0%. Hill City Senior High scores 19.1%.
Aitkin County has about 16,056 residents, and the median household income is $60,833, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 20%, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Besides Hill City Senior High, Aitkin County has 9 other public schools.
The nearest other public school, Hill City Elementary, is less than a tenth of a mile away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 2 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 30.4%; Hill City Senior High's is 19.1%, ranking 5th of 5.
The NCES locale for Hill City Senior High is Rural: Remote, which covers schools in rural territory far from an urban area.
Over 4 years, Hill City Senior High's enrollment declined 13%, to 72. By 2024-25, the school had 11.2 students per teacher, compared with 16.6 in 2020-21.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Hill City Senior High covering things like sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Aitkin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
16,056
Census ACS
Median income
$60,833
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
10
1,670 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hill City Public School District
- Hill City ElementaryElementary · 112 students
- Hill City Middle SchoolMiddle · 83 students
Other schools in HILL CITY
- Hill City ElementaryElementary · 112 students
- Hill City Middle SchoolMiddle · 83 students
Nearby schools
- Hill City Elementary0.0 mi · 112
- Hill City Middle School0.0 mi · 83
- Northland Elementary15.1 mi · 185
- NORTHLAND SECONDARY15.1 mi · 149
- West Rapids Elementary16.0 mi · 612
- GRAND RAPIDS EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER16.4 mi · 63
Frequently asked questions
About Hill City Senior HighHow many students attend Hill City Senior High?
Hill City Senior High enrolls approximately 72 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Hill City Senior High serve?
Hill City Senior High serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Hill City Senior High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Hill City Senior High is approximately 11.2:1 (6 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Hill City Senior High?
At Hill City Senior High, the student body is approximately 85% White, 1% Hispanic, 13% Two or more.
Who oversees Hill City Senior High?
Hill City Senior High is overseen by Hill City Public School District in Aitkin County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.