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
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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
72
-9 (-11%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
was 9.3:1
% White
85%
was 85%
% Hispanic
1%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About 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.
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 SECONDARY15.1 mi · 149
- Northland Elementary15.1 mi · 185
- 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.
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