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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HINCKLEY-FINLAYSON SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 271407000729

HINCKLEY-FINLAYSON SECONDARY

201 MAIN ST E, HINCKLEY, MN 55037 · (320) 384-6132 · Pine County
GRADES 07–12HIGH43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL398 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 10% 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.
  • 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

Enrollment
398
High
DISTRICT 208 · STATE 371
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 16.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
208 students
DISTRICT 60% · STATE 48%
Community
1
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

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 76717%
Grade 86115%
Grade 95714%
Grade 107118%
Grade 118321%
Grade 125915%
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · STATE 60% · US 70%
White
26266%
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 60% · US 43%
Hispanic
205%
DISTRICT 5% · STATE 12% · US 30%
Black
31%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 12% · US 15%
Asian
31%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 7% · US 6%
Two+
5013%
DISTRICT 14% · STATE 7% · US 5%
Native American
6015%
DISTRICT 14% · STATE 2% · US 1%
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
Male
21654%
Female
18246%

School pathway

Feeds from
FINLAYSON ELEMENTARYPK–06HINCKLEY ELEMENTARYPK–06
Based on grade levels within HINCKLEY-FINLAYSON SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds Standards
English Language Arts
32.5%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
15.2%
MN avg 45.3%

What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 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 · methodology
Tier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of MN schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
24.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.0%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.4pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 37% 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 HINCKLEY-FINLAYSON SECONDARY

HINCKLEY-FINLAYSON SECONDARY's state test result (24.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
HINCKLEY-FINLAYSON SECONDARY this school39852.3%24.6%
Walker-Hackensack-Akeley Sec.
WALKER
31748.9%27.3%
BAGLEY SECONDARY
BAGLEY
38855.4%19.0%
BLACKDUCK SECONDARY
BLACKDUCK
28450.0%33.1%
FOSSTON SECONDARY
FOSSTON
25649.6%45.2%
CLEARBROOK-GONVICK SECONDARY
CLEARBROOK
20654.4%28.4%
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 HINCKLEY-FINLAYSON SECONDARY ranks

Among high schools
MeasureThis schoolIn MinnesotaIn Pine County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
24.6%#348 of 397N/A
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
15.2%#350 of 401N/A
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
32.5%#351 of 397N/A
Enrollment
ranked largest first
398#205 of 764#2 of 8
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
14.6:1#88 of 332N/A
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
52.5%#98 of 338N/A
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
52.3%#112 of 444N/A
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked fastest growth first
+2.3%#150 of 181N/A
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 2024-25
Enrollment
398
-11 (-3%) vs 2020
+7% since 1990-91, when it was 373
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 14.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2539827.314.6:152% (208)
2023-2442130.114.0:158% (244)
2022-234483214.0:160% (268)
2020-214092914.1:144% (178)
2017-1838933.411.7:147% (183)
2015-164092914.1:151% (207)
2010-114493114.5:151% (229)
2000-015533515.8:126% (143)
1990-913732316.2:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HINCKLEY-FINLAYSON SECONDARY.

Since 2017-18: students up 2% (389 to 398); teachers down 18% (33.4 to 27.3).

About HINCKLEY-FINLAYSON SECONDARY

Federal records list HINCKLEY-FINLAYSON SECONDARY as a high school in HINCKLEY, Minnesota. The school's 398 students are in grades 7 through 12.

District-wide, HINCKLEY-FINLAYSON SCHOOL DISTRICT has 4 schools and 869 students.

White students are the majority at HINCKLEY-FINLAYSON SECONDARY, with 66% of enrollment. After that, the student body is 15% Native American, 13% multiracial, and 5% Hispanic. Among all residents of Pine County, the White share is about 89%. The school's diversity index is 53%, meaning two students picked at random have a 53% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.

At HINCKLEY-FINLAYSON SECONDARY, 27.3 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 14.6:1. That is lower than the 16.3:1 average for high schools in Minnesota. Roughly 52% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch.

allk12 grades HINCKLEY-FINLAYSON SECONDARY a D. The grade compares the school only with Minnesota public high schools, because each state gives its own test.

HINCKLEY-FINLAYSON SECONDARY is 12.4 points below expectations on state tests, given its student poverty level, placing it in the bottom 10% in Minnesota.

According to the American Community Survey, in Pine County, the median household income is $71,146, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. HINCKLEY-FINLAYSON SECONDARY is one of 21 public schools in the county.

The school nearest to HINCKLEY-FINLAYSON SECONDARY is Pine County Transition Program, at a distance of less than a tenth of a mile. A five-mile radius around the school includes 3 other public schools. HINCKLEY-FINLAYSON SECONDARY places 5th of 5 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.

The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Rural: Remote, meaning it is in rural territory far from an urban area.

Compared with 2020-21, the school had 11 fewer students in 2024-25.

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Pine County at a glance

View full county profile
Population
29,640
Census ACS
Median income
$71,146
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
21
3,657 students

Quick facts

School name
HINCKLEY-FINLAYSON SECONDARY
District
HINCKLEY-FINLAYSON SCHOOL DISTRICT
Address
201 MAIN ST E, HINCKLEY, MN 55037
Phone
(320) 384-6132
County
Pine County
Level
High
Grade range
07–12
Total enrollment
398
Teachers (FTE)
27
Student–teacher ratio
14.6:1
Free and reduced lunch
208 (52%)
Locale
43-Rural: Remote
NCES ID
271407000729
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About HINCKLEY-FINLAYSON SECONDARY
How many students attend HINCKLEY-FINLAYSON SECONDARY?
HINCKLEY-FINLAYSON SECONDARY enrolls approximately 398 students in grades 07-12.
What grades does HINCKLEY-FINLAYSON SECONDARY serve?
HINCKLEY-FINLAYSON SECONDARY serves grades 07-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at HINCKLEY-FINLAYSON SECONDARY?
The student-to-teacher ratio at HINCKLEY-FINLAYSON SECONDARY is approximately 14.6:1 (27 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at HINCKLEY-FINLAYSON SECONDARY?
At HINCKLEY-FINLAYSON SECONDARY, the student body is approximately 66% White, 5% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 13% Two or more.
What district is HINCKLEY-FINLAYSON SECONDARY in?
HINCKLEY-FINLAYSON SECONDARY is part of HINCKLEY-FINLAYSON SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.
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