HINCKLEY-FINLAYSON SECONDARY

As a middle-of-the-pack four-year high school in HINCKLEY, Minnesota, HINCKLEY-FINLAYSON SECONDARY works with 398 students from grades 7 through 12, part of HINCKLEY-FINLAYSON SCHOOL DISTRICT.

HINCKLEY-FINLAYSON SECONDARY is one of 4 schools operated by HINCKLEY-FINLAYSON SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that caters to 869 students overall.

On the student-mix side, HINCKLEY-FINLAYSON SECONDARY lists that White students make up the majority at 66%. Beyond that, the school records 15% Native American, 13% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. By comparison, Pine County as a whole is about 89% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.6:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.3:1, putting HINCKLEY-FINLAYSON SECONDARY tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 52% of students at HINCKLEY-FINLAYSON SECONDARY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, HINCKLEY-FINLAYSON SECONDARY sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 37.0%; actual is 24.6%, a gap of -12.4 points.

Across the wider county, Pine County reports that median household earnings sit near $71,146, about 17% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Pine County runs 21 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,657 students), of which HINCKLEY-FINLAYSON SECONDARY is one.

Pine County Transition Program is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), HINCKLEY-FINLAYSON SECONDARY ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 37.0%.

HINCKLEY-FINLAYSON SECONDARY operates from a small-town location.

Trend over the last 7 years. HINCKLEY-FINLAYSON SECONDARY's enrollment has held roughly steady since 2018, when it stood at 389 (now 398). Over the same period, the White share declined from 75% to 66%. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 11.7:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.