Enrollment
234
High
DISTRICT 321 · STATE 371
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOUSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 271428000749
HOUSTON SECONDARY
306 W ELM ST, HOUSTON, MN 55943 · (507) 896-5323 · Houston County
GRADES 07–12HIGH42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL234 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 5% of Minnesota public high schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
14.6:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 16.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
73 students
DISTRICT 53% · 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 7 | 32 | 14% |
| Grade 8 | 42 | 18% |
| Grade 9 | 31 | 13% |
| Grade 10 | 39 | 17% |
| Grade 11 | 39 | 17% |
| Grade 12 | 51 | 22% |
Student demographics
10%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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 HOUSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
33.0%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
19.8%
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 20 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
25.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.3%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-23.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 48% 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 HOUSTON SECONDARY
HOUSTON SECONDARY's state test result (25.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOUSTON SECONDARY this school | 234 | 31.2% | 25.2% |
| FERTILE-BELTRAMI SECONDARY FERTILE | 246 | 30.5% | 37.0% |
| WABASSO SECONDARY WABASSO | 237 | 32.5% | 48.7% |
| LANESBORO SECONDARY LANESBORO | 193 | 31.1% | 34.2% |
| FILLMORE CENTRAL SENIOR HIGH HARMONY | 264 | 30.3% | 29.2% |
| Martin County West Senior High SHERBURN | 187 | 32.1% | 21.2% |
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 HOUSTON SECONDARY ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Houston County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.2% | #346 of 397 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.8% | #311 of 401 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #342 of 397 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 234 | #307 of 764 | #3 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #89 of 332 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 9.8% | #318 of 338 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.2% | #278 of 444 | N/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 2024-25Enrollment
234
+22 (+10%) vs 2020
+10% since 1990-91, when it was 212
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 12.5:1
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 | 234 | 16 | 14.6:1 | 31% (73) |
| 2023-24 | 227 | 18 | 12.6:1 | 28% (64) |
| 2022-23 | 211 | 16.7 | 12.6:1 | 31% (65) |
| 2020-21 | 212 | 17 | 12.5:1 | 27% (58) |
| 2017-18 | 197 | 17.9 | 11.0:1 | 28% (55) |
| 2015-16 | 192 | 16 | 12.0:1 | 36% (70) |
| 2010-11 | 204 | 15 | 13.6:1 | 34% (70) |
| 2000-01 | 207 | 17 | 12.2:1 | 20% (41) |
| 1990-91 | 212 | 14 | 15.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HOUSTON SECONDARY.
Since 2017-18: students up 19% (197 to 234); teachers down 11% (17.9 to 16).
About HOUSTON SECONDARY
HOUSTON SECONDARY is a small high school in HOUSTON, Minnesota. It covers grades 7 through 12, with a total enrollment of 234 students. Enrollment is 37% lower than the average for high schools in Minnesota, which is about 371.
HOUSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT serves 1,934 students across 6 schools.
Most students at HOUSTON SECONDARY are White: 95% of enrollment. Enrollment also includes 4% multiracial. County-wide, about 94% of residents are White. The chance that two students picked at random at HOUSTON SECONDARY belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 10%.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.6:1 at HOUSTON SECONDARY, with 16 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 16.3:1 average for high schools in Minnesota is higher than this school's figure. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 31%.
Measured against Minnesota public high schools, HOUSTON SECONDARY receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
HOUSTON SECONDARY scores 23.1 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests: 25.2% actual versus 48.3% predicted. That puts it in the bottom 10% of Minnesota schools on BeatsExpectations.
Census estimates describe Houston County this way: median household income is about $79,825, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 3% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Houston County number 20 and enroll about 4,089.
The nearest other public school, Minnesota Virtual Academy Elementar, is less than a tenth of a mile away. In all, 5 other public schools sit within five miles of HOUSTON SECONDARY. On state test proficiency, HOUSTON SECONDARY ranks 5th in a group of 5 nearby schools.
The NCES locale for HOUSTON SECONDARY is Rural: Distant, which covers schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment was 212 in 2020-21 and 234 in 2024-25, a rise of 22 students. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 12.5:1; by 2024-25 it was 14.6:1.
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Houston County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
18,653
Census ACS
Median income
$79,825
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
20
4,089 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in HOUSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
- Minnesota Virtual Academy HighHigh · 706 students
- Minnesota Virtual Academy ElementarElementary · 392 students
- Minnesota Virtual Academy MiddleMiddle · 333 students
- HOUSTON ELEMENTARYElementary · 247 students
- SUMMIT LEARNING PROGRAMHigh · 22 students
Other schools in HOUSTON
- Minnesota Virtual Academy HighHigh · 706 students
- Minnesota Virtual Academy ElementarElementary · 392 students
- Minnesota Virtual Academy MiddleMiddle · 333 students
- HOUSTON ELEMENTARYElementary · 247 students
- RIDGEWAY COMMUNITY SCHOOLElementary · 97 students
- SUMMIT LEARNING PROGRAMHigh · 22 students
Nearby schools
- Minnesota Virtual Academy Elementar0.0 mi · 392
- SUMMIT LEARNING PROGRAM0.0 mi · 22
- Minnesota Virtual Academy Middle0.0 mi · 333
- Minnesota Virtual Academy High0.0 mi · 706
- HOUSTON ELEMENTARY0.3 mi · 247
- CALEDONIA MIDDLE8.8 mi · 138
Frequently asked questions
About HOUSTON SECONDARYHow many students attend HOUSTON SECONDARY?
HOUSTON SECONDARY enrolls approximately 234 students in grades 07-12.
What grades does HOUSTON SECONDARY serve?
HOUSTON SECONDARY serves grades 07-12.
How many students per teacher at HOUSTON SECONDARY?
Approximately 14.6:1 students per teacher at HOUSTON SECONDARY.
What is the student diversity at HOUSTON SECONDARY?
Student demographics at HOUSTON SECONDARY are roughly 95% White, 0% Hispanic, 0% Black, 4% Two or more.
What district is HOUSTON SECONDARY in?
HOUSTON SECONDARY is part of HOUSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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