HOUSTON SECONDARY

HOUSTON SECONDARY is one of the close-knit four-year high schools in HOUSTON, Minnesota, run under HOUSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 234 students on its rolls from grades 7 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 371 students per school, that is 37% leaner than typical.

HOUSTON SECONDARY is one of 6 schools operated by HOUSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that educates 1,934 students overall.

Looking at the student body, HOUSTON SECONDARY lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (95%). Beyond that, the school records 4% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Houston County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, HOUSTON SECONDARY has 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.3:1, putting HOUSTON SECONDARY tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 31% of students at HOUSTON SECONDARY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, HOUSTON SECONDARY is in the bottom 10% of Minnesota public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 48.3%; HOUSTON SECONDARY posts 25.2%, -23.1 points below that line.

In the broader community, census data for Houston County shows median household income runs about $79,825, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 3%. Across Houston County's 20 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,089 students), HOUSTON SECONDARY is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Minnesota Virtual Academy Middle, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. On composite proficiency, HOUSTON SECONDARY comes 5th of 5 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 57.5%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at HOUSTON SECONDARY has climbed 19%, going from 197 students in 2018 to 234 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 11.0:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 today.

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