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What's the biggest difference between Irondale Senior High and what you expected?
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Enrollment
1,812
High
DISTRICT 638 · STATE 371
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MOUNDS VIEW PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 272295001118
Irondale Senior High
2425 LONG LAKE RD, NEW BRIGHTON, MN 55112 · (651) 621-6800 · Ramsey County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,812 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 69% of Minnesota public high schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
Student : Teacher
20.5:1
88 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 16.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
821 students
DISTRICT 40% · STATE 48%
Community
5
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 9 | 501 | 28% |
| Grade 10 | 467 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 457 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 387 | 21% |
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
46.6%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
34.4%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
40.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.7%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% typical for Minnesota schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Minnesota's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Irondale Senior High
Irondale Senior High's state test result (40.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Irondale Senior High this school | 1,812 | 45.3% | 40.8% |
| SPRING LAKE PARK SENIOR HIGH SPRING LAKE PARK | 1,909 | 40.3% | 33.4% |
| ROBBINSDALE ARMSTRONG SENIOR HIGH PLYMOUTH | 1,840 | 43.7% | 44.3% |
| ROSEVILLE AREA SENIOR HIGH ROSEVILLE | 2,276 | 45.6% | 36.2% |
| John Marshall High School ROCHESTER | 1,549 | 40.7% | 41.5% |
| Highland Park Senior High SAINT PAUL | 1,392 | 41.0% | 42.3% |
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 Irondale Senior High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Ramsey County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.8% | #174 of 397 | #11 of 34 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.4% | #192 of 401 | #9 of 35 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.6% | #197 of 397 | #11 of 34 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,812 | #36 of 764 | #4 of 64 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.5:1 | #283 of 332 | #20 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.3% | #33 of 338 | #10 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.3% | #150 of 444 | #32 of 45 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.2% | #114 of 181 | #7 of 10 |
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
1,812
+32 (+2%) vs 2020
+28% since 1990-91, when it was 1,414
Student : Teacher
20.5:1
was 22.8:1
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 | 1,812 | 88.4 | 20.5:1 | 45% (821) |
| 2023-24 | 1,732 | 78.9 | 21.9:1 | 44% (761) |
| 2022-23 | 1,706 | 89.5 | 19.1:1 | 47% (810) |
| 2020-21 | 1,780 | 78 | 22.8:1 | 42% (751) |
| 2017-18 | 1,706 | 88.3 | 19.3:1 | 41% (706) |
| 2015-16 | 1,682 | 87 | 19.3:1 | 41% (688) |
| 2010-11 | 1,560 | 77 | 20.3:1 | 33% (512) |
| 2000-01 | 1,669 | 82 | 20.4:1 | 12% (194) |
| 1990-91 | 1,414 | 70 | 20.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Irondale Senior High.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (1,706 to 1,812); teachers unchanged (88.3 to 88.4).
About Irondale Senior High
Located in NEW BRIGHTON, Minnesota, Irondale Senior High is a large high school. Students in grades 9 through 12 make up the school's enrollment of 1,812 students. High schools in Minnesota have about 371 students on average; enrollment here is 388% higher.
Mounds View Public School District includes 23 schools. Together they enroll 11,934 students.
The biggest share of students at Irondale Senior High, 47%, is White. Beyond that, enrollment is 18% Black, 16% Hispanic, 11% Asian, and 8% multiracial. In Ramsey County overall, about 59% of residents are White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 70%.
The school's 88.4 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.5:1. The average for high schools in Minnesota is 16.3:1, so this school has more students per teacher. At Irondale Senior High, 45% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Ramsey County is 57%.
Irondale Senior High holds a B+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 69% of Minnesota public high schools.
On BeatsExpectations, Irondale Senior High is within a point of its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Minnesota schools.
For the population of Ramsey County, median household income comes to about $81,568, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Ramsey County counts 302 public schools with about 94,437 students.
Sunnyside Elementary is about 0.3 miles away, making it the nearest public school. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Irondale Senior High ranks 2nd of 4 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 40.8% against a local average of 40.2%.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (1,780) to 2024-25 (1,812). The ratio of students to teachers went from 22.8:1 to 20.5:1 over the same years.
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Ramsey County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
542,945
Census ACS
Median income
$81,568
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
302
94,437 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Mounds View Public School District
- Mounds View Senior HighHigh · 1,833 students
- Chippewa Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,093 students
- Turtle Lake ElementaryElementary · 985 students
- Highview Middle SchoolMiddle · 823 students
- Valentine Hills ElementaryElementary · 750 students
- Island Lake ElementaryElementary · 741 students
Other schools in NEW BRIGHTON
- Highview Middle SchoolMiddle · 823 students
- Pike Lake Kindergarten CenterElementary · 733 students
- Bel Air ElementaryElementary · 729 students
- Sunnyside ElementaryElementary · 498 students
- GLOBAL ACADEMYElementary · 447 students
- Birth to Two ECSEElementary · 93 students
Nearby schools
- Sunnyside Elementary0.3 mi · 498
- Edgewood Middle School0.4 mi · 639
- Mounds View Adult Education1.1 mi · 1
- Mounds View ALC1.1 mi · 114
- Pike Lake Kindergarten Center1.4 mi · 733
- Pinewood Elementary1.4 mi · 523
Frequently asked questions
About Irondale Senior HighHow large is Irondale Senior High?
Irondale Senior High enrolls approximately 1,812 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Irondale Senior High serve?
Irondale Senior High serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Irondale Senior High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Irondale Senior High is approximately 20.5:1 (88 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Irondale Senior High?
Irondale Senior High reports a student body of 47% White, 16% Hispanic, 18% Black, 11% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Irondale Senior High?
Irondale Senior High is overseen by Mounds View Public School District in Ramsey County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.