ISLE SECONDARY

ISLE SECONDARY is one of the compact high schools in ISLE, Minnesota, part of ISLE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 188 students on its rolls from grades 7 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 371 students per school, that is 49% leaner than typical.

Within ISLE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 3 schools and 394 students, ISLE SECONDARY is one campus in the system.

Demographically, ISLE SECONDARY logs that the largest single group is White, at 78% of enrollment. The remainder consists of 10% Native American, 5% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 89% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.3:1, putting ISLE SECONDARY tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 49% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), ISLE SECONDARY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 38.5%; this one delivers 28.8%.

In the broader community, census data for Mille Lacs County shows the typical household earns roughly $72,729 per year, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Mille Lacs County's 27 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,100 students), ISLE SECONDARY is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is ISLE ELEMENTARY, roughly 0.1 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, ISLE SECONDARY comes 2nd of 4 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 28.9%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 6%: 199 students in 2018 compared to 188 in 2025. Class-load math has loosened: from 11.1:1 in 2018 to 15.2:1 in 2025.

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