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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KALEIDOSCOPE CHARTER SCHOOL·NCES 270036004668

Kaleidoscope Charter High School

7525 KALLAND AVE NE, OTSEGO, MN 55301 · (763) 428-1890 · Wright County
GRADES 09–12HIGH41-RURALCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL76 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 42% of Minnesota public high schools
  • B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • CBeats 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

Enrollment
76
High
DISTRICT 164 · STATE 371
Student : Teacher
6.7:1
11 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 37.1:1 · STATE 16.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
29%
22 students
DISTRICT 32% · 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

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 92330%
Grade 101418%
Grade 1179%
Grade 123242%
Student demographics
28%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 41% · STATE 60% · US 70%
White
6484%
DISTRICT 76% · STATE 60% · US 43%
Hispanic
68%
DISTRICT 7% · STATE 12% · US 30%
Black
23%
DISTRICT 6% · STATE 12% · US 15%
Asian
11%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 7% · US 6%
Two+
11%
DISTRICT 7% · STATE 7% · US 5%
Native American
23%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 2% · US 1%
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
Male
3951%
Female
3749%

School pathway

Feeds from
Kaleidoscope Middle School06–08
Based on grade levels within KALEIDOSCOPE CHARTER SCHOOL. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds Standards
English Language Arts
45.5%
MN avg 49.7%

What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level. The Minnesota average is about 50 of 100.

Source: MCA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
37.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.5%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.6pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 Kaleidoscope Charter High School

Kaleidoscope Charter High School's state test result (37.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Kaleidoscope Charter High School this school7628.9%37.9%
Terra Nova School
BUFFALO
8428.6%N/A
KITTSON CENTRAL SECONDARY
HALLOCK
10825.9%37.5%
ELLSWORTH SECONDARY
ELLSWORTH
6031.7%39.2%
ARCADIA CHARTER SCHOOL
NORTHFIELD
11631.0%50.3%
LEROY SECONDARY
LEROY
13826.8%23.6%
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 Kaleidoscope Charter High School ranks

Among high schools
MeasureThis schoolIn MinnesotaIn Wright County
Enrollment
ranked largest first
76#492 of 764#12 of 27
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 2024-25
Enrollment
76
-15 (-16%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
6.7:1
was 8.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-257611.36.7:129% (22)
2023-24723.421.4:129% (21)
2022-23969.410.2:131% (30)
2020-2191118.3:120% (18)
2017-1844172.6:125% (11)
2015-16105128.8:129% (30)
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kaleidoscope Charter High School.

Since 2017-18: students up 73% (44 to 76); teachers down 34% (17 to 11.3).

About Kaleidoscope Charter High School

Kaleidoscope Charter High School is a very small high school in OTSEGO, Minnesota, administered by KALEIDOSCOPE CHARTER SCHOOL. It enrolls 76 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are 9 through 12. It has 80% fewer students than the average for high schools in Minnesota (about 371).

KALEIDOSCOPE CHARTER SCHOOL enrolls 493 students in 3 schools, including Kaleidoscope Charter High School.

The share of White students at Kaleidoscope Charter High School is 84%. Enrollment also includes 8% Hispanic, 3% Black, and 3% Native American. The diversity index for Kaleidoscope Charter High School is 28%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.

Kaleidoscope Charter High School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 6.7:1, with 11.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, high schools in Minnesota average 16.3:1. Income data for the school show 29% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.

On the allk12 Grade, Kaleidoscope Charter High School lands at C+, ahead of 42% of Minnesota public high schools.

In Minnesota, Kaleidoscope Charter High School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 37.9% actual against a predicted 49.5%.

The school is in Wright County, where median household income comes to about $107,209, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Wright County's 88 public schools enroll about 27,879 students and include Kaleidoscope Charter High School.

A public school less than a tenth of a mile away, Kaleidoscope Charter Elementary Sch, is the closest to Kaleidoscope Charter High School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Kaleidoscope Charter High School comes in 5th of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.

The school is in rural territory close to an urban area, according to its NCES locale (Rural: Fringe). Kaleidoscope Charter High School is a publicly funded charter school.

In 2020-21, Kaleidoscope Charter High School enrolled 91 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 76. The ratio of students to teachers went from 8.3:1 to 6.7:1 over the same years.

This page is set up for the Kaleidoscope Charter High School community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.

Wright County at a glance

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Population
148,269
Census ACS
Median income
$107,209
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
88
27,879 students

Quick facts

School name
Kaleidoscope Charter High School
District
KALEIDOSCOPE CHARTER SCHOOL
Address
7525 KALLAND AVE NE, OTSEGO, MN 55301
Phone
(763) 428-1890
County
Wright County
Level
High
Grade range
09–12
Total enrollment
76
Teachers (FTE)
11
Student–teacher ratio
6.7:1
Free and reduced lunch
22 (29%)
Locale
41-Rural: Fringe
NCES ID
270036004668
Charter school
Yes
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About Kaleidoscope Charter High School
How many students attend Kaleidoscope Charter High School?
Kaleidoscope Charter High School enrolls approximately 76 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Kaleidoscope Charter High School serve?
Kaleidoscope Charter High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Kaleidoscope Charter High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Kaleidoscope Charter High School is approximately 6.7:1 (11 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Kaleidoscope Charter High School?
At Kaleidoscope Charter High School, the student body is approximately 84% White, 8% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Kaleidoscope Charter High School in?
Kaleidoscope Charter High School is part of KALEIDOSCOPE CHARTER SCHOOL.
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