Enrollment
77
High
STATE 371
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KATO PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL·NCES 270022603471
Kato Public Charter School
110 N 6TH ST, MANKATO, MN 56001 · (507) 387-5524 · Blue Earth County
GRADES 06–12HIGH13-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL77 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 12% of Minnesota public high schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
9.7:1
8 FTE teachers
STATE 16.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
59 students
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 6 | 4 | 5% |
| Grade 7 | 9 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 7 | 9% |
| Grade 9 | 13 | 17% |
| Grade 10 | 18 | 23% |
| Grade 11 | 14 | 18% |
| Grade 12 | 12 | 16% |
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
26.7%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
7.4%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 7 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
13.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.9%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 14% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 24% 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 Kato Public Charter School
Kato Public Charter School's state test result (13.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kato Public Charter School this school | 77 | 76.6% | 13.8% |
| Riverway Secondary WINONA | 63 | 73.0% | 38.1% |
| Northern Lights Community School WARBA | 91 | 71.4% | 24.9% |
| Vermilion Country School TOWER | 50 | 80.0% | N/A |
| NORTHLAND SECONDARY REMER | 149 | 71.8% | 23.6% |
| EAST RANGE ACADEMY OF TECH-SCIENCE MOUNTAIN IRON | 127 | 89.8% | 17.6% |
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 Kato Public Charter School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Blue Earth County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 77 | #490 of 764 | #7 of 9 |
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
77
+28 (+57%) vs 2020
-49% since 2000-01, when it was 151
Student : Teacher
9.7:1
was 5.4:1
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 | 77 | 7.9 | 9.7:1 | 77% (59) |
| 2023-24 | 78 | 8.1 | 9.7:1 | 74% (58) |
| 2022-23 | 68 | 8.2 | 8.3:1 | 84% (57) |
| 2020-21 | 49 | 9 | 5.4:1 | 59% (29) |
| 2017-18 | 71 | 8.7 | 8.2:1 | 42% (30) |
| 2015-16 | 80 | 9 | 8.9:1 | 59% (47) |
| 2010-11 | 60 | 8 | 7.5:1 | 53% (32) |
| 2000-01 | 151 | 1 | 151.0:1 | 30% (45) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kato Public Charter School.
Since 2017-18: students up 8% (71 to 77); teachers down 8% (8.7 to 7.9).
About Kato Public Charter School
Kato Public Charter School is a high school located in MANKATO, Minnesota, in Blue Earth County. The school reports 77 students in grades 6 through 12. The school's enrollment is 79% smaller than the 371 average for high schools in Minnesota.
In federal data, the district for Kato Public Charter School is the school itself.
By race and ethnicity, Kato Public Charter School is 74% White. It is also 9% multiracial, 8% Black, 6% Hispanic, and 3% Native American. For comparison, the population of Blue Earth County is roughly 85% White. By the diversity index, Kato Public Charter School comes in at 43%.
With 7.9 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Kato Public Charter School was 9.7:1. Among high schools in Minnesota, the typical ratio is 16.3:1. Kato Public Charter School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 77%. The average for public schools in Blue Earth County is 37%.
Kato Public Charter School is graded D by allk12, scoring above 12% of Minnesota public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Kato Public Charter School's average proficiency rate on state tests of 13.8% is 10.1 points below the 23.9% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Kato Public Charter School is located in Blue Earth County, where median household income is about $74,477, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Federal data list 31 public schools in Blue Earth County, with a combined enrollment of about 9,034.
The closest other public school is Prairie Care Mankato, about 0.3 miles away. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 5 nearby schools with scores, Kato Public Charter School ranks 5th on average proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, Kato Public Charter School is City: Small. Kato Public Charter School operates as a charter school, which is publicly funded and run under a charter.
Enrollment records show 49 in 2020-21 and 77 in 2024-25. Because schools sometimes add or drop grades, the two numbers may not be directly comparable. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 5.4:1 to 9.7:1.
Posts about school safety, transportation, and start times are welcome on this page. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Blue Earth County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
69,871
Census ACS
Median income
$74,477
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
31
9,034 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MANKATO
- MANKATO EAST SENIOR HIGHHigh · 1,302 students
- MANKATO WEST SENIOR HIGHHigh · 1,232 students
- Prairie Winds Middle SchoolMiddle · 887 students
- Rosa Parks ElementaryElementary · 425 students
- FRANKLIN ELEMENTARYElementary · 388 students
- WASHINGTON ELEMENTARYElementary · 376 students
Nearby schools
- Prairie Care Mankato0.3 mi · 18
- SPECIAL EDUCATION0.5 mi · 233
- FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY0.8 mi · 388
- WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY0.8 mi · 376
- CENTRAL FREEDOM SCHOOL0.8 mi · 1
- Central High Area Learning Center0.8 mi · 79
Frequently asked questions
About Kato Public Charter SchoolHow large is Kato Public Charter School?
Kato Public Charter School enrolls approximately 77 students in grades 06-12.
What grades does Kato Public Charter School serve?
Kato Public Charter School serves grades 06-12.
How many teachers does Kato Public Charter School have?
Kato Public Charter School employs 8 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.7:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Kato Public Charter School?
At Kato Public Charter School, the student body is approximately 74% White, 6% Hispanic, 8% Black, 9% Two or more.
What district is Kato Public Charter School in?
Kato Public Charter School is part of Kato Public Charter School.
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