KERKHOVEN SECONDARY

KERKHOVEN SECONDARY is a middle-of-the-pack secondary school in KERKHOVEN, Minnesota, overseen by KERKHOVEN-MURDOCK-SUNBURG. The school enrolls 382 students in grades 7 through 12.

KERKHOVEN-MURDOCK-SUNBURG comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 777 students; KERKHOVEN SECONDARY is among them.

On demographics, KERKHOVEN SECONDARY lists that 77% of the student body identifies as White; the rest consists of 18% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 88% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, KERKHOVEN SECONDARY has 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 33% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Swift County runs at roughly 41%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, KERKHOVEN SECONDARY is in the bottom 10% of Minnesota public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 47.2%; KERKHOVEN SECONDARY posts 29.0%, -18.2 points below that line.

Across the wider county, Swift County reports that median household income runs about $60,412, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Swift County's 8 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,767 students), KERKHOVEN SECONDARY is one campus in the mix.

MURDOCK ELEMENTARY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 4.0 miles from this campus. On composite proficiency, KERKHOVEN SECONDARY comes 3rd of 4 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 38.0%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 47%: 260 students in 2018 compared to 382 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 91% to 77%. Class-load math has widened: from 13.7:1 in 2018 to 16.9:1 in 2025.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.