La Crescent Senior High

Set in LA CRESCENT, Minnesota, La Crescent Senior High is an average-sized high school, operated by La Crescent-Hokah School District. It teaches 328 students across grades 9 through 12.

La Crescent-Hokah School District comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 998 students; La Crescent Senior High is among them.

Demographically, La Crescent Senior High reports that nearly all students (88%) are White. Beyond that, the school reports 6% multiracial, 2% Asian, 2% Hispanic.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.3:1, putting La Crescent Senior High tighter than the state norm the norm. About 22% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Houston County (around 38%), the school's rate is south of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, La Crescent Senior High falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 53.1%; this one comes in at 38.8%, -14.3 points off the demographic line.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Houston County put the typical household earns roughly $79,825 per year, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 3%. In all, Houston County runs 20 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,089 students), of which La Crescent Senior High is one.

Nearest neighbor: La Crescent-Hokah Middle School, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around La Crescent Senior High. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts La Crescent Senior High at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 43.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at La Crescent Senior High has declined 15%, going from 387 students in 2018 to 328 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 93% to 88% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 17.9:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 in 2025.

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