LAC QUI PARLE VALLEY SECONDARY

LAC QUI PARLE VALLEY SECONDARY is a secondary school of average-sized scale in MADISON, Minnesota, overseen by Lac qui Parle Valley Schools, enrolling 380 students in grades 7 through 12.

Lac qui Parle Valley Schools comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 890 students; LAC QUI PARLE VALLEY SECONDARY is among them.

Looking at the student body, LAC QUI PARLE VALLEY SECONDARY records that 71% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder reads as 15% Pacific Islander, 10% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 93% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, LAC QUI PARLE VALLEY SECONDARY has 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 44% of students at LAC QUI PARLE VALLEY SECONDARY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, On a poverty-adjusted basis, LAC QUI PARLE VALLEY SECONDARY sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 41.3%; actual is 28.8%, a gap of -12.5 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Lac qui Parle County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $74,432 per year, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Lac qui Parle County's 5 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,226 students), LAC QUI PARLE VALLEY SECONDARY is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is LAC QUI PARLE VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 5 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts LAC QUI PARLE VALLEY SECONDARY at 6th of 7; the average score across the group is 40.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at LAC QUI PARLE VALLEY SECONDARY has climbed 13%, going from 337 students in 2018 to 380 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 82% to 71% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 16.9:1 today.

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