Laporte Secondary

Laporte Secondary is one of the tiny high schools in LAPORTE, Minnesota, one of the schools within Laporte Public School District, with 106 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 371 students per school, that is 71% below typical.

Within Laporte Public School District, which oversees 3 schools and 332 students, Laporte Secondary is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Laporte Secondary records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (84%); the rest is composed of 7% Native American, 5% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.3:1, putting Laporte Secondary tighter than the state norm the norm. About 45% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, Laporte Secondary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 40.7%; this one delivers 37.7%.

In the surrounding community, Hubbard County reports that median household income runs about $71,995, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Laporte Secondary is one of 15 public schools in Hubbard County (combined enrollment of about 2,415 students).

The closest other public school is Laporte Middle School, roughly 0.0 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Laporte Secondary comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 23.2%.

Laporte Secondary operates from a countryside location.

Looking at the recent track record. Laporte Secondary's enrollment has edged down 11% since 2018, when it stood at 119 (now 106). Over the same period, the White share climbed from 76% to 84%. Class-load math has loosened: from 11.5:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 in 2025.

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