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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LESTER PRAIRIE PUBLIC SCHOOL DIST.·NCES 270264000049

LESTER PRAIRIE SECONDARY

131 HICKORY ST N, LESTER PRAIRIE, MN 55354 · (320) 395-2521 · McLeod County
GRADES 07–12HIGH42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL222 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 21% of Minnesota public high schools
  • C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • DBeats 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

Enrollment
222
High
DISTRICT 218 · STATE 371
Student : Teacher
17.5:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 16.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
27%
61 students
DISTRICT 32% · 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

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 72913%
Grade 84018%
Grade 93616%
Grade 103717%
Grade 114319%
Grade 123717%
Student demographics
37%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 41% · STATE 60% · US 70%
White
17177%
DISTRICT 74% · STATE 60% · US 43%
Hispanic
4219%
DISTRICT 22% · STATE 12% · US 30%
Black
21%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 12% · US 15%
Two+
63%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 7% · US 5%
Native American
10%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 2% · US 1%
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
Male
12456%
Female
9844%

School pathway

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LESTER PRAIRIE ELEMENTARYPK–06
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Test scores

MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds Standards
English Language Arts
34.3%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
43.1%
MN avg 45.3%

What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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 · methodology
Tier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of MN schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
34.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.3%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.1pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 50% typical for Minnesota schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.

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 LESTER PRAIRIE SECONDARY

LESTER PRAIRIE SECONDARY's state test result (34.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
LESTER PRAIRIE SECONDARY this school22227.5%34.1%
TRITON HIGH SCHOOL
DODGE CENTER
28332.5%48.5%
GLENCOE-SILVER LAKE SENIOR HIGH
GLENCOE
46828.8%41.2%
KERKHOVEN SECONDARY
KERKHOVEN
38233.2%29.0%
Medford Secondary
MEDFORD
37934.0%30.3%
PIM Arts High School
EDEN PRAIRIE
34922.1%51.0%
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 LESTER PRAIRIE SECONDARY ranks

Among high schools
MeasureThis schoolIn MinnesotaIn McLeod County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
34.1%#257 of 397N/A
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
43.1%#107 of 401N/A
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
34.3%#333 of 397N/A
Enrollment
ranked largest first
222#320 of 764#3 of 7
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
17.5:1#188 of 332N/A
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
37.0%#165 of 338N/A
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
27.5%#321 of 444N/A
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked fastest growth first
+9.9%#85 of 181N/A
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 2024-25
Enrollment
222
-22 (-9%) vs 2020
-10% since 1990-91, when it was 247
Student : Teacher
17.5:1
was 30.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2522212.717.5:127% (61)
2023-2424212.619.2:137% (90)
2022-232399.724.7:138% (91)
2020-21244830.5:122% (54)
2017-1820213.914.6:129% (58)
2015-161831215.3:133% (61)
2010-111751214.6:125% (44)
2000-012601616.3:110% (26)
1990-912471220.6:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LESTER PRAIRIE SECONDARY.

Since 2017-18: students up 10% (202 to 222); teachers down 9% (13.9 to 12.7).

About LESTER PRAIRIE SECONDARY

LESTER PRAIRIE SECONDARY is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as a high school in LESTER PRAIRIE, Minnesota. The school offers grades 7 through 12 and enrolls 222 students. On average, high schools in Minnesota enroll around 371, and this school is 40% below that mark.

A total of 2 schools make up LESTER PRAIRIE PUBLIC SCHOOL DIST., with 435 students enrolled.

At LESTER PRAIRIE SECONDARY, 77% of students are White. After that, the student body is 19% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. Census figures show McLeod County is about 90% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, LESTER PRAIRIE SECONDARY scores 37%.

Staffing at LESTER PRAIRIE SECONDARY comes to 12.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 17.5:1. The school's 17.5:1 compares with an average of 16.3:1 for high schools in Minnesota. On the income side, 27% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The 35% average for public schools in McLeod County is 8 points higher.

LESTER PRAIRIE SECONDARY earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 21% of Minnesota public high schools.

The BeatsExpectations model predicts 50.3% for LESTER PRAIRIE SECONDARY, given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The actual figure is 34.1%. The 16.1-point gap ranks in the bottom 10% of Minnesota schools.

In McLeod County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $80,084 a year, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in McLeod County number 22, with about 5,121 students.

Measured in a straight line, LESTER PRAIRIE ELEMENTARY is less than a tenth of a mile from LESTER PRAIRIE SECONDARY. Other public schools within ten miles: at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 38.8%, higher than LESTER PRAIRIE SECONDARY's 34.1%.

Federal data place LESTER PRAIRIE SECONDARY in the Rural: Distant locale, which means it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.

Enrollment fell 9% over 4 years, reaching 222 in 2024-25. The ratio was 30.5:1 in 2020-21 and 17.5:1 in 2024-25.

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McLeod County at a glance

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Population
36,798
Census ACS
Median income
$80,084
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
22
5,121 students

Quick facts

School name
LESTER PRAIRIE SECONDARY
District
LESTER PRAIRIE PUBLIC SCHOOL DIST.
Address
131 HICKORY ST N, LESTER PRAIRIE, MN 55354
Phone
(320) 395-2521
County
McLeod County
Level
High
Grade range
07–12
Total enrollment
222
Teachers (FTE)
13
Student–teacher ratio
17.5:1
Free and reduced lunch
61 (27%)
Locale
42-Rural: Distant
NCES ID
270264000049
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About LESTER PRAIRIE SECONDARY
What is the total enrollment at LESTER PRAIRIE SECONDARY?
LESTER PRAIRIE SECONDARY enrolls approximately 222 students in grades 07-12.
What grades does LESTER PRAIRIE SECONDARY serve?
LESTER PRAIRIE SECONDARY serves grades 07-12.
How many students per teacher at LESTER PRAIRIE SECONDARY?
Approximately 17.5:1 students per teacher at LESTER PRAIRIE SECONDARY.
What is the racial breakdown of students at LESTER PRAIRIE SECONDARY?
At LESTER PRAIRIE SECONDARY, the student body is approximately 77% White, 19% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees LESTER PRAIRIE SECONDARY?
LESTER PRAIRIE SECONDARY is overseen by LESTER PRAIRIE PUBLIC SCHOOL DIST. in McLeod County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.
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