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What's something LITTLE FALLS SENIOR HIGH does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
747
High
DISTRICT 430 · STATE 371
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LITTLE FALLS COMMUNITY SCHOOLS·NCES 271824000964
LITTLE FALLS SENIOR HIGH
1001 5TH AVE SE, LITTLE FALLS, MN 56345 · (320) 616-2200 · Morrison County
GRADES 09–12HIGH32-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL747 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 22% 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
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.7:1 · STATE 16.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
249 students
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 48%
Community
5
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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 195 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 183 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 181 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 188 | 25% |
Student demographics
19%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 19% · STATE 60% · US 70%
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
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
37.6%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
26.0%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 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 · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of MN schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
33.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.1%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 47% 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 LITTLE FALLS SENIOR HIGH
LITTLE FALLS SENIOR HIGH's state test result (33.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LITTLE FALLS SENIOR HIGH this school | 747 | 33.3% | 33.5% |
| Mora High School MORA | 743 | 36.5% | 46.8% |
| Hibbing High HIBBING | 829 | 36.4% | 40.4% |
| Proctor Senior High PROCTOR | 540 | 33.1% | 49.6% |
| Kennedy High School FERGUS FALLS | 714 | 30.1% | 55.2% |
| PINE CITY SECONDARY PINE CITY | 683 | 36.0% | 36.2% |
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 LITTLE FALLS SENIOR HIGH ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Morrison County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.5% | #263 of 397 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.0% | #260 of 401 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.6% | #302 of 397 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 747 | #119 of 764 | #1 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #121 of 332 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 19.0% | #260 of 338 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 33.3% | #253 of 444 | #3 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.5% | #131 of 146 | N/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 2024-25Enrollment
747
+2 (+0%) vs 2020
-39% since 2000-01, when it was 1,226
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
was 28.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 747 | 47.6 | 15.7:1 | 33% (249) |
| 2023-24 | 769 | 49 | 15.7:1 | 40% (311) |
| 2022-23 | 781 | 34.6 | 22.6:1 | 40% (315) |
| 2020-21 | 745 | 26 | 28.6:1 | 28% (210) |
| 2017-18 | 758 | 45.5 | 16.7:1 | 36% (272) |
| 2015-16 | 776 | 45 | 17.2:1 | 33% (253) |
| 2010-11 | 748 | 45 | 16.6:1 | 31% (234) |
| 2000-01 | 1,226 | 61 | 20.1:1 | 28% (342) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LITTLE FALLS SENIOR HIGH.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (758 to 747); teachers up 5% (45.5 to 47.6).
About LITTLE FALLS SENIOR HIGH
LITTLE FALLS SENIOR HIGH is a high school located in LITTLE FALLS, Minnesota, in Morrison County. The school enrolls 747 students in grades 9 through 12. Across high schools in Minnesota, the average enrollment is about 371.
District-wide, Little Falls Community Schools has 6 schools and 2,424 students.
The share of White students at LITTLE FALLS SENIOR HIGH is 90%. Next come 4% multiracial and 3% Hispanic. The diversity index for LITTLE FALLS SENIOR HIGH is 19%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
LITTLE FALLS SENIOR HIGH reported 47.6 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 15.7:1. The average for high schools in Minnesota is about 16.3:1. Roughly 33% of students at LITTLE FALLS SENIOR HIGH can receive free or reduced-price lunch. The figure for public schools in Morrison County is close, at 35%.
LITTLE FALLS SENIOR HIGH holds a C- allk12 Grade, placing it above 22% of Minnesota public high schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results, 33.5%, is 13.6 points below the 47.1% the model predicts from its free or reduced-price lunch share. That result is in the bottom 10% of Minnesota schools.
Census data for Morrison County show median household income comes to about $69,446, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 19%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. There are 28 public schools in the county, enrolling about 5,330, LITTLE FALLS SENIOR HIGH among them.
A public school less than a tenth of a mile away, LITTLE FALLS CONTINUING EDUCATION, is the closest to LITTLE FALLS SENIOR HIGH. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of LITTLE FALLS SENIOR HIGH.
LITTLE FALLS SENIOR HIGH is in a town some distance from an urbanized area, a location NCES labels Town: Distant.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 745 in 2020-21 and 747 in 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 15.7:1, from 28.6:1.
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Morrison County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
34,249
Census ACS
Median income
$69,446
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
28
5,330 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Little Falls Community Schools
- COMMUNITY MIDDLEMiddle · 496 students
- LINCOLN ELEMENTARYElementary · 477 students
- LINDBERGH ELEMENTARYElementary · 473 students
- KNIGHT ELEMENTARYElementary · 119 students
- LITTLE FALLS CONTINUING EDUCATIONHigh · 112 students
- Out of State Care and TreatmentCombined
Other schools in LITTLE FALLS
- COMMUNITY MIDDLEMiddle · 496 students
- LINCOLN ELEMENTARYElementary · 477 students
- LINDBERGH ELEMENTARYElementary · 473 students
- LITTLE FALLS CONTINUING EDUCATIONHigh · 112 students
- MSED Birth to 3Elementary · 14 students
- WIN-High SchoolHigh · 14 students
Nearby schools
- LITTLE FALLS CONTINUING EDUCATION0.0 mi · 112
- COMMUNITY MIDDLE0.2 mi · 496
- LINDBERGH ELEMENTARY0.2 mi · 473
- SUN Program1.4 mi · 9
- WIN-High School1.4 mi · 14
- MID STATE ED DIST STEPS TRANS. PROG1.4 mi · 4
Frequently asked questions
About LITTLE FALLS SENIOR HIGHWhat is the total enrollment at LITTLE FALLS SENIOR HIGH?
LITTLE FALLS SENIOR HIGH enrolls approximately 747 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does LITTLE FALLS SENIOR HIGH serve?
LITTLE FALLS SENIOR HIGH serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at LITTLE FALLS SENIOR HIGH?
The student-to-teacher ratio at LITTLE FALLS SENIOR HIGH is approximately 15.7:1 (48 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at LITTLE FALLS SENIOR HIGH?
At LITTLE FALLS SENIOR HIGH, the student body is approximately 90% White, 3% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is LITTLE FALLS SENIOR HIGH public or private?
LITTLE FALLS SENIOR HIGH is a public K-12 school, overseen by Little Falls Community Schools.
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