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Enrollment
466
High
DISTRICT 492 · STATE 371
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LONG PRAIRIE-GREY EAGLE SCHOOL DIST·NCES 270010900850
Long Prairie-Grey Eagle Secondary
510 9TH ST NE, LONG PRAIRIE, MN 56347 · (320) 732-2194 · Todd County
GRADES 07–12HIGH43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL466 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.7:1 · STATE 16.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
307 students
DISTRICT 70% · 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 7 | 81 | 17% |
| Grade 8 | 81 | 17% |
| Grade 9 | 93 | 20% |
| Grade 10 | 77 | 17% |
| Grade 11 | 70 | 15% |
| Grade 12 | 64 | 14% |
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Long Prairie-Grey Eagle School Dist. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
18.7%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
13.2%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 19 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 13 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
16.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.6%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 17% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 30% 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 Long Prairie-Grey Eagle Secondary
Long Prairie-Grey Eagle Secondary's state test result (16.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Long Prairie-Grey Eagle Secondary this school | 466 | 65.9% | 16.8% |
| St. James Middle/High School SAINT JAMES | 566 | 53.5% | 36.8% |
| WORTHINGTON SENIOR HIGH WORTHINGTON | 1,118 | 60.5% | 20.4% |
| Willmar Senior High WILLMAR | 1,205 | 57.4% | 32.3% |
| BUTTERFIELD SECONDARY BUTTERFIELD | 103 | 64.1% | 21.3% |
| RICHFIELD SENIOR HIGH RICHFIELD | 1,183 | 54.2% | 28.4% |
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 Long Prairie-Grey Eagle Secondary ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 16.8% | #382 of 397 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.2% | #363 of 401 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 18.7% | #389 of 397 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 466 | #180 of 764 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #34 of 332 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.4% | #99 of 338 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 65.9% | #61 of 444 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +9.9% | #84 of 181 |
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
466
+42 (+10%) vs 2020
-3% since 2000-01, when it was 478
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 466 | 36.7 | 12.7:1 | 66% (307) |
| 2023-24 | 473 | 34.1 | 13.9:1 | 66% (312) |
| 2022-23 | 478 | 33.8 | 14.2:1 | 64% (308) |
| 2020-21 | 424 | 33 | 12.8:1 | 48% (205) |
| 2017-18 | 424 | 31.6 | 13.4:1 | 56% (238) |
| 2015-16 | 417 | 30 | 13.9:1 | 51% (211) |
| 2010-11 | 377 | 26 | 14.5:1 | 38% (145) |
| 2000-01 | 478 | 28 | 17.1:1 | 28% (133) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Long Prairie-Grey Eagle Secondary.
Since 2017-18: students up 10% (424 to 466); teachers up 16% (31.6 to 36.7).
About Long Prairie-Grey Eagle Secondary
Located in LONG PRAIRIE, Minnesota, Long Prairie-Grey Eagle Secondary is a medium-sized high school. A federal count lists 466 students at the school, in grades 7 through 12. An average school in this group (high schools in Minnesota) has about 371 students.
Long Prairie-Grey Eagle Secondary falls under Long Prairie-Grey Eagle School Dist, which has 2 schools enrolling 984 students.
Hispanic students account for 53% of enrollment at Long Prairie-Grey Eagle Secondary. Other students are 44% White. That is higher than the 10% Hispanic share among all Todd County residents. Long Prairie-Grey Eagle Secondary has a diversity index of 52%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
A ratio of 12.7:1 comes from the school's 36.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. For comparison, high schools in Minnesota average 16.3:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 66% in 2024-25. Across public schools in Todd County, the average is 56%.
The BeatsExpectations model predicts 29.6% for Long Prairie-Grey Eagle Secondary, given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The actual figure is 16.8%. The 12.8-point gap ranks in the bottom 10% of Minnesota schools.
Within Todd County, median household income is about $67,662, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 16% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. Federal data list 13 public schools in Todd County, with a combined enrollment of about 2,957.
Nearby, Long Prairie-Grey Eagle Elementary is about 1.0 miles away. Long Prairie-Grey Eagle Secondary is one of several public schools in the area, with 3 others within ten miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Long Prairie-Grey Eagle Secondary at 9th of 9.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Remote.
The student count in 2024-25 was 466, 10% above the 424 of 2020-21.
Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Todd County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
25,575
Census ACS
Median income
$67,662
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
16%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
13
2,957 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Long Prairie-Grey Eagle School Dist
- Long Prairie-Grey Eagle ElementaryElementary · 518 students
Other schools in LONG PRAIRIE
- Long Prairie-Grey Eagle ElementaryElementary · 518 students
- Freshwater Long Prairie ALCElementary
Nearby schools
- Long Prairie-Grey Eagle Elementary1.0 mi · 518
- BROWERVILLE SECONDARY7.3 mi · 291
- BROWERVILLE ELEMENTARY7.4 mi · 275
- SWANVILLE ELEMENTARY11.0 mi · 215
- SWANVILLE SECONDARY11.0 mi · 152
- OSAKIS SECONDARY16.7 mi · 415
Frequently asked questions
About Long Prairie-Grey Eagle SecondaryHow many students attend Long Prairie-Grey Eagle Secondary?
Long Prairie-Grey Eagle Secondary enrolls approximately 466 students in grades 07-12.
What age range does Long Prairie-Grey Eagle Secondary serve?
Long Prairie-Grey Eagle Secondary serves students from grade 07 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Long Prairie-Grey Eagle Secondary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Long Prairie-Grey Eagle Secondary is approximately 12.7:1 (37 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Long Prairie-Grey Eagle Secondary?
At Long Prairie-Grey Eagle Secondary, the student body is approximately 44% White, 53% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Long Prairie-Grey Eagle Secondary public or private?
Long Prairie-Grey Eagle Secondary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Long Prairie-Grey Eagle School Dist.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.