MADELIA SECONDARY

MADELIA SECONDARY is a small senior high in MADELIA, Minnesota, part of MADELIA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school teaches 294 students in grades 7 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 371 students per school, that is 21% leaner than typical.

Across the 2 schools in MADELIA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT (646 students total), MADELIA SECONDARY accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, MADELIA SECONDARY records that the largest single group is White at 50%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder reads as 45% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 74% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, MADELIA SECONDARY has 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.2:1. The state averages around 16.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 43% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is below Watonwan County's rate of about 56%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), MADELIA SECONDARY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 42.0%, the actual is 30.9%, a residual of -11.1 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Watonwan County shows the typical household earns roughly $71,699 per year, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Watonwan County runs 8 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,002 students), of which MADELIA SECONDARY is one.

Nearest neighbor: MADELIA ELEMENTARY, around 0.3 miles off. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MADELIA SECONDARY at 6th of 6; the average score across the group is 41.8%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MADELIA SECONDARY has grew 19%, going from 248 students in 2018 to 294 in 2025.

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