MANKATO WEST SENIOR HIGH

MANKATO WEST SENIOR HIGH is one of the roomy secondary schools in MANKATO, Minnesota, one of the schools within MANKATO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 1,232 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 232% larger than the state mean of about 371.

MANKATO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 22 schools with combined enrollment of 8,219 students; MANKATO WEST SENIOR HIGH is among them.

In terms of who attends, MANKATO WEST SENIOR HIGH records that White students make up the majority at 77%. The remainder looks like 9% Black, 7% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 2% Asian. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 85%.

In terms of school funding signals, MANKATO WEST SENIOR HIGH records 60 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.5:1. The state averages around 16.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 27% of students at MANKATO WEST SENIOR HIGH qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Blue Earth County runs at roughly 37%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, MANKATO WEST SENIOR HIGH performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.8%, the actual is 56.1%, a residual of +5.3 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Blue Earth County put median household earnings sit near $74,477, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. MANKATO WEST SENIOR HIGH is one of 31 public schools in Blue Earth County (combined enrollment of about 9,034 students).

The closest other public school is ROOSEVELT ELEMENTARY, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MANKATO WEST SENIOR HIGH at 3rd of 5; the average score across the group is 46.8%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Five-year trend. MANKATO WEST SENIOR HIGH's enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 1,225 (now 1,232). Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 82% to 77%. Class-load math has rose: from 18.7:1 in 2018 to 20.5:1 in 2025.

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