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Alumni: what's one memory from MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
886
High
DISTRICT 321 · STATE 371
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MARSHALL PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 271894000892
MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL
400 TIGER DR, MARSHALL, MN 56258 · (507) 537-6920 · Lyon County
GRADES 09–12HIGH33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL886 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 75% of Minnesota public high schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats 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
57 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.5:1 · STATE 16.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
377 students
DISTRICT 58% · 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 | 209 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 251 | 28% |
| Grade 11 | 216 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 210 | 24% |
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
47.9%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
44.2%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
44.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.2%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% typical for Minnesota schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Minnesota's top nor bottom 10%.
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 MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL
MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (44.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL this school | 886 | 42.6% | 44.5% |
| Irondale Senior High NEW BRIGHTON | 1,812 | 45.3% | 40.8% |
| Albert Lea Senior High ALBERT LEA | 1,196 | 50.7% | 31.2% |
| SPRING LAKE PARK SENIOR HIGH SPRING LAKE PARK | 1,909 | 40.3% | 33.4% |
| John Marshall High School ROCHESTER | 1,549 | 40.7% | 41.5% |
| FAIRMONT JR./SR. HIGH SCHOOL FAIRMONT | 839 | 47.0% | 33.3% |
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 MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Lyon County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.5% | #134 of 397 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.2% | #95 of 401 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.9% | #183 of 397 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 886 | #102 of 764 | #1 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #120 of 332 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.1% | #80 of 338 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.6% | #170 of 444 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.5% | #104 of 181 | 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
886
+49 (+6%) vs 2020
+19% since 1990-91, when it was 744
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
was 19.9:1
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 | 886 | 56.5 | 15.7:1 | 43% (377) |
| 2023-24 | 917 | 56.5 | 16.2:1 | 43% (391) |
| 2022-23 | 876 | 46.4 | 18.9:1 | 44% (389) |
| 2020-21 | 837 | 42 | 19.9:1 | 28% (237) |
| 2017-18 | 824 | 51.1 | 16.1:1 | 35% (287) |
| 2015-16 | 837 | 49 | 17.1:1 | 31% (263) |
| 2010-11 | 790 | 49 | 16.1:1 | 29% (228) |
| 2000-01 | 931 | 53 | 17.6:1 | 16% (147) |
| 1990-91 | 744 | 42 | 17.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL.
Since 2017-18: students up 8% (824 to 886); teachers up 11% (51.1 to 56.5).
About MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL
MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL is a large high school in MARSHALL, Minnesota, under MARSHALL PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. Students in grades 9 through 12 attend the school, which enrolls 886 students. The average among high schools in Minnesota is roughly 371 students; this school is 139% larger than that.
MARSHALL PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 7 schools with a combined 2,664 students. MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL is one of them.
At MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL, White students make up 60% of the student body. The school is also 16% Hispanic, 10% Asian, 8% Black, and 4% multiracial. That is lower than the 82% White share among all Lyon County residents. MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL's diversity index is 59%, against a US figure of 70%.
The ratio of students to teachers is 15.7:1, with 56.5 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. That matches the 16.3:1 average for high schools in Minnesota fairly closely. Lunch subsidy eligibility at MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL is 43%.
MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 75% of Minnesota public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL falls in the middle 80% of Minnesota schools: 44.5% actual against 42.2% predicted.
Among Lyon County residents, the median household income is $75,303, about 31% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. Besides MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL, Lyon County has 20 other public schools.
Marshall Area Learning Center is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles away. Within five miles of MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL, there are at least 8 other public schools.
MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL is coded as Town: Remote in federal locale data.
The school enrolled 886 students in 2024-25, 49 more than the 837 it had in 2020-21. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 19.9:1; by 2024-25 it was 15.7:1.
Threads on this page can be about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Lyon County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
25,503
Census ACS
Median income
$75,303
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
21
4,803 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MARSHALL PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
- MARSHALL MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 655 students
- Southview ElementaryElementary · 524 students
- PARK SIDE ELEMENTARYElementary · 407 students
- Marshall EC Voluntary PreKElementary · 114 students
- Marshall Area Learning CenterHigh · 76 students
- Marshall Career and Technical InstiHigh · 2 students
Other schools in MARSHALL
- MARSHALL MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 655 students
- Southview ElementaryElementary · 524 students
- PARK SIDE ELEMENTARYElementary · 407 students
- Marshall EC Voluntary PreKElementary · 114 students
- Marshall Area Learning CenterHigh · 76 students
- SWWC ELC - MarshallCombined · 11 students
Other Marshall High schools
9 other US public schools in 8 states are named Marshall High. MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL is the 4th largest of the 10.
- Marshall High SchoolSAN ANTONIO, TX · 2,634 students
- Marshall HighFalls Church, VA · 2,200 students
- Marshall High SchoolMARSHALL, TX · 1,467 students
- Marshall High SchoolMARSHALL, MI · 787 students
- Marshall High SchoolMiddletown, OH · 654 students
Nearby schools
- Marshall Area Learning Center0.4 mi · 76
- SWWC ELC - Marshall0.4 mi · 11
- Marshall EC Voluntary PreK1.1 mi · 114
- PARK SIDE ELEMENTARY1.1 mi · 407
- Project Search-Avera Marshall1.4 mi · 9
- MARSHALL MIDDLE SCHOOL1.9 mi · 655
Frequently asked questions
About MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOLHow large is MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL?
MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 886 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL serve?
MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many teachers does MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL have?
MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL employs 57 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.7:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL?
At MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 60% White, 16% Hispanic, 8% Black, 10% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by MARSHALL PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.