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Enrollment
730
High
DISTRICT 258 · STATE 371
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MILACA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 272067000924
MILACA SECONDARY HIGH
500 HIGHWAY 23 W, MILACA, MN 56353 · (320) 982-7206 · Mille Lacs County
GRADES 07–12HIGH42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL730 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 70% of Minnesota public high schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
17.4:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.0:1 · STATE 16.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
284 students
DISTRICT 53% · 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 | 122 | 17% |
| Grade 8 | 112 | 15% |
| Grade 9 | 133 | 18% |
| Grade 10 | 123 | 17% |
| Grade 11 | 113 | 15% |
| Grade 12 | 127 | 17% |
Student demographics
18%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
50.1%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
43.5%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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
42.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.2%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 MILACA SECONDARY HIGH
MILACA SECONDARY HIGH's state test result (42.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MILACA SECONDARY HIGH this school | 730 | 38.9% | 42.8% |
| Mora High School MORA | 743 | 36.5% | 46.8% |
| Hibbing High HIBBING | 829 | 36.4% | 40.4% |
| PINE CITY SECONDARY PINE CITY | 683 | 36.0% | 36.2% |
| Aitkin Secondary School AITKIN | 509 | 41.3% | 48.4% |
| Maple River Secondary MAPLETON | 502 | 37.6% | 51.1% |
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 MILACA SECONDARY HIGH ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Mille Lacs County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.8% | #152 of 397 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.5% | #104 of 401 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.1% | #150 of 397 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 730 | #123 of 764 | #2 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.4:1 | #185 of 332 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 17.8% | #269 of 338 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 38.9% | #196 of 444 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.1% | #66 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
730
-56 (-7%) vs 2020
+43% since 1990-91, when it was 512
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
was 17.9:1
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 | 730 | 42 | 17.4:1 | 39% (284) |
| 2023-24 | 727 | 42.4 | 17.1:1 | 43% (311) |
| 2022-23 | 772 | 40.9 | 18.9:1 | 45% (346) |
| 2020-21 | 786 | 44 | 17.9:1 | 35% (278) |
| 2017-18 | 821 | 52.1 | 15.8:1 | 33% (274) |
| 2015-16 | 816 | 54 | 15.1:1 | 37% (298) |
| 2010-11 | 812 | 52 | 15.6:1 | 42% (339) |
| 2000-01 | 877 | 58 | 15.1:1 | 25% (215) |
| 1990-91 | 512 | 30 | 17.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MILACA SECONDARY HIGH.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (821 to 730); teachers down 19% (52.1 to 42).
About MILACA SECONDARY HIGH
MILACA SECONDARY HIGH is a large high school in Minnesota, with an address in MILACA. It covers grades 7 through 12, with a total enrollment of 730 students. Statewide, high schools in Minnesota average about 371 students each.
Federal data list 4 schools in MILACA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 1,639 students enrolled.
MILACA SECONDARY HIGH enrolls a student body that is 91% White. After that, the student body is 4% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. For comparison, Mille Lacs County is about 89% White. The chance that two students picked at random at MILACA SECONDARY HIGH belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 18%.
Teachers at the school number 42 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 17.4:1. Among high schools in Minnesota, the typical ratio is 16.3:1. The school's lunch program data list 39% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
The allk12 Grade for MILACA SECONDARY HIGH is B+. Compared with Minnesota public high schools, the school scored higher than 70% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
MILACA SECONDARY HIGH scores 42.8% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 44.2%.
Across Mille Lacs County, median household income is about $72,729, about 18% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. MILACA SECONDARY HIGH is among the 27 public schools in Mille Lacs County.
Milaca 7-12 Online is the public school closest to MILACA SECONDARY HIGH, less than a tenth of a mile away. MILACA SECONDARY HIGH has 4 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 35.7% on proficiency, and MILACA SECONDARY HIGH is above that at 42.8%.
The school's locale code, Rural: Distant, means it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
The number of students declined from 786 to 730 over 4 years.
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Mille Lacs County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
27,125
Census ACS
Median income
$72,729
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
27
6,100 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MILACA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
- MILACA ELEMENTARYElementary · 865 students
- Milaca 7-12 OnlineHigh · 28 students
- MILACA AREA LEARNING CENTERHigh · 16 students
- Milaca K-6 OnlineElementary
Other schools in MILACA
- MILACA ELEMENTARYElementary · 865 students
- RUM RIVER NORTHCombined · 97 students
- Milaca 7-12 OnlineHigh · 28 students
- MILACA AREA LEARNING CENTERHigh · 16 students
- Milaca K-6 OnlineElementary
Nearby schools
- Milaca 7-12 Online0.0 mi · 28
- MILACA AREA LEARNING CENTER0.0 mi · 16
- MILACA ELEMENTARY0.0 mi · 865
- RUM RIVER NORTH0.2 mi · 97
- Princeton Primary School11.9 mi · 639
- OGILVIE SECONDARY12.0 mi · 206
Frequently asked questions
About MILACA SECONDARY HIGHHow large is MILACA SECONDARY HIGH?
MILACA SECONDARY HIGH enrolls approximately 730 students in grades 07-12.
What grades does MILACA SECONDARY HIGH serve?
MILACA SECONDARY HIGH serves grades 07-12.
How many students per teacher at MILACA SECONDARY HIGH?
Approximately 17.4:1 students per teacher at MILACA SECONDARY HIGH.
How diverse is MILACA SECONDARY HIGH?
MILACA SECONDARY HIGH reports a student body of 91% White, 4% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees MILACA SECONDARY HIGH?
MILACA SECONDARY HIGH is overseen by MILACA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT in Mille Lacs County.
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