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Enrollment
424
High
DISTRICT 221 · STATE 371
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MINNEWASKA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 270001902298
MINNEWASKA SECONDARY
25122 STATE HIGHWAY 28, GLENWOOD, MN 56334 · (320) 239-1309 · Pope County
GRADES 07–12HIGH41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL424 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.5:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 16.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
99 students
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 48%
Community
2
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
46.6%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
40.2%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 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
45.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.5%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
424
+85 (+25%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
17.5:1
was 15.3:1
% White
95%
was 92%
% Hispanic
1%
was 2%
% Black
1%
was 1%
% Asian
1%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About MINNEWASKA SECONDARY
Set in GLENWOOD, Minnesota, MINNEWASKA SECONDARY is a middle-of-the-pack four-year high school, overseen by MINNEWASKA SCHOOL DISTRICT. It educates 424 students across grades 7 through 12.
MINNEWASKA SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 1,324 students. MINNEWASKA SECONDARY is one of those campuses.
On demographics, MINNEWASKA SECONDARY shows that 95% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest comes out to 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.5:1. The state averages around 16.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 23% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is below Pope County's rate of about 31%.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, MINNEWASKA SECONDARY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 52.5%, the actual is 45.4%, a residual of -7.2 points.
In the area at large, ACS estimates for Pope County put the typical household earns roughly $76,220 per year, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Pope County runs 8 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,421 students), of which MINNEWASKA SECONDARY is one.
Nearest neighbor: MINNEWASKA AREA JUNIOR HIGH, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around MINNEWASKA SECONDARY. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MINNEWASKA SECONDARY at 5th of 6; the average score across the group is 54.0%.
The school occupies an outlying site.
Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 25%: 339 students in 2018 compared to 424 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 17.5:1 today.
In the discussion threads here, members of the MINNEWASKA SECONDARY community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
Pope County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
11,418
Census ACS
Median income
$76,220
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
8
1,421 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MINNEWASKA SCHOOL DISTRICT
- MINNEWASKA AREA ELEMENTARYElementary · 317 students
- Minnewaska Area Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 295 students
- MINNEWASKA AREA JUNIOR HIGHMiddle · 212 students
- Minnewaska Area WIN AcademyCombined · 44 students
- MINNEWASKA EARLY CHILDHOOD SP.ED.Elementary · 32 students
- MINNEWASKA SECONDARY ALTERNATIVE PGHigh
Other schools in GLENWOOD
- MINNEWASKA AREA ELEMENTARYElementary · 317 students
- Minnewaska Area Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 295 students
- MINNEWASKA AREA JUNIOR HIGHMiddle · 212 students
- MINNEWASKA EARLY CHILDHOOD SP.ED.Elementary · 32 students
- MINNEWASKA SECONDARY ALTERNATIVE PGHigh
Nearby schools
- MINNEWASKA AREA JUNIOR HIGH0.0 mi · 212
- Minnewaska Area Intermediate School0.0 mi · 295
- MINNEWASKA AREA ELEMENTARY3.8 mi · 317
- MINNEWASKA EARLY CHILDHOOD SP.ED.3.8 mi · 32
- Minnewaska Area WIN Academy4.0 mi · 44
- GLACIAL HILLS ELEMENTARY4.2 mi · 97
Frequently asked questions
About MINNEWASKA SECONDARYWhat is the total enrollment at MINNEWASKA SECONDARY?
MINNEWASKA SECONDARY enrolls approximately 424 students in grades 07-12.
Is MINNEWASKA SECONDARY an elementary, middle, or high school?
MINNEWASKA SECONDARY is a high school covering grades 07-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at MINNEWASKA SECONDARY?
The student-to-teacher ratio at MINNEWASKA SECONDARY is approximately 17.5:1 (24 FTE teachers).
How diverse is MINNEWASKA SECONDARY?
MINNEWASKA SECONDARY reports a student body of 95% White, 1% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees MINNEWASKA SECONDARY?
MINNEWASKA SECONDARY is overseen by MINNEWASKA SCHOOL DISTRICT in Pope County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.