MONTEVIDEO SENIOR HIGH

MONTEVIDEO SENIOR HIGH is one of the mid-sized high schools in MONTEVIDEO, Minnesota, one of the schools within MONTEVIDEO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 408 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12.

MONTEVIDEO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 1,372 students; MONTEVIDEO SENIOR HIGH is among them.

Looking at the student body, MONTEVIDEO SENIOR HIGH reports that 72% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder looks like 22% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Chippewa County as a whole is about 83% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, MONTEVIDEO SENIOR HIGH has 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 16.3:1 average. An estimated 48% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), MONTEVIDEO SENIOR HIGH sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 39.4%; this one delivers 45.9%.

In the broader community, Chippewa County reports that median household income runs about $71,458, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Chippewa County runs 11 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,194 students), of which MONTEVIDEO SENIOR HIGH is one.

Sanford Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools. On composite proficiency, MONTEVIDEO SENIOR HIGH comes 2nd of 5 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 38.6%.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Over the past 7-year window. MONTEVIDEO SENIOR HIGH's enrollment has shrank 16% since 2018, when it stood at 485 (now 408). The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 16% to 22% over that span. Class-load math has grew: from 13.9:1 in 2018 to 17.3:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.