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Enrollment
743
High
DISTRICT 391 · STATE 371
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MORA PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 272148000944
Mora High School
118 9TH ST, MORA, MN 55051 · (320) 679-6200 · Kanabec County
GRADES 07–12HIGH43-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL743 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 16.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
36%
271 students
DISTRICT 40% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Mora Public Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
59.1%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
42.5%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 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
46.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.5%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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
743
+4 (+1%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
was 15.8:1
% White
89%
was 93%
% Hispanic
4%
was 3%
% Black
1%
was 1%
% Asian
2%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Mora High School
Mora High School, a heavily attended 9-12 campus in MORA, Minnesota, overseen by Mora Public Schools, caters to 743 students, covering grades 7 through 12. That puts it 100% above the typical public school in Minnesota, which averages around 371 students.
Within Mora Public Schools, which oversees 4 schools and 1,656 students, Mora High School is one campus in the system.
In terms of who attends, Mora High School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (89%). Other groups include 4% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 2% Asian.
Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 16.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 36% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Mora High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 45.5%, the actual is 46.8%, a residual of +1.3 points.
In the area at large, the surrounding county (Kanabec County) logs that median household income runs about $71,460, 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Kanabec County runs 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,128 students), of which Mora High School is one.
MORA ALTERNATIVE LEARNING CENTER is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Mora High School. On composite proficiency, Mora High School comes 3rd of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 42.4%.
Mora High School operates from a low-density location.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Mora High School has stayed largely flat, going from 739 students in 2018 to 743 in 2025.
On this page, the feed for Mora High School typically covers enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Kanabec County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
16,390
Census ACS
Median income
$71,460
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
16%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
7
2,128 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Mora Public Schools
- Mora Elementary SchoolElementary · 862 students
- MORA ALTERNATIVE LEARNING CENTERHigh · 39 students
- MORA MIDDLE LEVEL ALCMiddle · 12 students
Other schools in MORA
- Mora Elementary SchoolElementary · 862 students
- MORA ALTERNATIVE LEARNING CENTERHigh · 39 students
- MORA MIDDLE LEVEL ALCMiddle · 12 students
Nearby schools
- MORA ALTERNATIVE LEARNING CENTER0.0 mi · 39
- MORA MIDDLE LEVEL ALC0.0 mi · 12
- Mora Elementary School0.1 mi · 862
- OGILVIE SECONDARY7.8 mi · 206
- OGILVIE ELEMENTARY7.8 mi · 264
- LION Program-Alternative Education7.8 mi · 2
Frequently asked questions
About Mora High SchoolHow large is Mora High School?
Mora High School enrolls approximately 743 students in grades 07-12.
Is Mora High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Mora High School is a high school covering grades 07-12.
How many teachers does Mora High School have?
Mora High School employs 46 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Mora High School?
Student demographics at Mora High School are roughly 89% White, 4% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Mora High School public or private?
Mora High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Mora Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.