MOUNTAIN LAKE SECONDARY

Set in MOUNTAIN LAKE, Minnesota, MOUNTAIN LAKE SECONDARY is a low-enrollment senior high, part of MOUNTAIN LAKE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. It enrolls 241 students across grades 7 through 12. By comparison, Minnesota's public schools average about 371 students each, so MOUNTAIN LAKE SECONDARY sits 35% below that benchmark.

MOUNTAIN LAKE PUBLIC SCHOOLS runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 498 students. MOUNTAIN LAKE SECONDARY is one of those campuses.

On demographics, MOUNTAIN LAKE SECONDARY logs that White students make up the majority at 56%. The remainder comes out to 29% Hispanic, 8% Asian, 6% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 81%.

In terms of school funding signals, MOUNTAIN LAKE SECONDARY logs 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.3:1 average. About 56% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, MOUNTAIN LAKE SECONDARY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 35.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 32.5%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Cottonwood County) logs that median household earnings sit near $72,941, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. MOUNTAIN LAKE SECONDARY is one of 14 public schools in Cottonwood County (combined enrollment of about 1,966 students).

The closest other public school is MOUNTAIN LAKE ELEMENTARY, roughly 0.1 miles away. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MOUNTAIN LAKE SECONDARY at 4th of 6; the average score across the group is 34.2%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Over the past 7-year window. MOUNTAIN LAKE SECONDARY's enrollment has remained close to its prior level since 2018, when it stood at 239 (now 241). Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 64% to 56%.

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