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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW LONDON-SPICER SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 272340001142

NEW LONDON-SPICER SR.

101 4TH AVE SW, NEW LONDON, MN 56273 · (320) 354-2252 · Kandiyohi County
GRADES 09–12HIGH33-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL448 STUDENTS
Enrollment
448
High
DISTRICT 230 · STATE 371
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 16.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
20%
89 students
DISTRICT 30% · STATE 48%
Community
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Grade 9
116
Grade 10
105
Grade 11
118
Grade 12
109
Student demographics
White
42294%
DISTRICT 90% · STATE 60%
Hispanic
215%
DISTRICT 8% · STATE 12%
Black
10%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 12%
Two+
41%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 7%
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
Male
22650%
Female
22250%

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Test scores

MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds Standards
English Language Arts
60.4%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
36.2%
MN avg 45.3%

What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
51.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.4%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.9pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 2024-25
Enrollment
448
+11 (+3%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
was 15.4:1
% White
94%
was 92%
% Hispanic
5%
was 5%
% Black
0%
was 1%
% Asian
0%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

About NEW LONDON-SPICER SR.

Set in NEW LONDON, Minnesota, NEW LONDON-SPICER SR. is a moderately sized secondary school, run under NEW LONDON-SPICER SCHOOL DISTRICT. It works with 448 students across grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Minnesota's public schools average about 371 students each, so NEW LONDON-SPICER SR. sits 21% larger than that benchmark.

NEW LONDON-SPICER SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 1,518 students; NEW LONDON-SPICER SR. is among them.

In terms of who attends, NEW LONDON-SPICER SR. records that nearly all students (94%) are White. Beyond that, the school lists 5% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 79% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, NEW LONDON-SPICER SR. has 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.7:1. The state averages around 16.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 20% of students at NEW LONDON-SPICER SR. qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Kandiyohi County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, NEW LONDON-SPICER SR. performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 54.4%, the actual is 51.5%, a residual of -2.9 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Kandiyohi County indicate the typical household earns roughly $76,592 per year, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Kandiyohi County's 22 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,213 students), NEW LONDON-SPICER SR. is one campus in the mix.

NEW LONDON-SPICER MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around NEW LONDON-SPICER SR.. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts NEW LONDON-SPICER SR. at 2nd of 6; the average score across the group is 38.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at NEW LONDON-SPICER SR. has rose 3%, going from 437 students in 2018 to 448 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for NEW LONDON-SPICER SR. typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.

Kandiyohi County at a glance

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Population
44,079
Census ACS
Median income
$76,592
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
22
6,213 students

Quick facts

School name
NEW LONDON-SPICER SR.
District
NEW LONDON-SPICER SCHOOL DISTRICT
Address
101 4TH AVE SW, NEW LONDON, MN 56273
Phone
(320) 354-2252
County
Kandiyohi County
Level
High
Grade range
09–12
Total enrollment
448
Teachers (FTE)
30
Student–teacher ratio
14.7:1
Free/Reduced lunch
89 (20%)
Locale
33-Town: Remote
NCES ID
272340001142
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About NEW LONDON-SPICER SR.
What is the total enrollment at NEW LONDON-SPICER SR.?
NEW LONDON-SPICER SR. enrolls approximately 448 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does NEW LONDON-SPICER SR. serve?
NEW LONDON-SPICER SR. serves grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at NEW LONDON-SPICER SR.?
Approximately 14.7:1 students per teacher at NEW LONDON-SPICER SR..
How diverse is NEW LONDON-SPICER SR.?
NEW LONDON-SPICER SR. reports a student body of 94% White, 5% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is NEW LONDON-SPICER SR. public or private?
NEW LONDON-SPICER SR. is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW LONDON-SPICER SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.
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