NEW PRAGUE SENIOR HIGH

NEW PRAGUE SENIOR HIGH is a substantial high school in NEW PRAGUE, Minnesota, overseen by NEW PRAGUE AREA SCHOOLS. The school educates 1,315 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 254% larger than the state mean of about 371.

Within NEW PRAGUE AREA SCHOOLS, which oversees 8 schools and 3,980 students, NEW PRAGUE SENIOR HIGH is one campus in the system.

Demographically, NEW PRAGUE SENIOR HIGH shows that 92% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder consists of 3% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 77% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, NEW PRAGUE SENIOR HIGH has 56 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 23.5:1. The state averages around 16.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 15% of students at NEW PRAGUE SENIOR HIGH qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Scott County runs at roughly 28%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, NEW PRAGUE SENIOR HIGH performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 56.8%, the actual is 53.4%, a residual of -3.4 points.

Zooming out to the county, Scott County reports that the typical household earns roughly $119,314 per year, about 44% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. NEW PRAGUE SENIOR HIGH is one of 66 public schools in Scott County (combined enrollment of about 26,041 students).

NEW PRAGUE CREDIT RECOVERY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around NEW PRAGUE SENIOR HIGH. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), NEW PRAGUE SENIOR HIGH ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 48.8%.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Five-year trend. NEW PRAGUE SENIOR HIGH's enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 1,302 (now 1,315). Class-load math has rose: from 21.6:1 in 2018 to 23.5:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.