Nicollet High School

Set in NICOLLET, Minnesota, Nicollet High School is a tight-knit four-year high school, one of the schools within NICOLLET PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. It teaches 151 students across grades 7 through 12. By comparison, Minnesota's public schools average about 371 students each, so Nicollet High School sits 59% below that benchmark.

NICOLLET PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 314 students. Nicollet High School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Nicollet High School reports that nearly all students (93%) are White. Other groups include 5% Hispanic.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Nicollet High School has 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.3:1 average. An estimated 15% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is south of Nicollet County's rate of about 34%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Nicollet High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 57.2%, the actual is 47.9%, a residual of -9.4 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Nicollet County put median household income runs about $79,756, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Nicollet County runs 25 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,447 students), of which Nicollet High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Nicollet Early Childhood Special Ed, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Nicollet High School. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Nicollet High School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, below the local average of 50.4%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 32%: 114 students in 2018 compared to 151 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 12.8:1 in 2018 to 10.9:1 in 2025.

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