Enrollment
245
High
DISTRICT 223 · STATE 371
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ST. LOUIS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 270000804459
NORTH WOODS SECONDARY
10248 OLSON RD E, COOK, MN 55723 · (218) 666-5221 · St. Louis County
GRADES 07–12HIGH43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL245 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 15% of Minnesota public high schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Minnesota public high schools
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 16.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
101 students
DISTRICT 45% · STATE 48%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 33 | 13% |
| Grade 8 | 38 | 16% |
| Grade 9 | 39 | 16% |
| Grade 10 | 51 | 21% |
| Grade 11 | 39 | 16% |
| Grade 12 | 45 | 18% |
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 38% · STATE 60% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
38.6%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
20.4%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of MN schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
28.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.9%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 43% typical for Minnesota schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like NORTH WOODS SECONDARY
NORTH WOODS SECONDARY's state test result (28.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| NORTH WOODS SECONDARY this school | 245 | 41.2% | 28.9% |
| Cook County Senior High GRAND MARAIS | 177 | 38.4% | 54.3% |
| SOUTH RIDGE SECONDARY CULVER | 258 | 42.6% | 21.9% |
| CARLTON SECONDARY CARLTON | 145 | 42.1% | 24.5% |
| GREENWAY SENIOR HIGH COLERAINE | 271 | 45.8% | 41.2% |
| HARBOR CITY INTERNATIONAL CHARTER DULUTH | 194 | 41.2% | 63.2% |
Matched among Minnesota high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where NORTH WOODS SECONDARY ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In St. Louis County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.9% | #313 of 397 | #12 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.4% | #308 of 401 | #12 of 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.6% | #289 of 397 | #12 of 16 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 245 | #298 of 764 | #12 of 29 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #68 of 332 | #2 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.7% | #89 of 338 | #2 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 41.2% | #179 of 444 | #9 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.4% | #27 of 146 | #2 of 7 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
245
-52 (-18%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 14.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 245 | 17.7 | 13.8:1 | 41% (101) |
| 2023-24 | 259 | 19.3 | 13.4:1 | 49% (127) |
| 2022-23 | 275 | 20.3 | 13.5:1 | 55% (150) |
| 2020-21 | 297 | 20 | 14.8:1 | 42% (126) |
| 2017-18 | 304 | 19.4 | 15.7:1 | 43% (132) |
| 2015-16 | 273 | 17 | 16.1:1 | 44% (119) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for NORTH WOODS SECONDARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (304 to 245); teachers down 9% (19.4 to 17.7).
About NORTH WOODS SECONDARY
NORTH WOODS SECONDARY is classified as a high school. It is located in COOK, Minnesota. The school counts 245 students across grades 7 through 12. The school's enrollment is 34% smaller than the 371 average for high schools in Minnesota.
ST. LOUIS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT enrolls 1,914 students, and its 9 schools include NORTH WOODS SECONDARY.
NORTH WOODS SECONDARY is 62% White by enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 27% Native American, 8% multiracial, and 2% Hispanic. In St. Louis County overall, about 90% of residents are White. Pick two students at random and there is a 54% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
A ratio of 13.8:1 comes from the school's 17.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 16.3:1 average for high schools in Minnesota. The lunch program counts 41% of students at NORTH WOODS SECONDARY as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That tracks the 40% average for public schools in St. Louis County.
allk12 grades NORTH WOODS SECONDARY a C-. The grade compares the school only with Minnesota public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
A school in Minnesota with NORTH WOODS SECONDARY's free or reduced-price lunch share would be expected to score about 42.9%. NORTH WOODS SECONDARY scores 28.9%.
Census estimates describe St. Louis County this way: the median household income is $70,069, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Besides NORTH WOODS SECONDARY, St. Louis County has 99 other public schools.
The closest public school, NORTH WOODS ELEMENTARY, is less than a tenth of a mile from NORTH WOODS SECONDARY. Among the 6 closest schools with test data, this one included, NORTH WOODS SECONDARY ranks 5th on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for NORTH WOODS SECONDARY is Rural: Remote, which covers schools in rural territory far from an urban area.
Federal data show an 18% enrollment decrease, from 297 in 2020-21 to 245 in 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 14.8:1 to 13.8:1.
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St. Louis County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
200,123
Census ACS
Median income
$70,069
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
100
23,921 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ST. LOUIS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- SOUTH RIDGE ELEMENTARYElementary · 303 students
- CHERRY ELEMENTARYElementary · 297 students
- CHERRY SECONDARYHigh · 273 students
- SOUTH RIDGE SECONDARYHigh · 258 students
- NORTH WOODS ELEMENTARYElementary · 234 students
- NORTHEAST RANGE SECONDARYHigh · 114 students
Nearby schools
- NORTH WOODS ELEMENTARY0.0 mi · 234
- NETT LAKE ELEMENTARY21.4 mi · 48
- Vermilion Country School23.6 mi · 50
- Tower-Soudan Elementary23.9 mi · 95
- EAST RANGE ACADEMY OF TECH-SCIENCE26.6 mi · 127
- MERRITT ELEMENTARY26.8 mi · 354
Frequently asked questions
About NORTH WOODS SECONDARYWhat is the total enrollment at NORTH WOODS SECONDARY?
NORTH WOODS SECONDARY enrolls approximately 245 students in grades 07-12.
What age range does NORTH WOODS SECONDARY serve?
NORTH WOODS SECONDARY serves students from grade 07 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at NORTH WOODS SECONDARY?
Approximately 13.8:1 students per teacher at NORTH WOODS SECONDARY.
How diverse is NORTH WOODS SECONDARY?
NORTH WOODS SECONDARY reports a student body of 62% White, 2% Hispanic, 1% Black, 8% Two or more.
Is NORTH WOODS SECONDARY public or private?
NORTH WOODS SECONDARY is a public K-12 school, overseen by ST. LOUIS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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