NORTH WOODS SECONDARY

NORTH WOODS SECONDARY is one of the low-enrollment 9-12 campuss in COOK, Minnesota, operated by ST. LOUIS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 245 students on its rolls from grades 7 through 12. By comparison, Minnesota's public schools average about 371 students each, so NORTH WOODS SECONDARY sits 34% leaner than that benchmark.

Within ST. LOUIS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 9 schools and 1,914 students, NORTH WOODS SECONDARY is one campus in the system.

Demographically, NORTH WOODS SECONDARY reports that the largest single group is White, at 62% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school logs 27% Native American, 8% multiracial, 2% Hispanic. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 90%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 16.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 41% of students at NORTH WOODS SECONDARY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, NORTH WOODS SECONDARY falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 42.9%; this one comes in at 28.9%, -14.0 points off the demographic line.

Around the school, the surrounding county (St. Louis County) shows that median household income runs about $70,069, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, St. Louis County runs 100 public schools (combined enrollment of about 23,921 students), of which NORTH WOODS SECONDARY is one.

NORTH WOODS ELEMENTARY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), NORTH WOODS SECONDARY ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 36.8%.

NORTH WOODS SECONDARY operates from an outlying location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 19%: 304 students in 2018 compared to 245 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 66% to 62% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 in 2025.

On this page, members of the NORTH WOODS SECONDARY community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.