NORTHOME SECONDARY

Set in NORTHOME, Minnesota, NORTHOME SECONDARY is a tiny senior high, one of the schools within SOUTH KOOCHICHING SCHOOL DISTRICT. It hosts 101 students across grades 7 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 371 students per school, that is 73% leaner than typical.

Across the 2 schools in SOUTH KOOCHICHING SCHOOL DISTRICT (203 students total), NORTHOME SECONDARY accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, NORTHOME SECONDARY logs that 65% of the student body identifies as White; the rest consists of 25% Native American, 8% multiracial. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 90%.

On the resource side, NORTHOME SECONDARY lists 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.3:1 average. About 54% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Koochiching County's rate of about 45%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, NORTHOME SECONDARY is in the bottom 10% of Minnesota public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 35.8%; NORTHOME SECONDARY posts 21.9%, -13.9 points below that line.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Koochiching County) records that median household income runs about $66,940, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Koochiching County's 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,545 students), NORTHOME SECONDARY is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is NORTHOME ELEMENTARY, roughly 0.0 miles away. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), NORTHOME SECONDARY ranks 8th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 31.1%.

NORTHOME SECONDARY operates from an outlying location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 36%: 74 students in 2018 compared to 101 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 76% to 65% over that span. Class-load math has grew: from 7.0:1 in 2018 to 9.9:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the feed for NORTHOME SECONDARY typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.