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Enrollment
961
High
DISTRICT 498 · STATE 371
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ORONO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 272508001198
ORONO SENIOR HIGH
795 OLD CRYSTAL BAY RD N, LONG LAKE, MN 55356 · (952) 449-8400 · Hennepin County
GRADES 09–12HIGH41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL961 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 89% of Minnesota public high schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
18.8:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.2:1 · STATE 16.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
10%
97 students
DISTRICT 10% · STATE 48%
Community
5
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 9 | 237 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 240 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 255 | 27% |
| Grade 12 | 229 | 24% |
Student demographics
22%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 24% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within ORONO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
66.2%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
56.9%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
60.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.6%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% typical for Minnesota schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Minnesota's top nor bottom 10%.
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 ORONO SENIOR HIGH
ORONO SENIOR HIGH's state test result (60.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ORONO SENIOR HIGH this school | 961 | 10.1% | 60.0% |
| Delano High School DELANO | 1,158 | 11.1% | 58.7% |
| Waconia High School WACONIA | 1,335 | 8.6% | 45.0% |
| LINCOLN SECONDARY ESKO | 603 | 10.3% | 57.4% |
| MAHTOMEDI SENIOR HIGH MAHTOMEDI | 1,175 | 11.5% | 60.7% |
| Byron Senior High School BYRON | 695 | 15.0% | 66.4% |
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 ORONO SENIOR HIGH ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Hennepin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #18 of 397 | #6 of 45 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.9% | #25 of 401 | #8 of 47 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.2% | #37 of 397 | #10 of 45 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 961 | #95 of 764 | #21 of 100 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.8:1 | #227 of 332 | #23 of 38 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 21.8% | #237 of 338 | #36 of 38 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 10.1% | #441 of 444 | #51 of 51 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.1% | #170 of 181 | #23 of 23 |
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
961
-9 (-1%) vs 2020
+61% since 1990-91, when it was 598
Student : Teacher
18.8:1
was 22.1:1
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 | 961 | 51.3 | 18.8:1 | 10% (97) |
| 2023-24 | 945 | 50.8 | 18.6:1 | 12% (118) |
| 2022-23 | 947 | 51.3 | 18.4:1 | 12% (114) |
| 2020-21 | 970 | 44 | 22.1:1 | 5% (49) |
| 2017-18 | 951 | 50.7 | 18.7:1 | 6% (53) |
| 2015-16 | 957 | 53 | 18.1:1 | 6% (55) |
| 2010-11 | 902 | 49 | 18.4:1 | 7% (65) |
| 2000-01 | 869 | 44 | 19.8:1 | 3% (30) |
| 1990-91 | 598 | 37 | 16.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ORONO SENIOR HIGH.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (951 to 961); teachers up 1% (50.7 to 51.3).
About ORONO SENIOR HIGH
ORONO SENIOR HIGH is a high-enrollment high school in LONG LAKE, Minnesota, (ZIP code 55356). The school runs grades 9 through 12 and enrolls 961 students. By comparison, high schools in Minnesota enroll about 371 students on average.
Within ORONO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, ORONO SENIOR HIGH is one of 6 schools. The district enrolls 2,987 students.
White students are 88% of those enrolled at ORONO SENIOR HIGH. Other reported shares: 6% multiracial and 5% Hispanic. That compares with about 66% White among all Hennepin County residents. A diversity index of 22% means there is a 22% chance two randomly chosen students at ORONO SENIOR HIGH are from different groups.
ORONO SENIOR HIGH has 51.3 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.8:1. Across high schools in Minnesota, the average ratio is 16.3:1. The school has 10% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The 43% average for public schools in Hennepin County is 33 points higher.
On the allk12 Grade, ORONO SENIOR HIGH lands at A, ahead of 89% of Minnesota public high schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 59.6% for ORONO SENIOR HIGH. The school posts 60.0%, within a point of the prediction.
In the wider Hennepin County area, the median household earns about $97,653 a year, about 54% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Across Hennepin County, 496 public schools serve about 177,509 students.
The closest school to ORONO SENIOR HIGH is ORONO MIDDLE, located about 0.1 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. ORONO SENIOR HIGH ranks 5th of 5 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 60.0% against a local average of 71.2%.
The school is in rural territory close to an urban area, according to its NCES locale (Rural: Fringe).
ORONO SENIOR HIGH had 970 students in 2020-21 and 961 in 2024-25, nearly the same. The school's ratio dropped from 22.1:1 to 18.8:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Hennepin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,269,496
Census ACS
Median income
$97,653
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
54%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
496
177,509 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ORONO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
- ORONO MIDDLEMiddle · 720 students
- ORONO INTERMEDIATE ELEMENTARYElementary · 663 students
- SCHUMANN ELEMENTARYElementary · 611 students
- ORONO DISCOVERY CENTERElementary · 28 students
- School Readiness PlusElementary · 4 students
- Orono Online LearningHigh
Other schools in LONG LAKE
- ORONO MIDDLEMiddle · 720 students
- ORONO INTERMEDIATE ELEMENTARYElementary · 663 students
- SCHUMANN ELEMENTARYElementary · 611 students
- Orono HS ALCHigh
- Orono HS ISHigh
- Orono Online LearningHigh
Nearby schools
- ORONO MIDDLE0.1 mi · 720
- SCHUMANN ELEMENTARY0.2 mi · 611
- ORONO INTERMEDIATE ELEMENTARY0.3 mi · 663
- School Readiness Plus2.9 mi · 4
- ORONO DISCOVERY CENTER2.9 mi · 28
- WAYZATA WEST MIDDLE4.0 mi · 836
Frequently asked questions
About ORONO SENIOR HIGHWhat is the total enrollment at ORONO SENIOR HIGH?
ORONO SENIOR HIGH enrolls approximately 961 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does ORONO SENIOR HIGH serve?
ORONO SENIOR HIGH serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many teachers does ORONO SENIOR HIGH have?
ORONO SENIOR HIGH employs 51 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.8:1.
How diverse is ORONO SENIOR HIGH?
ORONO SENIOR HIGH reports a student body of 88% White, 5% Hispanic, 1% Black, 6% Two or more.
What district is ORONO SENIOR HIGH in?
ORONO SENIOR HIGH is part of ORONO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.