OWATONNA SENIOR HIGH

OWATONNA SENIOR HIGH operates as a well-populated high school in OWATONNA, Minnesota, operated by OWATONNA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 1,468 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 371 students per school, that is 296% larger than typical.

OWATONNA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 13 schools with combined enrollment of 4,890 students; OWATONNA SENIOR HIGH is among them.

Looking at the student body, OWATONNA SENIOR HIGH shows that White students make up the majority at 74%. Beyond that, the school reports 15% Hispanic, 6% Black, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Steele County as a whole is about 86% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, OWATONNA SENIOR HIGH has 84 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.3:1, putting OWATONNA SENIOR HIGH higher than the state norm the norm. About 33% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), OWATONNA SENIOR HIGH performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 47.6%, the actual is 52.3%, a residual of +4.7 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Steele County indicate the typical household earns roughly $84,196 per year, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Steele County runs 24 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,997 students), of which OWATONNA SENIOR HIGH is one.

The closest other public school is LINCOLN ELEMENTARY, roughly 0.8 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count held roughly steady: 1,479 students in 2018 compared to 1,468 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 19.4:1 in 2018 to 17.5:1 today.

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