Enrollment
257
High
STATE 371
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PALADIN CAREER AND TECH HIGH SCHOOL·NCES 270034304133
Paladin Career and Tech High School
10220 GOLDENROD ST. NW, COON RAPIDS, MN 55448 · (763) 786-4799 · Anoka County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL257 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 7% of Minnesota public high schools
- DTest 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
22.9:1
11 FTE teachers
STATE 16.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
159 students
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 9 | 28 | 11% |
| Grade 10 | 44 | 17% |
| Grade 11 | 57 | 22% |
| Grade 12 | 128 | 50% |
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
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MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
24.4%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
5.7%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 6 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
19.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.8%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 32% 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 Paladin Career and Tech High School
Paladin Career and Tech High School's state test result (19.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paladin Career and Tech High School this school | 257 | 61.9% | 19.1% |
| FAIR High MINNEAPOLIS | 337 | 59.6% | 38.7% |
| AFSA High School VADNAIS HEIGHTS | 246 | 55.7% | 29.5% |
| TREKNORTH HIGH SCHOOL BEMIDJI | 144 | 63.9% | 34.1% |
| NORTHWEST PASSAGE HIGH SCHOOL COON RAPIDS | 156 | 47.4% | 36.6% |
| DEER RIVER SECONDARY DEER RIVER | 425 | 59.1% | 30.0% |
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 Paladin Career and Tech High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Anoka County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.1% | #376 of 397 | #12 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 5.7% | #388 of 401 | #12 of 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.4% | #379 of 397 | #12 of 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 257 | #292 of 764 | #11 of 41 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.9:1 | #315 of 332 | #14 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.2% | #48 of 338 | #6 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.9% | #75 of 444 | #7 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +27.2% | #26 of 181 | #2 of 8 |
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
257
+79 (+44%) vs 2020
+92% since 2010-11, when it was 134
Student : Teacher
22.9:1
was 17.8:1
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 | 257 | 11.2 | 22.9:1 | 62% (159) |
| 2023-24 | 233 | 11.5 | 20.3:1 | 64% (149) |
| 2022-23 | 202 | 11.3 | 17.9:1 | 71% (143) |
| 2020-21 | 178 | 10 | 17.8:1 | 79% (140) |
| 2017-18 | 202 | 18.5 | 10.9:1 | 83% (168) |
| 2015-16 | 263 | 22 | 11.9:1 | 72% (189) |
| 2010-11 | 134 | 6 | 22.3:1 | 66% (88) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Paladin Career and Tech High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 27% (202 to 257); teachers down 39% (18.5 to 11.2).
About Paladin Career and Tech High School
Paladin Career and Tech High School is a small high school serving families in COON RAPIDS, Minnesota. Total enrollment is 257 students, and the grades served are 9 through 12. That is 31% below the average of about 371 students for high schools in Minnesota.
Paladin Career and Tech High School is its own local education agency in federal data.
The biggest share of students at Paladin Career and Tech High School, 49%, is White. Other reported shares: 23% Black, 14% Hispanic, and 14% multiracial. That compares with about 75% White among all Anoka County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 67%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 22.9:1. The school has 11.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school's 22.9:1 compares with an average of 16.3:1 for high schools in Minnesota. Federal data show 62% of students (159) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The 42% average for public schools in Anoka County is 20 points lower.
Paladin Career and Tech High School holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 7% of Minnesota public high schools.
Paladin Career and Tech High School is 12.7 points below expectations on state tests, given its student poverty level, placing it in the bottom 10% in Minnesota.
For Anoka County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $101,869 a year, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Counting Paladin Career and Tech High School, Anoka County has 145 public schools.
University Avenue Elementary - Aero is the nearest public school to Paladin Career and Tech High School, about 0.7 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 5 nearby schools with scores, Paladin Career and Tech High School ranks 5th on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more. This is a charter school, which is a tuition-free public school operating under a charter.
Enrollment was 178 in 2020-21 and 257 in 2024-25. Large swings like this can come from changes to the grades a school serves. Its ratio of students to teachers was 17.8:1 in 2020-21, and 22.9:1 in 2024-25.
Paladin Career and Tech High School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Anoka County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
370,349
Census ACS
Median income
$101,869
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
145
59,656 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in COON RAPIDS
- Coon Rapids High SchoolHigh · 1,975 students
- Coon Rapids Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,295 students
- Northdale MiddleMiddle · 1,108 students
- Sand Creek ElementaryElementary · 557 students
- Eisenhower ElementaryElementary · 491 students
- Morris Bye ElementaryElementary · 472 students
Nearby schools
- University Avenue Elementary - Aero0.7 mi · 557
- Madison Elementary1.1 mi · 369
- Eisenhower Elementary1.1 mi · 491
- Anoka-Hennepin Regn Night School1.1 mi · 30
- Anoka-Hennepin Regional High School1.1 mi · 203
- Star of the North - Coon Rapids1.1 mi · 120
Frequently asked questions
About Paladin Career and Tech High SchoolHow large is Paladin Career and Tech High School?
Paladin Career and Tech High School enrolls approximately 257 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Paladin Career and Tech High School serve?
Paladin Career and Tech High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Paladin Career and Tech High School?
Approximately 22.9:1 students per teacher at Paladin Career and Tech High School.
How diverse is Paladin Career and Tech High School?
Paladin Career and Tech High School reports a student body of 49% White, 14% Hispanic, 23% Black, 1% Asian, 14% Two or more.
What district is Paladin Career and Tech High School in?
Paladin Career and Tech High School is part of Paladin Career and Tech High School.
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