PELICAN RAPIDS SECONDARY

PELICAN RAPIDS SECONDARY is a senior high of mid-sized scale in PELICAN RAPIDS, Minnesota, one of the schools within Pelican Rapids Public Schools, hosting 374 students in grades 7 through 12.

Pelican Rapids Public Schools runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 842 students. PELICAN RAPIDS SECONDARY is one of those campuses.

On demographics, PELICAN RAPIDS SECONDARY logs that the largest single group is White at 50%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest comes out to 33% Hispanic, 10% Black, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Otter Tail County as a whole is about 91% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, PELICAN RAPIDS SECONDARY logs 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.3:1, putting PELICAN RAPIDS SECONDARY tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 58% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Otter Tail County's rate of about 40%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, PELICAN RAPIDS SECONDARY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 33.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 44.6%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Otter Tail County put the typical household earns roughly $72,255 per year, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Otter Tail County's 37 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,503 students), PELICAN RAPIDS SECONDARY is one campus in the mix.

VIKING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PELICAN RAPIDS SECONDARY at 5th of 6; the average score across the group is 47.5%.

PELICAN RAPIDS SECONDARY operates from a low-density location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 5%: 355 students in 2018 compared to 374 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 26% to 33%.

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