Pine Island High School

Located at 223 1ST AVE SE, in PINE ISLAND, Minnesota, Pine Island High School is a medium-sized senior high that works with 487 students (grades 9 through 12), one of the schools within Pine Island Public School District. Enrollment runs roughly 31% larger than the state mean of about 371.

Across the 4 schools in Pine Island Public School District (1,562 students total), Pine Island High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Pine Island High School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (90%). Beyond that, the school shows 6% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Goodhue County as a whole.

On the resource side, The school employs 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.3:1, putting Pine Island High School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 16% of students at Pine Island High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Goodhue County runs at roughly 28%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Pine Island High School is in the bottom 10% of Minnesota public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 56.7%; Pine Island High School posts 40.5%, -16.2 points below that line.

Across the wider county, census data for Goodhue County shows median household earnings sit near $84,171, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Pine Island High School is one of 36 public schools in Goodhue County (combined enrollment of about 7,099 students).

PINE ISLAND MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Pine Island High School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Pine Island High School at 6th of 7; the average score across the group is 51.1%.

Pine Island High School operates from a countryside location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Pine Island High School's enrollment has edged up 41% since 2018, when it stood at 346 (now 487). Over the same period, the White share declined from 95% to 90%. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 17.4:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Pine Island High School typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.