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RANDOLPH SECONDARY
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Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsWhat this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 21 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Minnesota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 45.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 17% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 56% 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.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About RANDOLPH SECONDARY
Located at 29101 DAWSON AVE, in RANDOLPH, Minnesota, RANDOLPH SECONDARY is a reasonably sized four-year high school that teaches 430 students (grades 7 through 12), part of RANDOLPH PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT.
RANDOLPH PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 875 students. RANDOLPH SECONDARY is one of those campuses.
Demographically, RANDOLPH SECONDARY shows that nearly all students (93%) are White. Beyond that, the school records 4% Hispanic. By comparison, Dakota County as a whole is about 74% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.
In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 16.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 17% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Dakota County runs at roughly 34%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.
After controlling for student poverty, On a poverty-adjusted basis, RANDOLPH SECONDARY sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 55.8%; actual is 16.6%, a gap of -39.2 points.
In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Dakota County indicate the typical household earns roughly $106,318 per year, 45% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. RANDOLPH SECONDARY is one of 170 public schools in Dakota County (combined enrollment of about 74,687 students).
The closest other public school is RANDOLPH ELEMENTARY, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts RANDOLPH SECONDARY at 7th of 7; the average score across the group is 52.8%.
The campus sits in a small-town setting.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at RANDOLPH SECONDARY has expanded 59%, going from 271 students in 2018 to 430 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 0% to 4% across the same window.
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