Red Lake County Central High School

Located at 201 GOVERNOR ST, in OKLEE, Minnesota, Red Lake County Central High School is a close-knit secondary school that works with 153 students (grades 7 through 12), run under RED LAKE COUNTY CENTRAL PUBLIC SCH. By comparison, Minnesota's public schools average about 371 students each, so Red Lake County Central High School sits 59% leaner than that benchmark.

Across the 3 schools in RED LAKE COUNTY CENTRAL PUBLIC SCH (343 students total), Red Lake County Central High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Red Lake County Central High School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (89%). The remainder looks like 5% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Native American. Compared to Red Lake County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.3:1 average. Around 33% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Red Lake County Central High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 47.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 38.5%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Red Lake County put median household income runs about $77,188, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 3%. Across Red Lake County's 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 764 students), Red Lake County Central High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: RLCC Elementary at Oklee, around 0.0 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, Red Lake County Central High School comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 47.7%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Five-year trend. Red Lake County Central High School's enrollment has edged down 9% since 2018, when it stood at 169 (now 153).

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