REDWOOD VALLEY SENIOR HIGH

Set in REDWOOD FALLS, Minnesota, REDWOOD VALLEY SENIOR HIGH is a mid-tier four-year high school, operated by REDWOOD AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT. It works with 362 students across grades 9 through 12.

REDWOOD VALLEY SENIOR HIGH is one of 3 schools operated by REDWOOD AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that educates 1,113 students overall.

On demographics, REDWOOD VALLEY SENIOR HIGH logs that White students make up the majority at 56%. Other groups include 32% Native American, 7% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 87%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 16.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 36% of students at REDWOOD VALLEY SENIOR HIGH qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, REDWOOD VALLEY SENIOR HIGH performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 45.6%, the actual is 38.5%, a residual of -7.1 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Redwood County) reports that median household earnings sit near $67,866, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. REDWOOD VALLEY SENIOR HIGH is one of 12 public schools in Redwood County (combined enrollment of about 2,468 students).

REDWOOD VALLEY MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), REDWOOD VALLEY SENIOR HIGH ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 42.5%.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Over the past 7-year window. REDWOOD VALLEY SENIOR HIGH's enrollment has held roughly steady since 2018, when it stood at 354 (now 362). The White share of enrollment declined from 74% to 56% over that span. Class-load math has widened: from 14.0:1 in 2018 to 15.8:1 in 2025.

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