RENVILLE COUNTY WEST SENIOR HIGH

Located at 301 NE 3RD ST, in RENVILLE, Minnesota, RENVILLE COUNTY WEST SENIOR HIGH is a close-knit high school that teaches 219 students (grades 7 through 12), operated by Renville County West Schools. Enrollment runs roughly 41% smaller than the state mean of about 371.

Renville County West Schools comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 548 students; RENVILLE COUNTY WEST SENIOR HIGH is among them.

Looking at the student body, RENVILLE COUNTY WEST SENIOR HIGH records that White students make up the majority at 64%. The remainder looks like 32% Hispanic, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 87% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, RENVILLE COUNTY WEST SENIOR HIGH has 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 44% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, RENVILLE COUNTY WEST SENIOR HIGH performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 41.5%, the actual is 35.8%, a residual of -5.7 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Renville County put median household income runs about $70,625, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Renville County runs 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,806 students), of which RENVILLE COUNTY WEST SENIOR HIGH is one.

RENVILLE COUNTY WEST ELEMENTARY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. On composite proficiency, RENVILLE COUNTY WEST SENIOR HIGH comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 37.6%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at RENVILLE COUNTY WEST SENIOR HIGH has contracted 5%, going from 230 students in 2018 to 219 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share shrank from 37% to 32%. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 12.4:1 in 2018 to 15.8:1 today.

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