SIMLEY SENIOR HIGH

SIMLEY SENIOR HIGH is one of the high-enrollment 9-12 campuss in INVER GROVE HEIGHTS, Minnesota, overseen by INVER GROVE HEIGHTS SCHOOLS, with 1,030 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Minnesota's public schools average about 371 students each, so SIMLEY SENIOR HIGH sits 178% larger than that benchmark.

SIMLEY SENIOR HIGH is one of 8 schools operated by INVER GROVE HEIGHTS SCHOOLS, a district that hosts 3,427 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, SIMLEY SENIOR HIGH records that 40% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 35% Hispanic, 11% Black, 8% multiracial, 6% Asian. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 74%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, SIMLEY SENIOR HIGH has 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 23.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 16.3:1 average. About 48% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Dakota County runs at roughly 34%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, SIMLEY SENIOR HIGH sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 39.1%; this one delivers 27.9%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Dakota County indicate median household income runs about $106,318, roughly 45% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. SIMLEY SENIOR HIGH is one of 170 public schools in Dakota County (combined enrollment of about 74,687 students).

The closest other public school is SIMLEY ALTERNATIVE PROGRAM, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, SIMLEY SENIOR HIGH comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 28.9%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 6%: 1,097 students in 2018 compared to 1,030 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 61% to 40%.

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