SLEEPY EYE SEC.

SLEEPY EYE SEC. operates as an intimate secondary school in SLEEPY EYE, Minnesota, run under SLEEPY EYE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 238 students spanning grades 7 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 36% leaner than the state mean of about 371.

SLEEPY EYE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 562 students; SLEEPY EYE SEC. is among them.

On the student-mix side, SLEEPY EYE SEC. lists that the largest single group is White, at 63% of enrollment. The remainder breaks down as 34% Hispanic. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 93%.

On the resource side, On paper, SLEEPY EYE SEC. has 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.3:1 average. Around 35% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, On a poverty-adjusted basis, SLEEPY EYE SEC. sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 46.1%; actual is 32.6%, a gap of -13.5 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Brown County put the typical household earns roughly $69,378 per year, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Brown County's 20 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,672 students), SLEEPY EYE SEC. is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is SLEEPY EYE ELEMENTARY, roughly 0.0 miles away. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SLEEPY EYE SEC. at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 47.5%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 6%: 252 students in 2018 compared to 238 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 68% to 63% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 13.3:1 in 2018 to 10.7:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.