Enrollment
238
High
DISTRICT 281 · STATE 371
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SLEEPY EYE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 273321001451
SLEEPY EYE SEC.
400 4TH AVE SW, SLEEPY EYE, MN 56085 · (507) 794-7904 · Brown County
GRADES 07–12HIGH43-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL238 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 22% of Minnesota public high schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Minnesota public high schools
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.8:1 · STATE 16.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
84 students
DISTRICT 41% · STATE 48%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 47 | 20% |
| Grade 8 | 33 | 14% |
| Grade 9 | 46 | 19% |
| Grade 10 | 37 | 16% |
| Grade 11 | 34 | 14% |
| Grade 12 | 41 | 17% |
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 60% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within SLEEPY EYE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
36.6%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
31.5%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Minnesota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 45.
Source: MCA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of MN schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
32.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.1%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 46% typical for Minnesota schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like SLEEPY EYE SEC.
SLEEPY EYE SEC.'s state test result (32.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SLEEPY EYE SEC. this school | 238 | 35.3% | 32.6% |
| SIBLEY EAST-ARLINGTON SENIOR HIGH ARLINGTON | 338 | 36.4% | 35.1% |
| RENVILLE COUNTY WEST SENIOR HIGH RENVILLE | 219 | 43.8% | 35.8% |
| MELROSE SECONDARY MELROSE | 505 | 33.7% | 48.8% |
| Pipestone Senior High PIPESTONE | 302 | 38.4% | 28.2% |
| EDGERTON SECONDARY EDGERTON | 228 | 44.7% | 34.7% |
Matched among Minnesota high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where SLEEPY EYE SEC. ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Brown County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.6% | #275 of 397 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.5% | #213 of 401 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.6% | #313 of 397 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 238 | #302 of 764 | #3 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.7:1 | #13 of 332 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.4% | #108 of 338 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.3% | #234 of 444 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.6% | #101 of 146 | N/A |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
238
-15 (-6%) vs 2020
-9% since 1990-91, when it was 261
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
was 11.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 238 | 22.3 | 10.7:1 | 35% (84) |
| 2023-24 | 247 | 21.9 | 11.3:1 | 40% (98) |
| 2022-23 | 251 | 22.4 | 11.2:1 | 44% (111) |
| 2020-21 | 253 | 22 | 11.5:1 | 32% (81) |
| 2017-18 | 252 | 18.9 | 13.3:1 | 43% (109) |
| 2015-16 | 267 | 20 | 13.3:1 | 45% (121) |
| 2010-11 | 302 | 19 | 15.9:1 | 54% (164) |
| 2000-01 | 342 | 20 | 17.1:1 | 26% (90) |
| 1990-91 | 261 | 17 | 15.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SLEEPY EYE SEC..
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (252 to 238); teachers up 18% (18.9 to 22.3).
About SLEEPY EYE SEC.
SLEEPY EYE SEC. is a low-enrollment high school that serves part of SLEEPY EYE, Minnesota. The school runs grades 7 through 12 and enrolls 238 students. By comparison, high schools in Minnesota enroll about 371 students on average.
SLEEPY EYE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT runs SLEEPY EYE SEC. along with 1 other school, enrolling 562 students in total.
The student body at SLEEPY EYE SEC. is 63% White. It is also 34% Hispanic. Brown County's residents are about 93% White, 30 points above the school's share. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 49, compared with 70 nationally.
SLEEPY EYE SEC. has 22.3 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.7:1. Across high schools in Minnesota, the average ratio is 16.3:1. The school has 35% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Brown County average a similar 36%.
On the allk12 Grade, SLEEPY EYE SEC. lands at C-, ahead of 22% of Minnesota public high schools.
SLEEPY EYE SEC. scores 13.5 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results: 32.6% actual versus 46.1% predicted. That puts it in the bottom 10% of Minnesota schools on BeatsExpectations.
The school's county is Brown County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $69,378 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 25% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. SLEEPY EYE SEC. shares Brown County with 19 other public schools.
SLEEPY EYE SEC.'s closest public school neighbor is SLEEPY EYE ELEMENTARY, less than a tenth of a mile away. Nearby schools average 47.5% on proficiency, and SLEEPY EYE SEC. is below that at 32.6%.
NCES describes the area around SLEEPY EYE SEC. as Rural: Remote, meaning in rural territory far from an urban area.
Enrollment figures show a decrease of 15 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
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Brown County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
25,800
Census ACS
Median income
$69,378
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
20
3,672 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SLEEPY EYE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
- SLEEPY EYE ELEMENTARYElementary · 324 students
Nearby schools
- SLEEPY EYE ELEMENTARY0.0 mi · 324
- NEW ULM HIGH SCHOOL11.9 mi · 687
- Washington Learning Center12.5 mi · 180
- Cedar Mountain Middle/High School12.8 mi · 219
- JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY13.0 mi · 643
- New Ulm Middle School13.1 mi · 617
Frequently asked questions
About SLEEPY EYE SEC.How large is SLEEPY EYE SEC.?
SLEEPY EYE SEC. enrolls approximately 238 students in grades 07-12.
Is SLEEPY EYE SEC. an elementary, middle, or high school?
SLEEPY EYE SEC. is a high school covering grades 07-12.
How many teachers does SLEEPY EYE SEC. have?
SLEEPY EYE SEC. employs 22 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.7:1.
What is the student diversity at SLEEPY EYE SEC.?
Student demographics at SLEEPY EYE SEC. are roughly 63% White, 34% Hispanic, 0% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees SLEEPY EYE SEC.?
SLEEPY EYE SEC. is overseen by SLEEPY EYE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT in Brown County.
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