Enrollment
258
High
DISTRICT 223 · STATE 371
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ST. LOUIS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 270000804544
SOUTH RIDGE SECONDARY
8162 SWAN LAKE RD, CULVER, MN 55779 · (218) 345-6789 · St. Louis County
GRADES 07–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL258 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 3% of Minnesota public high schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
15.6:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 16.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
110 students
DISTRICT 45% · 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 | 41 | 16% |
| Grade 8 | 31 | 12% |
| Grade 9 | 50 | 19% |
| Grade 10 | 40 | 16% |
| Grade 11 | 56 | 22% |
| Grade 12 | 40 | 16% |
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 38% · 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
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
29.1%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
13.5%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 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
21.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.1%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-20.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 42% 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 SOUTH RIDGE SECONDARY
SOUTH RIDGE SECONDARY's state test result (21.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOUTH RIDGE SECONDARY this school | 258 | 42.6% | 21.9% |
| GREENWAY SENIOR HIGH COLERAINE | 271 | 45.8% | 41.2% |
| NEVIS SECONDARY NEVIS | 279 | 42.7% | 56.8% |
| Cedar Mountain Middle/High School MORGAN | 219 | 45.2% | 27.5% |
| HARBOR CITY INTERNATIONAL CHARTER DULUTH | 194 | 41.2% | 63.2% |
| MOUNTAIN IRON-BUHL SECONDARY MOUNTAIN IRON | 283 | 39.2% | 38.8% |
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 SOUTH RIDGE SECONDARY ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In St. Louis County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.9% | #370 of 397 | #14 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.5% | #359 of 401 | #14 of 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.1% | #365 of 397 | #15 of 16 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 258 | #290 of 764 | #11 of 29 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #118 of 332 | #4 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.7% | #156 of 338 | #4 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.6% | #169 of 444 | #6 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.1% | #135 of 146 | #6 of 7 |
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
258
-12 (-4%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 15.0:1
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 | 258 | 16.6 | 15.6:1 | 43% (110) |
| 2023-24 | 264 | 17.9 | 14.8:1 | 42% (111) |
| 2022-23 | 279 | 18.8 | 14.9:1 | 46% (129) |
| 2020-21 | 270 | 18 | 15.0:1 | 37% (99) |
| 2017-18 | 261 | 19.1 | 13.7:1 | 43% (113) |
| 2015-16 | 255 | 18 | 14.2:1 | 50% (127) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SOUTH RIDGE SECONDARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (261 to 258); teachers down 13% (19.1 to 16.6).
About SOUTH RIDGE SECONDARY
SOUTH RIDGE SECONDARY is a low-enrollment high school in CULVER, Minnesota. A federal count lists 258 students at the school, in grades 7 through 12. Average enrollment for high schools in Minnesota is about 371, so this school runs 30% smaller than that.
The 9 schools in ST. LOUIS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT enroll 1,914 students altogether, SOUTH RIDGE SECONDARY among them.
A majority of students at SOUTH RIDGE SECONDARY, 77%, are White. Next come 14% multiracial and 7% Native American. The county population is about 90% White. The chance that two students picked at random at SOUTH RIDGE SECONDARY belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 39%.
A ratio of 15.6:1 comes from the school's 16.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 16.3:1 average for high schools in Minnesota is higher than this school's figure. The lunch program counts 43% of students at SOUTH RIDGE SECONDARY as eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
Measured against Minnesota public high schools, SOUTH RIDGE SECONDARY receives an F. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On allk12's BeatsExpectations measure, SOUTH RIDGE SECONDARY is among the bottom 10% of schools in Minnesota. Predicted: 42.1%. Actual: 21.9%.
According to the American Community Survey, in St. Louis County, median household income is about $70,069, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. SOUTH RIDGE SECONDARY is one of 100 public schools in St. Louis County, which together enroll about 23,921 students.
SOUTH RIDGE ELEMENTARY is the public school closest to SOUTH RIDGE SECONDARY, less than a tenth of a mile away. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 53.4%; SOUTH RIDGE SECONDARY's is 21.9%, ranking 6th of 6.
SOUTH RIDGE SECONDARY is coded as Rural: Distant in federal locale data.
Federal counts put enrollment at 270 in 2020-21 and 258 in 2024-25, a 4% decrease.
If you have questions about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at SOUTH RIDGE SECONDARY, you can post them here. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
St. Louis County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
200,123
Census ACS
Median income
$70,069
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
100
23,921 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ST. LOUIS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- SOUTH RIDGE ELEMENTARYElementary · 303 students
- CHERRY ELEMENTARYElementary · 297 students
- CHERRY SECONDARYHigh · 273 students
- NORTH WOODS SECONDARYHigh · 245 students
- NORTH WOODS ELEMENTARYElementary · 234 students
- NORTHEAST RANGE SECONDARYHigh · 114 students
Nearby schools
- SOUTH RIDGE ELEMENTARY0.0 mi · 303
- Pike Lake Elementary14.4 mi · 293
- SHARED TIME16.5 mi · 6
- CHURCHILL ELEMENTARY16.5 mi · 351
- CLOQUET EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION16.5 mi · 83
- Hermantown Alternative Learning Prg17.3 mi · 12
Frequently asked questions
About SOUTH RIDGE SECONDARYHow many students attend SOUTH RIDGE SECONDARY?
SOUTH RIDGE SECONDARY enrolls approximately 258 students in grades 07-12.
What age range does SOUTH RIDGE SECONDARY serve?
SOUTH RIDGE SECONDARY serves students from grade 07 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at SOUTH RIDGE SECONDARY?
Approximately 15.6:1 students per teacher at SOUTH RIDGE SECONDARY.
What is the racial breakdown of students at SOUTH RIDGE SECONDARY?
At SOUTH RIDGE SECONDARY, the student body is approximately 77% White, 1% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 14% Two or more.
Is SOUTH RIDGE SECONDARY public or private?
SOUTH RIDGE SECONDARY is a public K-12 school, overseen by ST. LOUIS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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