Enrollment
190
High
DISTRICT 173 · STATE 371
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTHLAND PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 270272000052
Southland Senior High
200 NW WATER ST, ADAMS, MN 55909 · (507) 582-3568 · Mower County
GRADES 09–12HIGH42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL190 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 84% of Minnesota public high schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
18.0:1
11 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 16.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
26%
49 students
DISTRICT 36% · 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 9 | 48 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 53 | 28% |
| Grade 11 | 48 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 41 | 22% |
Student demographics
15%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 22% · 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 Southland Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
73.6%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
26.7%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
53.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.2%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% typical for Minnesota schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Minnesota's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Southland Senior High
Southland Senior High's state test result (53.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southland Senior High this school | 190 | 25.8% | 53.5% |
| WATERVILLE-ELYSIAN-MORRISTOWN SR. WATERVILLE | 232 | 24.6% | 44.5% |
| ROTHSAY SECONDARY ROTHSAY | 140 | 25.7% | 40.3% |
| MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL ELY | 181 | 26.0% | 49.5% |
| KENYON-WANAMINGO SENIOR HIGH KENYON | 230 | 27.8% | 39.7% |
| GRAND MEADOW SENIOR HIGH GRAND MEADOW | 140 | 25.0% | 42.2% |
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 Southland Senior High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Mower County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.5% | #57 of 397 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.7% | #256 of 401 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.6% | #13 of 397 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 190 | #348 of 764 | #2 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 25.8% | #337 of 444 | 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
190
+46 (+32%) vs 2020
-11% since 1990-91, when it was 214
Student : Teacher
18.0:1
was 20.6:1
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 | 190 | 10.6 | 18.0:1 | 26% (49) |
| 2023-24 | 187 | 7.5 | 24.9:1 | 21% (40) |
| 2022-23 | 167 | 10.1 | 16.6:1 | 28% (46) |
| 2020-21 | 144 | 7 | 20.6:1 | 20% (29) |
| 2017-18 | 157 | 13.4 | 11.7:1 | 14% (22) |
| 2015-16 | 185 | 17 | 10.9:1 | 15% (27) |
| 2010-11 | 230 | 19 | 12.1:1 | 19% (44) |
| 2000-01 | 253 | 15 | 16.9:1 | 10% (26) |
| 1990-91 | 214 | 16 | 13.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Southland Senior High.
Since 2017-18: students up 21% (157 to 190); teachers down 21% (13.4 to 10.6).
About Southland Senior High
Southland Senior High is a small high school in ADAMS, Minnesota, (ZIP code 55909). It serves 190 students in grades 9 through 12. For comparison, high schools in Minnesota average about 371 students.
The Southland Public School District system has 3 schools and 520 students.
Southland Senior High enrolls a student body that is 92% White. Beyond that, enrollment is 6% Hispanic. In Mower County overall, about 75% of residents are White. By the diversity index, Southland Senior High comes in at 15%.
Dividing enrollment by its 10.6 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 18.0:1. The average ratio among high schools in Minnesota is 16.3:1, lower than at this school. Southland Senior High reports 26% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Mower County is 55%.
Southland Senior High is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 84% of Minnesota public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
In Minnesota, Southland Senior High is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 53.5% actual against a predicted 51.2%.
Mower County census figures show that median household income is about $73,074, about 24% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. A total of 34 public schools operate in Mower County, serving about 7,434 students.
The school nearest to Southland Senior High is Southland Middle, at a distance of less than a tenth of a mile. Within five miles of Southland Senior High, there are 3 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Southland Senior High ranks 1st of 5 on average proficiency.
Federal data place Southland Senior High in the Rural: Distant locale, which means it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment up 32%, from 144 to 190. The ratio of students to teachers went from 20.6:1 to 18.0:1 over the same years.
Topics for discussion here include school safety, transportation, and start times. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Mower County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
40,343
Census ACS
Median income
$73,074
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
34
7,434 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Southland Public School District
- Southland ElementaryElementary · 223 students
- Southland MiddleMiddle · 107 students
Other schools in ADAMS
- Southland ElementaryElementary · 223 students
- Southland MiddleMiddle · 107 students
- Success EastCombined · 16 students
- First Step AdamsElementary · 9 students
Nearby schools
- Southland Middle0.0 mi · 107
- Southland Elementary0.0 mi · 223
- First Step Adams0.2 mi · 9
- SMEC ALC10.4 mi · 70
- RESET10.4 mi · 11
- LEROY SECONDARY11.0 mi · 138
Frequently asked questions
About Southland Senior HighHow many students attend Southland Senior High?
Southland Senior High enrolls approximately 190 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Southland Senior High serve?
Southland Senior High serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Southland Senior High?
Approximately 18.0:1 students per teacher at Southland Senior High.
How diverse is Southland Senior High?
Southland Senior High reports a student body of 92% White, 6% Hispanic, 1% Asian.
Who oversees Southland Senior High?
Southland Senior High is overseen by Southland Public School District in Mower County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.