Southland Senior High

As a close-knit senior high in ADAMS, Minnesota, Southland Senior High instructs 190 students from grades 9 through 12, one of the schools within Southland Public School District. By comparison, Minnesota's public schools average about 371 students each, so Southland Senior High sits 49% below that benchmark.

Southland Public School District runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 520 students. Southland Senior High is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Southland Senior High records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (92%). Beyond that, the school shows 6% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 75% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 16.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 26% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Mower County (around 55%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Southland Senior High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 51.2%, the actual is 53.5%, a residual of +2.3 points.

Zooming out to the county, Mower County reports that median household income runs about $73,074, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Mower County runs 34 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,434 students), of which Southland Senior High is one.

Southland Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Southland Senior High comes 1st of 5 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 34.3%.

Southland Senior High operates from a small-town location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Southland Senior High has ticked up 21%, going from 157 students in 2018 to 190 in 2025. Class-load math has loosened: from 11.7:1 in 2018 to 18.0:1 in 2025.

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