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Enrollment
502
High
DISTRICT 313 · STATE 371
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SPECTRUM HIGH SCHOOL·NCES 270027603615
SPECTRUM HIGH SCHOOL
17796 INDUSTRIAL CIRCLE NW, ELK RIVER, MN 55330 · (763) 450-9845 · Sherburne County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL502 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.7:1 · STATE 16.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
15%
74 students
DISTRICT 15% · STATE 48%
Community
5
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 | 145 | 29% |
| Grade 10 | 133 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 128 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 96 | 19% |
Student demographics
28%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 26% · 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
66.4%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
52.3%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 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
58.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.1%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 SPECTRUM HIGH SCHOOL
SPECTRUM HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (58.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPECTRUM HIGH SCHOOL this school | 502 | 14.7% | 58.6% |
| Pine Island High School PINE ISLAND | 487 | 15.6% | 40.5% |
| Byron Senior High School BYRON | 695 | 15.0% | 66.4% |
| BELLE PLAINE SENIOR HIGH BELLE PLAINE | 475 | 19.4% | 55.0% |
| RANDOLPH SECONDARY RANDOLPH | 430 | 17.2% | 16.6% |
| STEWARTVILLE SENIOR HIGH STEWARTVILLE | 608 | 18.1% | 40.6% |
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 SPECTRUM HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Sherburne County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.6% | #30 of 397 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.3% | #44 of 401 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.4% | #36 of 397 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 502 | #171 of 764 | #5 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #155 of 332 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 27.9% | #202 of 338 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 14.7% | #431 of 444 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.2% | #54 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
502
+64 (+15%) vs 2020
+109% since 2010-11, when it was 240
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 25.8:1
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 | 502 | 30.2 | 16.6:1 | 15% (74) |
| 2023-24 | 484 | 29.2 | 16.6:1 | 17% (80) |
| 2022-23 | 462 | 18.8 | 24.6:1 | 15% (67) |
| 2020-21 | 438 | 17 | 25.8:1 | 7% (32) |
| 2017-18 | 572 | 33.1 | 17.3:1 | 11% (63) |
| 2015-16 | 537 | 34 | 15.8:1 | 17% (91) |
| 2010-11 | 240 | 16 | 15.0:1 | 19% (46) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SPECTRUM HIGH SCHOOL.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (572 to 502); teachers down 9% (33.1 to 30.2).
About SPECTRUM HIGH SCHOOL
SPECTRUM HIGH SCHOOL is a high school with a street address in ELK RIVER, Minnesota. Federal data show 502 students enrolled in grades 9 through 12 in 2024-25. That compares with an average of about 371 students for high schools in Minnesota.
SPECTRUM HIGH SCHOOL is not part of a larger district; federal data list it as its own local education agency.
Of every 100 students at SPECTRUM HIGH SCHOOL, about 84 are White. The school is also 7% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 3% Black. Census estimates put Sherburne County at about 87% White, close to the school's figure. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 28%.
SPECTRUM HIGH SCHOOL has 30.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 16.6:1. It is about the same as the 16.3:1 average for high schools in Minnesota. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 15%. That is lower than the 29% average for public schools in Sherburne County.
SPECTRUM HIGH SCHOOL posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 58.6%, compared with a predicted 57.1%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Minnesota schools on BeatsExpectations.
For the population of Sherburne County, the median household earns about $105,466 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 30% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 3%. SPECTRUM HIGH SCHOOL shares Sherburne County with 44 other public schools.
Measured in a straight line, Spectrum Middle School - Grades 7-8 is about 0.1 miles from SPECTRUM HIGH SCHOOL. The five-mile area around SPECTRUM HIGH SCHOOL holds at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 47.5%, lower than SPECTRUM HIGH SCHOOL's 58.6%.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more. SPECTRUM HIGH SCHOOL is run as a public charter school.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has grown 15%, from 438 to 502. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 25.8:1 to 16.6:1.
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Sherburne County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
100,560
Census ACS
Median income
$105,466
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
45
16,306 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SPECTRUM HIGH SCHOOL
- Spectrum Middle School - Grades 7-8Middle · 291 students
- Spectrum Middle School - Grade 6Middle · 147 students
- Spectrum Online High SchoolHigh
- Spectrum Online Middle SchoolMiddle
Other schools in ELK RIVER
- ELK RIVER SENIOR HIGHHigh · 1,562 students
- TWIN LAKES ELEMENTARYElementary · 704 students
- SALK MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 638 students
- VANDENBERGE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 557 students
- LINCOLN ELEMENTARYElementary · 554 students
- MEADOWVALE ELEMENTARYElementary · 554 students
Nearby schools
- Spectrum Middle School - Grades 7-80.1 mi · 291
- Spectrum Middle School - Grade 60.2 mi · 147
- Three Rivers Montessori School0.6 mi · 119
- PARKER ELEMENTARY1.4 mi · 513
- Handke Center- EC Special Education1.5 mi · 399
- LINCOLN ELEMENTARY1.5 mi · 554
Frequently asked questions
About SPECTRUM HIGH SCHOOLHow large is SPECTRUM HIGH SCHOOL?
SPECTRUM HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 502 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does SPECTRUM HIGH SCHOOL serve?
SPECTRUM HIGH SCHOOL serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many teachers does SPECTRUM HIGH SCHOOL have?
SPECTRUM HIGH SCHOOL employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.6:1.
What is the student diversity at SPECTRUM HIGH SCHOOL?
Student demographics at SPECTRUM HIGH SCHOOL are roughly 84% White, 7% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is SPECTRUM HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
SPECTRUM HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by SPECTRUM HIGH SCHOOL.
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