SPRINGFIELD SECONDARY

SPRINGFIELD SECONDARY is a senior high of tight-knit scale in SPRINGFIELD, Minnesota, part of SPRINGFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, instructing 314 students in grades 7 through 12.

Across the 2 schools in SPRINGFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT (653 students total), SPRINGFIELD SECONDARY accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, SPRINGFIELD SECONDARY records that 87% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest reads as 11% Hispanic.

On the resource side, On paper, SPRINGFIELD SECONDARY has 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.6:1. The state averages around 16.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 40% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, SPRINGFIELD SECONDARY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 43.7%; this one delivers 45.8%.

In the area at large, census data for Brown County shows median household earnings sit near $69,378, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Brown County runs 20 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,672 students), of which SPRINGFIELD SECONDARY is one.

SPRINGFIELD ELEMENTARY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 3 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, SPRINGFIELD SECONDARY comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 41.4%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Looking at the recent track record. SPRINGFIELD SECONDARY's enrollment has rose 21% since 2018, when it stood at 260 (now 314). The White share of enrollment shrank from 91% to 87% over that span.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.