ST. CHARLES SECONDARY

As a middle-of-the-pack four-year high school in SAINT CHARLES, Minnesota, ST. CHARLES SECONDARY hosts 479 students from grades 7 through 12, run under ST. CHARLES PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. Enrollment runs roughly 29% above the state mean of about 371.

ST. CHARLES PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 936 students. ST. CHARLES SECONDARY is one of those campuses.

On demographics, ST. CHARLES SECONDARY lists that White students make up the majority at 78%. The remainder consists of 15% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 90%.

On the resource side, ST. CHARLES SECONDARY lists 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.1:1. The state averages around 16.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 28% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is below Winona County's rate of about 40%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, ST. CHARLES SECONDARY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.3%; this one delivers 38.6%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Winona County put median household income runs about $70,744, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Winona County runs 20 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,580 students), of which ST. CHARLES SECONDARY is one.

ST. CHARLES ELEMENTARY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 6 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ST. CHARLES SECONDARY ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 50.1%.

ST. CHARLES SECONDARY operates from an outlying location.

Trend over the last 7 years. ST. CHARLES SECONDARY's enrollment has grew 9% since 2018, when it stood at 438 (now 479). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 83% to 78%. Class-load math has widened: from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 17.1:1 in 2025.

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