TRI-COUNTY SECONDARY

TRI-COUNTY SECONDARY operates as a tiny four-year high school in KARLSTAD, Minnesota, operated by TRI-COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 83 students spanning grades 7 through 12. By comparison, Minnesota's public schools average about 371 students each, so TRI-COUNTY SECONDARY sits 78% smaller than that benchmark.

TRI-COUNTY SECONDARY is one of 2 schools operated by TRI-COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that caters to 179 students overall.

Demographically, TRI-COUNTY SECONDARY lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (93%); the rest breaks down as 4% Hispanic, 2% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Kittson County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.7:1. The state averages around 16.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 52% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Kittson County (around 44%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, TRI-COUNTY SECONDARY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 37.2%, the actual is 47.8%, a residual of +10.6 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Kittson County put median household earnings sit near $76,100, about 29% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Kittson County runs 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 634 students), of which TRI-COUNTY SECONDARY is one.

Nearest neighbor: KARLSTAD ELEMENTARY, around 0.0 miles off. On composite proficiency, TRI-COUNTY SECONDARY comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 43.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Over the past 7-year window. TRI-COUNTY SECONDARY's enrollment has held roughly steady since 2018, when it stood at 85 (now 83). White enrollment moved from 100% to 93% across the same window.

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