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TWO HARBORS SECONDARY
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsWhat this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Minnesota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 45.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 49% typical for Minnesota schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About TWO HARBORS SECONDARY
TWO HARBORS SECONDARY, a sizable senior high in TWO HARBORS, Minnesota, operated by LAKE SUPERIOR PUBLIC SCHOOL DIST., hosts 597 students, covering grades 6 through 12. By comparison, Minnesota's public schools average about 371 students each, so TWO HARBORS SECONDARY sits 61% above that benchmark.
LAKE SUPERIOR PUBLIC SCHOOL DIST. runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,286 students. TWO HARBORS SECONDARY is one of those campuses.
On demographics, TWO HARBORS SECONDARY shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (92%). Other groups include 4% multiracial, 2% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
Looking at the economic backdrop, TWO HARBORS SECONDARY logs 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.8:1. The state averages about 16.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 30% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
With demographic context factored in, On a poverty-adjusted basis, TWO HARBORS SECONDARY sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 48.8%; actual is 33.5%, a gap of -15.3 points.
Around the school, Lake County reports that median household earnings sit near $75,541, about 27% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. TWO HARBORS SECONDARY is one of 4 public schools in Lake County (combined enrollment of about 1,286 students).
The closest other public school is MINNEHAHA ELEMENTARY, roughly 1.9 miles away. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), TWO HARBORS SECONDARY ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 61.2%.
The school occupies a small-town site.
Over the past 7-year window. TWO HARBORS SECONDARY's enrollment has remained close to its prior level since 2018, when it stood at 603 (now 597).
On this page, members of the TWO HARBORS SECONDARY community share and discuss enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
Lake County at a glance
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