UNITED SOUTH CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL

Located at 600 11TH ST SW, in WELLS, Minnesota, UNITED SOUTH CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL is an average-sized senior high that instructs 343 students (grades 7 through 12), operated by United South Central Schools.

Across the 2 schools in United South Central Schools (763 students total), UNITED SOUTH CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, UNITED SOUTH CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (80%). Beyond that, the school shows 15% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 89% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 16.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 44% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, UNITED SOUTH CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL is in the bottom 10% of Minnesota public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 41.3%; UNITED SOUTH CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL posts 23.9%, -17.4 points below that line.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Faribault County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $66,815 per year, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Faribault County's 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,827 students), UNITED SOUTH CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: UNITED SOUTH CENTRAL ELEMENTARY, around 0.0 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 6 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, UNITED SOUTH CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL comes 5th of 5 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 43.6%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at UNITED SOUTH CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL has ticked up 14%, going from 300 students in 2018 to 343 in 2025.

On the community side, the feed for UNITED SOUTH CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.