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WHITE BEAR SOUTH CAMPUS SENIOR
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2023-24About WHITE BEAR SOUTH CAMPUS SENIOR
WHITE BEAR SOUTH CAMPUS SENIOR is a four-year high school of sizable scale in WHITE BEAR LAKE, Minnesota, run under WHITE BEAR LAKE SCHOOL DISTRICT, educateing 1,196 students in grades 11 through 12. That puts it 222% larger than the typical public school in Minnesota, which averages around 371 students.
WHITE BEAR SOUTH CAMPUS SENIOR is one of 3 schools operated by WHITE BEAR LAKE SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that educates 3,268 students overall.
In terms of who attends, WHITE BEAR SOUTH CAMPUS SENIOR shows that the largest single group is White, at 72% of enrollment. The remainder comes out to 9% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 6% multiracial, 5% Black. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 59%.
On the resource side, WHITE BEAR SOUTH CAMPUS SENIOR lists 56 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.3:1. The state averages around 16.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 24% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Ramsey County (around 57%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.
In the surrounding community, Ramsey County reports that the typical household earns roughly $81,568 per year, about 46% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Ramsey County runs 302 public schools (combined enrollment of about 94,437 students), of which WHITE BEAR SOUTH CAMPUS SENIOR is one.
Nearest neighbor: Mariner Middle School, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.
The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.
Five-year trend. WHITE BEAR SOUTH CAMPUS SENIOR's enrollment has expanded 11% since 2018, when it stood at 1,077 (now 1,196). White enrollment moved from 77% to 72% across the same window. Class-load math has rose: from 18.5:1 in 2018 to 21.2:1 in 2024.
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