WRENSHALL SECONDARY

As a modestly sized four-year high school in WRENSHALL, Minnesota, WRENSHALL SECONDARY instructs 160 students from grades 7 through 12, operated by WRENSHALL PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. By comparison, Minnesota's public schools average about 371 students each, so WRENSHALL SECONDARY sits 57% below that benchmark.

WRENSHALL PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 347 students. WRENSHALL SECONDARY is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, WRENSHALL SECONDARY shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (86%). The remainder comes out to 8% multiracial, 3% Native American. That composition is broadly in line with Carlton County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, WRENSHALL SECONDARY logs 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.3:1 average. An estimated 44% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Carlton County runs at roughly 35%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, WRENSHALL SECONDARY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 41.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 37.7%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Carlton County shows median household earnings sit near $80,573, roughly 27% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Carlton County's 25 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,201 students), WRENSHALL SECONDARY is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: WRENSHALL ELEMENTARY, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), WRENSHALL SECONDARY ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 42.8%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Over the past 7-year window. WRENSHALL SECONDARY's enrollment has contracted 6% since 2018, when it stood at 171 (now 160). Over the same period, the White share edged down from 91% to 86%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 11.3:1 today.

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