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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ZUMBROTA-MAZEPPA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 274573500209

Zumbrota-Mazeppa Senior High

705 MILL ST, ZUMBROTA, MN 55992 · (507) 732-7395 · Goodhue County
GRADES 09–12HIGH42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL401 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 55% of Minnesota public high schools
  • B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
  • ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.

Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Minnesota public high schools

Enrollment
401
High
DISTRICT 311 · STATE 371
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 16.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
21%
83 students
DISTRICT 24% · STATE 48%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.

Enrollment by grade, 2024-25

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 910727%
Grade 1010025%
Grade 1110626%
Grade 128822%
Student demographics
18%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 18% · STATE 60% · US 70%
White
36391%
DISTRICT 91% · STATE 60% · US 43%
Hispanic
225%
DISTRICT 5% · STATE 12% · US 30%
Black
72%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 12% · US 15%
Asian
10%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 7% · US 6%
Two+
82%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 7% · US 5%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Male
22757%
Female
17443%

School pathway

Feeds from
Zumbrota-Mazeppa Middle School07–08
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Test scores

MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds Standards
English Language Arts
34.8%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
56.8%
MN avg 45.3%

What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Minnesota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 45.

Source: MCA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
44.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.0%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.7pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% typical for Minnesota schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Minnesota's top nor bottom 10%.

BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →

Schools most like Zumbrota-Mazeppa Senior High

Zumbrota-Mazeppa Senior High's state test result (44.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Zumbrota-Mazeppa Senior High this school40120.7%44.3%
Barnesville High School
BARNESVILLE
38020.0%46.4%
NEW LONDON-SPICER SR.
NEW LONDON
44819.9%51.5%
DILWORTH-GLYNDON-FELTON SENIOR HIGH
GLYNDON
44922.3%51.6%
EDEN VALLEY SECONDARY
EDEN VALLEY
42522.8%46.2%
BELLE PLAINE SENIOR HIGH
BELLE PLAINE
47519.4%55.0%
Matched among Minnesota high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.

Where Zumbrota-Mazeppa Senior High ranks

Among high schools
MeasureThis schoolIn MinnesotaIn Goodhue County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
44.3%#137 of 397#2 of 6
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
56.8%#26 of 401#1 of 6
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
34.8%#329 of 397#5 of 6
Enrollment
ranked largest first
401#204 of 764#4 of 11
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
16.4:1#150 of 332#2 of 6
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
17.7%#271 of 338#6 of 6
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
20.7%#389 of 444#4 of 6
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked fastest growth first
+13.9%#65 of 181N/A
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.

4-year change

SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25
Enrollment
401
+11 (+3%) vs 2020
-5% since 2000-01, when it was 422
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 18.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2540124.416.4:121% (83)
2023-2439125.915.1:124% (93)
2022-2339124.516.0:124% (95)
2020-213902118.6:112% (47)
2017-1835220.517.2:119% (67)
2015-163332016.6:118% (59)
2010-113642216.6:117% (63)
2000-014222417.6:19% (36)
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Zumbrota-Mazeppa Senior High.

Since 2017-18: students up 14% (352 to 401); teachers up 19% (20.5 to 24.4).

About Zumbrota-Mazeppa Senior High

Zumbrota-Mazeppa Senior High is a mid-sized high school that serves part of ZUMBROTA, Minnesota. It reported 401 students in grades 9 through 12 in 2024-25.

Besides Zumbrota-Mazeppa Senior High, Zumbrota-Mazeppa School District runs 3 other schools. The district enrolls 1,242 students.

White students are 91% of those enrolled at Zumbrota-Mazeppa Senior High. Other reported shares: 5% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. That is in line with Goodhue County, where about 90% of residents are White. A diversity index of 18% means there is an 18% chance two randomly chosen students at Zumbrota-Mazeppa Senior High are from different groups.

The student-to-teacher ratio is 16.4:1. The school has 24.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for high schools in Minnesota is about 16.3:1. Federal data show 21% of students (83) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.

On the allk12 Grade, Zumbrota-Mazeppa Senior High lands at B, ahead of 55% of Minnesota public high schools.

On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Zumbrota-Mazeppa Senior High is 9.7 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 44.3% actual, 54.0% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Minnesota.

In the wider Goodhue County area, the median household earns about $84,171 a year, about 28% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Across Goodhue County, 36 public schools serve about 7,099 students.

Zumbrota-Mazeppa Senior High's nearest public school is Zumbrota-Mazeppa Middle School (less than a tenth of a mile). In all, 2 other public schools sit within five miles of Zumbrota-Mazeppa Senior High. On state test proficiency, Zumbrota-Mazeppa Senior High ranks 5th in a group of 7 nearby schools.

NCES lists the school's locale as Rural: Distant. That means it sits in rural territory some distance from an urban area.

In 2024-25, the school enrolled 401, up from 390 in 2020-21. The school's ratio dropped from 18.6:1 to 16.4:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.

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Goodhue County at a glance

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Population
47,943
Census ACS
Median income
$84,171
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
36
7,099 students

Quick facts

School name
Zumbrota-Mazeppa Senior High
District
Zumbrota-Mazeppa School District
Address
705 MILL ST, ZUMBROTA, MN 55992
Phone
(507) 732-7395
County
Goodhue County
Level
High
Grade range
09–12
Total enrollment
401
Teachers (FTE)
24
Student–teacher ratio
16.4:1
Free and reduced lunch
83 (21%)
Locale
42-Rural: Distant
NCES ID
274573500209
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About Zumbrota-Mazeppa Senior High
What is the total enrollment at Zumbrota-Mazeppa Senior High?
Zumbrota-Mazeppa Senior High enrolls approximately 401 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Zumbrota-Mazeppa Senior High serve?
Zumbrota-Mazeppa Senior High serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many teachers does Zumbrota-Mazeppa Senior High have?
Zumbrota-Mazeppa Senior High employs 24 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Zumbrota-Mazeppa Senior High?
Student demographics at Zumbrota-Mazeppa Senior High are roughly 91% White, 5% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Zumbrota-Mazeppa Senior High in?
Zumbrota-Mazeppa Senior High is part of Zumbrota-Mazeppa School District.
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