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Detroit Lakes Senior High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
1301 Roosevelt Ave
Detroit Lakes, MN 56501
Phone
(218) 847-4491
District
DETROIT LAKES PUBLIC SCHOOL DIST.
County
BECKER COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
899
Classroom Teachers
46

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Minnesota

9

(10 is best)

Better than 81.0% of all MN schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

8

(10 is best)

Detroit Lakes Senior High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
53%
44%
54%
48%
51%
40%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

25 20 15 10 5 0
19
14
16
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 252 28.0%
Grade 10 244 27.1%
Grade 11 215 23.9%
Grade 12 188 20.9%
Total 899 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 78.2% 76.9% 66.9%
Black 1.4% 1.1% 12.5%
Hispanic 1.4% 2.3% 11.2%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.9% 0.6% 7.4%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 18.2% 19.1% 2.0%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 24.8% 31.0% 31.4%
Free lunch eligible 17.2% 23.6% 25.5%
Reduced lunch eligible 7.6% 7.4% 5.9%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 18,462 5,717,184
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 57.7 71
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.6% 6.0%
5-19 YEARS OLD 19.2% 19.6%
20-44 YEARS OLD 28.2% 32.8%
45-64 YEARS OLD 25.9% 25.1%
65 OR OLDER 21.1% 16.5%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 7,413 2,256,126
Single Parent Households With Children 8.0% 7.6%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 93.7% 93.7%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 29.4% 38.2%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 12.0% 22.3%
$100,000 - $149,999 13.6% 19.6%
$75,000 - $99,999 16.3% 13.6%
$50,000 - $74,999 19.9% 16.1%
$30,000 - $49,999 16.8% 13.1%
$15,000 - $29,999 13.2% 8.8%
$15,000 or less 8.3% 6.6%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,894 $23,934,608 36.2%
Support Expenditures
Student $499 $1,512,968 2.3%
Staff $512 $1,552,384 2.3%
General Administration $465 $1,409,880 2.1%
School Administration $513 $1,555,416 2.4%
Operation $763 $2,313,416 3.5%
Transportation $817 $2,477,144 3.7%
Other $202 $612,464 0.9%
Total Support $3,770 $11,430,640 17.3%
Non-instructional Expenditures $10,149 $30,771,768 46.5%
Total Expenditures $21,813 $66,137,016 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,905 $7,755,960,452 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $418 $363,966,570 2.3%
Staff $651 $567,318,922 3.6%
General Administration $433 $377,476,006 2.4%
School Administration $553 $482,069,568 3.1%
Operation $895 $779,165,160 5.0%
Transportation $802 $698,249,966 4.5%
Other $317 $276,455,586 1.8%
Total Support $4,070 $3,544,679,184 22.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $5,020 $4,372,647,761 27.9%
Total Expenditures $17,995 $15,673,352,758 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%