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North Woods Secondary

Public Grades 7-12

343^rd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 450 Minnesota High Schools

Better than 24% of Minnesota high schools

Summary

North Woods Secondary is a public high school located in Cook, Minnesota, serving grades 7-12 with a total enrollment of 259 students. The school is part of the St. Louis County School District, which is ranked 336 out of 446 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Academically, North Woods Secondary has consistently underperformed compared to state and district averages in standardized test scores, particularly in math, where only 11.11% of 11th-grade students were proficient or better in the 2024-2025 school year, compared to the state average of 34.96%. The school's reading and science proficiency rates are also below state and district averages. The school's four-year graduation rate has fluctuated, ranging from 83.3% in 2022-2023 to 93.4% in 2023-2024, and its dropout rate has varied from 1.9% to 4.5% during the same period.

The school's performance varies significantly across different student subgroups, with male students and Native American students performing particularly poorly compared to their peers statewide. Additionally, with 49.03% of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch in the 2023-2024 school year, North Woods Secondary faces challenges related to the socioeconomic status of its student population. However, the school's performance for low-income students has fluctuated, suggesting that targeted interventions could potentially lead to better outcomes.

245

Students ?

13.8

Student/teacher ratio ?

$16,454

Per pupil spending ?

41.2%

Free/discounted lunch ?

10248 Olson Rd E
Cook, MN 55723-8888

(218) 666-5221

District: St. Louis County School District

Feeder schools for North Woods Secondary:

Elementary:

North Woods Elementary

Racial breakdown:

White:

62.0%

American Indian:

26.5%

Two or more races:

8.2%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 56th percentile in 2015 → 24th in 2025

Strengths

✓91% graduate in 4 years — above the Minnesota average (85%)

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Minnesota average (30% vs 47% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (24th percentile)

!Ranking has slipped — down 32 percentile points since 2015

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school30%

District avg36%

Minnesota avg47%

Middle school

343^rd of 519

Minnesota public middle schools ?

Bottom 34%▲ up 7 pts since 2015

From bottom 27% (2015) to bottom 34% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

High school

343^rd of 450

Minnesota public high schools ?

Bottom 24%▼ down 32 pts since 2015

From top 44% (2015) to bottom 24% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

2^nd of 4High Schools in the St. Louis County School District

336^th of 446St. Louis County School District among Minnesota districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	37.1	343 of 519	33.9%	★★☆☆☆
2024	48.6	275 of 545	49.5%	★★★☆☆
2023	33.7	372 of 529	29.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	26.5	389 of 520	25.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	40.3	320 of 521	38.6%	★★☆☆☆
2019	35.8	363 of 533	31.9%	★★☆☆☆
2018	45.4	325 of 518	37.3%	★★☆☆☆
2017	35.0	363 of 523	30.6%	★★☆☆☆
2016	26.2	409 of 508	19.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	33.4	376 of 516	27.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	32.3	373 of 490	23.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	22.3	365 of 450	18.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	33.1	334 of 474	29.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	24.0	367 of 455	19.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	20.3	385 of 467	17.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	38.1	283 of 443	36.1%	★★☆☆☆
2019	45.5	260 of 439	40.8%	★★☆☆☆
2018	45.5	264 of 436	39.4%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	31.1	314 of 432	27.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	43.8	261 of 473	44.8%	★★☆☆☆
2023	40.9	281 of 459	38.8%	★★☆☆☆
2022	38.2	256 of 404	36.6%	★★☆☆☆
2021	74.2	49 of 399	87.7%	★★★★☆
2019	42.9	256 of 415	38.3%	★★☆☆☆
2018	54.8	184 of 401	54.1%	★★★☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	46.7	239 of 452	47.1%	★★☆☆☆
2024	61.4	161 of 479	66.4%	★★★☆☆
2023	42.5	276 of 464	40.5%	★★☆☆☆
2022	30.8	342 of 476	28.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	38.5	276 of 437	36.8%	★★☆☆☆
2019	25.7	357 of 454	21.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	40.7	298 of 438	32.0%	★★☆☆☆

Native American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2024	37.1	37 of 55	32.7%	★★☆☆☆
2023	26.3	38 of 49	22.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	52.9	8 of 22	63.6%	★★★★☆
2021	85.6	3 of 18	83.3%	★★★★☆
2019	47.8	10 of 23	56.5%	★★★☆☆
2018	75.6	4 of 23	82.6%	★★★★☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2024	55.9	113 of 307	63.2%	★★★☆☆
2023	47.9	146 of 298	51.0%	★★★☆☆
2022	26.6	222 of 288	22.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	35.4	184 of 260	29.2%	★☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	29.9	307 of 415	26.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	50.6	201 of 440	54.3%	★★★☆☆
2023	37.6	290 of 436	33.5%	★★☆☆☆
2022	20.4	386 of 438	11.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	23.9	350 of 422	17.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	37.8	293 of 428	31.5%	★★☆☆☆
2018	41.9	273 of 428	36.2%	★★☆☆☆

High school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	29.6	343 of 450	23.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	32.8	344 of 480	28.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	24.7	380 of 476	20.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	57.9	220 of 472	53.4%	★★★☆☆
2021	41.5	284 of 428	33.6%	★★☆☆☆
2019	55.5	259 of 492	47.4%	★★☆☆☆
2018	59.7	238 of 494	51.8%	★★★☆☆
2017	52.0	281 of 489	42.5%	★★☆☆☆
2016	51.9	278 of 489	43.1%	★★☆☆☆
2015	61.7	221 of 504	56.2%	★★★☆☆
2014	64.2	194 of 483	59.8%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	27.6	277 of 358	22.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	33.2	290 of 403	28.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	41.0	257 of 396	35.1%	★★☆☆☆
2022	63.6	143 of 388	63.1%	★★★☆☆
2021	39.8	238 of 339	29.8%	★★☆☆☆
2019	52.6	225 of 401	43.9%	★★☆☆☆
2018	57.1	197 of 395	50.1%	★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	37.5	220 of 333	33.9%	★★☆☆☆
2024	56.2	168 of 389	56.8%	★★★☆☆
2023	36.7	268 of 393	31.8%	★★☆☆☆
2022	71.1	76 of 312	75.6%	★★★★☆
2021	79.7	31 of 270	88.5%	★★★★☆
2019	42.6	231 of 370	37.6%	★★☆☆☆
2018	66.1	116 of 374	69.0%	★★★☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	17.6	333 of 377	11.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	24.7	326 of 405	19.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	9.2	372 of 398	6.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	38.0	274 of 403	32.0%	★★☆☆☆
2021	33.8	266 of 351	24.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	46.4	249 of 411	39.4%	★★☆☆☆
2018	43.8	265 of 398	33.4%	★★☆☆☆

Native American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	26.2	22 of 28	21.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	70.5	12 of 42	71.4%	★★★★☆
2023	29.4	27 of 36	25.0%	★★☆☆☆
2021	72.3	4 of 11	63.6%	★★★★☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	27.4	150 of 178	15.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	22.0	186 of 221	15.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	23.0	186 of 214	13.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	30.1	150 of 195	23.1%	★☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	28.3	305 of 376	18.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	15.4	359 of 402	10.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	15.8	367 of 398	7.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	53.0	209 of 401	47.9%	★★☆☆☆
2021	30.9	282 of 364	22.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	48.1	247 of 412	40.0%	★★☆☆☆
2018	52.6	227 of 414	45.2%	★★☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Middle school

Special Education (2024)63rd percentile+14 vs school

Male (2025)47th percentile+13 vs school

Native American (2024)33rd percentile-17 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)27th percentile-7 vs school

White (2025)26th percentile-8 vs school

Female (2025)19th percentile-15 vs school

High school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)34th percentile+10 vs school

Female (2025)23rd percentile~ school

Native American (2025)21st percentile~ school

White (2025)19th percentile-5 vs school

Special Education (2025)16th percentile-8 vs school

Male (2025)12th percentile-12 vs school

By subject vs Minnesota (2024-2025) ?

Reading39%-11 vs state

Math20%-25 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				MCA-III Math (2025)				MCA-III Reading (2025)				Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	MCA-III Math 7th Grade	MCA-III Math 8th Grade	MCA-III Math 11th Grade	MCA-III Math All Grades	MCA-III Reading 7th Grade	MCA-III Reading 8th Grade	MCA-III Reading 10th Grade	MCA-III Reading All Grades	Total
North Woods Secondary	Public	7-12	10248 Olson Rd E	Cook	55723	St. Louis County	St. Louis County School District	No	No	No	No	(218) 666-5221	245	18	13.8	41.2%	152 (62.0%)	2 (0.8%)	6 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	65 (26.5%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (8.2%)	29.6	343^rd of 450 public high schools	23.8%		32.8	344^th of 480 public high schools	28.3%	1	30.3	20.6	11.1	20.4	46.9	28.6	40.4	38.6	$16,454
Laurentian Environmental Center	Public	7-12	8950 Peppard Rd	Britt	55710	St. Louis County	Mounds View Public School District	No	No	No	No	(888) 749-1288	0				0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)

Frequently Asked Questions about North Woods Secondary

What is the racial makeup of North Woods Secondary?

Students at North Woods Secondary are 62% White, 27% American Indian, 8% Two or more races, 2% Hispanic.

What district is North Woods Secondary in?

St. Louis County School District

Is North Woods Secondary a good school?

North Woods Secondary ranks in the bottom 23.8% of Minnesota high schools.

How many students attend North Woods Secondary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 245 students attended North Woods Secondary.

What schools feed into North Woods Secondary?

North Woods Secondary is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : North Woods Elementary

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2024–25 dropout rates & graduation ratesJun 13, 2026

2024–25 MCA-III test scoresAug 29, 2025

2023–24 dropout rates & graduation ratesMay 8, 2025

2022–23 graduation ratesDec 2, 2024

SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Minnesota Department of Education.

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