Lester Prairie Secondary

Public 7-12

 131 Hickory St N
       Lester Prairie, MN  55354-8888


(320) 395-2521

District: Lester Prairie Public School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
364th of 478 Minnesota High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $11,799 Help


Feeder schools for Lester Prairie Secondary:

Elementary:    Lester Prairie Elementary

Student/teacher ratio:  24.6 Help
Number of students:  239

Racial breakdown:

White:
74.1%
Hispanic:
23.8%
Two or more races:
1.3%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  38.1% Help


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Compare Details Lester Prairie Secondary ranks worse than 65.8% of middle schools in Minnesota. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2023 the calculated Average Standard Score was 36.77. (See more...)
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Compare Details Lester Prairie Secondary ranks worse than 76.2% of high schools in Minnesota. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2023 the calculated Average Standard Score was 29.52. (See more...)
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The Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate (ACGR) measures the percentage of Lester Prairie Secondary freshmen who graduate within four years, adjusting for students who transfer in or out.
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The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (74.1%), Hispanic (23.8%), two or more races (1.3%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 38.1% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Lester Prairie Secondary is 24.6. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Lester Prairie Secondary is $11,799.
Schooldigger 2023 Rankings:

Lester Prairie Secondary:

SchoolDigger ranks Lester Prairie Secondary 352nd of 535 Minnesota public middle schools. (See Lester Prairie Secondary in the ranking list.)

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SchoolDigger ranks Lester Prairie Secondary 364th of 478 Minnesota public high schools. (See Lester Prairie Secondary in the ranking list.)

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Lester Prairie Public School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Lester Prairie Public School District 326th of 448 Minnesota school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Lester Prairie Secondary

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Rank History for all middle school students at Lester Prairie Secondary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 25.40 325th 387 16.0%
2005 58.41 203rd 396 48.7%
2006 42.02 292nd 406 28.1%
2007 49.99 237th 403 41.2%
2008 35.53 323rd 409 21.0%
2009 63.53 85th 230 63.0%
2010 52.14 254th 454 44.1%
2011 58.46 202nd 478 57.7%
2012 48.09 290th 469 38.2%
2013 35.16 353rd 488 27.7%
2014 35.91 348th 490 29.0%
2015 27.56 403rd 516 21.9%
2016 29.56 394th 508 22.4%
2017 46.86 304th 523 41.9%
2018 61.56 201st 518 61.2%
2019 39.70 347th 533 34.9%
2021 29.35 386th 521 25.9%
2022 54.54 227th 520 56.3%
2023 36.77 348th 529 34.2%
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Rank History for middle school Low Socio Economic Status students at Lester Prairie Secondary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 36.91 268th 399 32.8%
2023 29.97 333rd 459 27.5%
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Rank History for middle school Female students at Lester Prairie Secondary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 67.12 133rd 436 69.5%
2019 44.89 264th 439 39.9%
2021 51.98 201st 443 54.6%
2022 52.56 210th 467 55.0%
2023 42.33 273rd 455 40.0%
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Rank History for middle school Male students at Lester Prairie Secondary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 54.30 211th 438 51.8%
2019 34.30 321st 454 29.3%
2021 14.78 393rd 437 10.1%
2022 47.28 251st 476 47.3%
2023 27.29 349th 464 24.8%
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Rank History for middle school Hispanic students at Lester Prairie Secondary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 48.54 87th 188 53.7%
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Rank History for middle school White students at Lester Prairie Secondary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 43.84 260th 428 39.3%
2019 24.85 359th 428 16.1%
2021 19.03 372nd 422 11.8%
2022 46.04 231st 438 47.3%
2023 28.85 340th 436 22.0%
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Data source: test scores: Minnesota Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

Rank History for Lester Prairie Secondary

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Rank History for all high school students at Lester Prairie Secondary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 64.93 215th 433 50.3%
2005 61.75 262nd 452 42.0%
2006 60.13 225th 450 50.0%
2007 63.04 203rd 463 56.2%
2008 64.76 207th 460 55.0%
2009 75.67 58th 234 75.2%
2010 75.17 100th 540 81.5%
2011 71.36 154th 545 71.7%
2012 63.66 232nd 539 57.0%
2013 65.34 196th 534 63.3%
2014 57.98 244th 483 49.5%
2015 58.44 239th 504 52.6%
2016 63.44 204th 489 58.3%
2017 51.26 285th 489 41.7%
2018 41.90 342nd 494 30.8%
2019 48.74 295th 492 40.0%
2021 52.56 219th 428 48.8%
2022 29.75 354th 472 25.0%
2023 29.52 363rd 476 23.7%
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Rank History for high school Low Socio Economic Status students at Lester Prairie Secondary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 33.38 268th 374 28.3%
2019 29.74 276th 370 25.4%
2022 5.68 302nd 312 3.2%
2023 24.30 324th 393 17.6%
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Rank History for high school Female students at Lester Prairie Secondary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 16.36 345th 395 12.7%
2019 34.04 297th 401 25.9%
2021 37.78 245th 339 27.7%
2022 27.75 307th 388 20.9%
2023 37.58 273rd 396 31.1%
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Rank History for high school Male students at Lester Prairie Secondary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 54.53 210th 398 47.2%
2019 49.13 235th 411 42.8%
2021 60.61 136th 351 61.3%
2022 25.69 329th 403 18.4%
2023 19.47 343rd 398 13.8%
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Rank History for high school Hispanic students at Lester Prairie Secondary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 13.13 127th 135 5.9%
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Rank History for high school White students at Lester Prairie Secondary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 28.89 344th 414 16.9%
2019 30.02 323rd 412 21.6%
2021 42.74 231st 364 36.5%
2022 28.03 328th 401 18.2%
2023 24.78 334th 398 16.1%
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Data source: test scores: Minnesota Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Enrollment information for Lester Prairie Secondary

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 243 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 243
1989 251 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 251
1990 247 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 247
1991 247 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 247
1992 252 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 252
1993 264 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 264
1994 273 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 273
1995 301 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 301
1996 301 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 301
1997 297 0 0 1 0 n/a n/a 0 298
1998 280 0 0 2 0 n/a n/a 0 282
1999 293 0 0 1 0 n/a n/a 0 294
2000 271 0 0 2 0 n/a n/a 0 273
2001 258 0 0 2 0 n/a n/a 0 260
2002 237 0 0 4 0 n/a n/a 0 241
2003 237 0 0 4 0 n/a n/a 0 241
2004 246 0 0 14 0 n/a n/a 0 260
2005 236 0 0 12 0 n/a n/a 0 248
2006 222 7 0 11 0 n/a n/a 0 240
2007 209 10 1 14 0 n/a n/a 0 234
2008 193 6 1 16 0 n/a n/a 0 216
2009 180 1 2 15 0 n/a n/a 0 198
2010 172 0 3 9 0 n/a n/a 0 184
2011 158 0 3 13 0 0 1 0 175
2012 171 0 3 14 0 0 2 0 190
2013 175 0 4 19 0 0 1 0 199
2014 167 0 2 23 0 0 1 0 193
2015 151 1 1 26 0 0 2 0 181
2016 152 0 0 29 0 0 2 0 183
2017 155 0 0 33 0 0 6 0 194
2018 165 0 0 31 0 0 6 0 202
2019 177 2 2 35 0 0 3 0 219
2020 194 2 0 34 2 0 4 0 236
2021 198 0 0 39 1 0 6 0 244
2022 183 1 0 45 2 0 5 0 236
2023 177 1 0 57 1 0 3 0 239

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Lester Prairie Secondary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 243 13.0 18.6 2.5
1989 251 14.0 17.9 4.8
1990 247 13.5 18.2 4.9
1991 247 12.7 19.4 1.2
1992 252 13.3 18.9 6.3
1993 264 12.3 21.5 3.4
1994 273 13.4 20.4 2.6
1995 301 15.0 20.1 6
1996 301 15.0 20.1 6
1997 298 15.7 19.0 6.7
1998 282 n/a 0.0 4.6
1999 294 18.3 16.1 4.8
2000 273 17.2 15.9 13.2
2001 260 16.0 16.3 10
2002 241 15.1 16.0 12.9
2003 241 15.1 16.0 12.9
2004 260 16.2 16.0 16.5
2005 248 15.6 15.9 20.6
2006 240 14.4 16.7 23.3
2007 234 14.6 16.0 26.5
2008 216 14.5 14.9 25
2009 198 14.2 13.9 26.3
2010 184 13.1 13.9 26.6
2011 175 12.6 13.8 25.1
2012 190 12.8 14.7 22.1
2013 199 12.6 15.7 33.2
2014 193 13.1 14.6 34.2
2015 181 12.0 15.0 34.8
2016 183 13.0 14.0 33.3
2017 194 13.1 14.7 34.5
2018 202 13.8 14.5 28.7
2019 219 16.7 13.0 27.9
2020 236 12.8 18.3 25.4
2021 244 8.6 28.3 22.1
2022 236 9.1 25.8 19.1
2023 239 9.6 24.6 38.1

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Lester Prairie Secondary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 243 13.0 18.6 2.5
1989 251 14.0 17.9 4.8
1990 247 13.5 18.2 4.9
1991 247 12.7 19.4 1.2
1992 252 13.3 18.9 6.3
1993 264 12.3 21.5 3.4
1994 273 13.4 20.4 2.6
1995 301 15.0 20.1 6
1996 301 15.0 20.1 6
1997 298 15.7 19.0 6.7
1998 282 n/a 0.0 4.6
1999 294 18.3 16.1 4.8
2000 273 17.2 15.9 13.2
2001 260 16.0 16.3 10
2002 241 15.1 16.0 12.9
2003 241 15.1 16.0 12.9
2004 260 16.2 16.0 16.5
2005 248 15.6 15.9 20.6
2006 240 14.4 16.7 23.3
2007 234 14.6 16.0 26.5
2008 216 14.5 14.9 25
2009 198 14.2 13.9 26.3
2010 184 13.1 13.9 26.6
2011 175 12.6 13.8 25.1
2012 190 12.8 14.7 22.1
2013 199 12.6 15.7 33.2
2014 193 13.1 14.6 34.2
2015 181 12.0 15.0 34.8
2016 183 13.0 14.0 33.3
2017 194 13.1 14.7 34.5
2018 202 13.8 14.5 28.7
2019 219 16.7 13.0 27.9
2020 236 12.8 18.3 25.4
2021 244 8.6 28.3 22.1
2022 236 9.1 25.8 19.1
2023 239 9.6 24.6 38.1

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Lester Prairie Secondary

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2019 $11,799

Data source: Minnesota Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Lester Prairie Secondary

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 347th of 533 Middle schoolsRanks 348th of 529 Middle schools
 0.7%
Ranks 295th of 492 High schoolsRanks 363rd of 476 High schools
 16.3%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
7th Grade Math (Lester Prairie Secondary)3830.6
 7.4%
   7th Grade Math (Lester Prairie Public School District)3830.6
 7.4%
   7th Grade Math (Minnesota)52.139.7
 12.4%
7th Grade Reading (Lester Prairie Secondary)4627.8
 18.2%
   7th Grade Reading (Lester Prairie Public School District)4627.8
 18.2%
   7th Grade Reading (Minnesota)57.545.2
 12.3%
8th Grade Math (Lester Prairie Secondary)44.130.8
 13.4%
   8th Grade Math (Lester Prairie Public School District)44.130.8
 13.4%
   8th Grade Math (Minnesota)55.240.3
 14.9%
8th Grade Reading (Lester Prairie Secondary)52.938.5
 14.5%
   8th Grade Reading (Lester Prairie Public School District)52.938.5
 14.5%
   8th Grade Reading (Minnesota)57.744.8
 12.9%
8th Grade Science (Lester Prairie Secondary)32.415.4
 17%
   8th Grade Science (Lester Prairie Public School District)32.415.4
 17%
   8th Grade Science (Minnesota)4327.6
 15.4%
10th Grade Reading (Lester Prairie Secondary)55.829.7
 26.1%
   10th Grade Reading (Lester Prairie Public School District)55.829.7
 26.1%
   10th Grade Reading (Minnesota)60.451.7
 8.7%
11th Grade Math (Lester Prairie Secondary)3028.9
 1.1%
   11th Grade Math (Lester Prairie Public School District)3028.9
 1.1%
   11th Grade Math (Minnesota)4536
 9%
End of Course Science (Lester Prairie Secondary)44.216.2
 28%
   End of Course Science (Lester Prairie Public School District)44.216.2
 28%
   End of Course Science (Minnesota)54.441.8
 12.5%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students219239
 9.1%
African American21
 50%
American Indian01
Asian20
 100%
Hispanic3557
 62.9%
Pacific Islander00
White177177
Two or More Races33
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients27.9%38.1%
 10.2%


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In the 2022-23 school year, 239 students attended Lester Prairie Secondary.

Lester Prairie Secondary is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Lester Prairie Elementary

Students at Lester Prairie Secondary are 74% White, 24% Hispanic, 1% Two or more races.

Lester Prairie Secondary ranks in the bottom 23.8% of Minnesota high schools.


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