Heron Lake-Okabena Secondary

Public 7-12

 124 N Minnesota Ave
       Okabena, MN  56161-4000


(507) 853-4507

District: Heron Lake-Okabena School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
385th of 478 Minnesota High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $16,601 Help


Feeder schools for Heron Lake-Okabena Secondary:

Elementary:    Heron Lake-Okabena Elementary

Student/teacher ratio:  16.5 Help
Number of students:  161

Racial breakdown:

White:
67.7%
Hispanic:
24.8%
Two or more races:
3.1%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  52.2% Help


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Compare Details Heron Lake-Okabena Secondary ranks worse than 90.1% of middle schools in Minnesota. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2023 the calculated Average Standard Score was 12.03. (See more...)
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Compare Details Heron Lake-Okabena Secondary ranks worse than 80.5% of high schools in Minnesota. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2023 the calculated Average Standard Score was 23.08. (See more...)
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The Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate (ACGR) measures the percentage of Heron Lake-Okabena 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 (67.7%), Hispanic (24.8%), two or more races (3.1%). (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Heron Lake-Okabena Secondary is 16.5. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Heron Lake-Okabena Secondary is $16,601.
Schooldigger 2023 Rankings:

Heron Lake-Okabena Secondary:

SchoolDigger ranks Heron Lake-Okabena Secondary 482nd of 535 Minnesota public middle schools. (See Heron Lake-Okabena Secondary in the ranking list.)

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SchoolDigger ranks Heron Lake-Okabena Secondary 385th of 478 Minnesota public high schools. (See Heron Lake-Okabena Secondary in the ranking list.)

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Heron Lake-Okabena School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Heron Lake-Okabena School District 385th of 448 Minnesota school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Heron Lake-Okabena Secondary

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Rank History for all middle school students at Heron Lake-Okabena Secondary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 3.09 362nd 387 6.5%
2005 46.25 277th 396 30.1%
2006 54.83 219th 406 46.1%
2007 49.41 241st 403 40.2%
2008 45.54 267th 409 34.7%
2009 42.76 158th 230 31.3%
2010 34.32 358th 454 21.1%
2011 26.77 398th 478 16.7%
2012 26.12 392nd 469 16.4%
2013 44.58 300th 488 38.5%
2014 45.36 290th 490 40.8%
2015 31.27 386th 516 25.2%
2016 22.60 421st 508 17.1%
2017 42.98 325th 523 37.9%
2018 17.69 446th 518 13.9%
2019 12.01 473rd 533 11.3%
2021 17.39 438th 521 15.9%
2022 25.03 401st 520 22.9%
2023 12.03 478th 529 9.6%
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Rank History for middle school Special Education students at Heron Lake-Okabena Secondary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 33.60 178th 253 29.6%
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Rank History for middle school Low Socio Economic Status students at Heron Lake-Okabena Secondary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 4.52 392nd 401 2.2%
2021 14.01 377th 399 5.5%
2022 28.12 317th 404 21.5%
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Rank History for middle school Female students at Heron Lake-Okabena Secondary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 12.64 395th 436 9.4%
2021 6.05 427th 443 3.6%
2022 24.25 372nd 467 20.3%
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Rank History for middle school Male students at Heron Lake-Okabena Secondary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 19.19 376th 438 14.2%
2022 47.16 253rd 476 46.8%
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Rank History for middle school White students at Heron Lake-Okabena Secondary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 11.20 399th 428 6.8%
2019 13.48 401st 428 6.3%
2021 11.43 400th 422 5.2%
2022 20.09 389th 438 11.2%
2023 8.25 421st 436 3.4%
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Data source: test scores: Minnesota Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

Rank History for Heron Lake-Okabena Secondary

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Rank History for all high school students at Heron Lake-Okabena Secondary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 84.79 13th 433 97.0%
2005 81.07 42nd 452 90.7%
2006 85.49 41st 450 90.9%
2007 55.06 259th 463 44.1%
2008 40.09 335th 460 27.2%
2009 60.83 120th 234 48.7%
2010 63.94 231st 540 57.2%
2011 61.83 255th 545 53.2%
2012 44.87 353rd 539 34.5%
2013 42.25 353rd 534 33.9%
2014 32.33 364th 483 24.6%
2015 51.21 293rd 504 41.9%
2016 22.44 382nd 489 21.9%
2017 58.77 240th 489 50.9%
2018 47.46 310th 494 37.2%
2019 45.85 303rd 492 38.4%
2021 23.50 354th 428 17.3%
2022 16.96 396th 472 16.1%
2023 23.08 384th 476 19.3%
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Rank History for high school Low Socio Economic Status students at Heron Lake-Okabena Secondary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 3.02 267th 270 1.1%
2023 35.32 277th 393 29.5%
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Rank History for high school Female students at Heron Lake-Okabena Secondary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 20.28 343rd 401 14.5%
2021 34.40 254th 339 25.1%
2022 12.83 350th 388 9.8%
2023 17.21 345th 396 12.9%
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Rank History for high school Male students at Heron Lake-Okabena Secondary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 36.92 293rd 398 26.4%
2021 13.74 322nd 351 8.3%
2022 12.41 366th 403 9.2%
2023 10.32 367th 398 7.8%
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Rank History for high school White students at Heron Lake-Okabena Secondary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 30.59 337th 414 18.6%
2019 40.21 287th 412 30.3%
2021 26.67 304th 364 16.5%
2022 18.51 357th 401 11.0%
2023 19.42 361st 398 9.3%
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Data source: test scores: Minnesota Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Enrollment information for Heron Lake-Okabena Secondary

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 198 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 198
1989 199 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 199
1990 187 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 187
1991 205 0 0 3 0 n/a n/a 0 208
1992 207 0 0 2 0 n/a n/a 0 209
1993 206 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 206
1994 195 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 195
1995 134 0 0 1 0 n/a n/a 0 135
1996 134 0 0 1 0 n/a n/a 0 135
1997 143 0 0 1 0 n/a n/a 0 144
1998 242 0 0 1 0 n/a n/a 0 243
1999 228 1 2 3 0 n/a n/a 0 234
2000 233 1 0 2 0 n/a n/a 0 236
2001 205 2 0 3 0 n/a n/a 0 210
2002 173 0 0 12 3 n/a n/a 0 188
2003 173 0 0 12 3 n/a n/a 0 188
2004 166 0 1 19 3 n/a n/a 0 189
2005 165 1 3 20 1 n/a n/a 0 190
2006 151 0 4 19 1 n/a n/a 0 175
2007 157 0 3 19 0 n/a n/a 0 179
2008 170 1 3 22 0 n/a n/a 0 196
2009 161 4 3 24 0 n/a n/a 0 192
2010 144 0 3 30 0 n/a n/a 0 177
2011 150 0 0 25 0 0 3 0 178
2012 165 0 0 25 1 0 2 0 193
2013 169 0 0 28 1 0 3 0 201
2014 170 0 0 22 1 0 2 0 195
2015 166 0 1 16 0 0 1 0 184
2016 147 0 3 17 0 0 0 0 167
2017 151 0 2 16 0 0 0 0 169
2018 132 0 0 18 0 0 1 0 151
2019 135 0 2 21 2 0 1 0 161
2020 136 1 4 23 2 0 1 0 167
2021 143 2 4 32 2 0 1 0 184
2022 134 1 4 38 3 0 5 0 185
2023 109 2 2 40 3 0 5 0 161

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 Heron Lake-Okabena Secondary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 198 13.1 15.1 26.8
1989 199 12.9 15.4 21.6
1990 187 12.7 14.7 23.5
1991 208 11.4 18.2 18.8
1992 209 12.0 17.4 17.7
1993 206 11.0 18.7 19.9
1994 195 12.8 15.2 21
1995 135 7.6 17.8 18.5
1996 135 7.6 17.8 18.5
1997 144 9.6 15.0 13.2
1998 243 n/a 0.0 19.3
1999 234 21.6 10.8 9.8
2000 236 18.1 13.0 25.4
2001 210 19.2 10.9 23.3
2002 188 15.6 12.1 28.7
2003 188 15.6 12.1 28.7
2004 189 13.5 14.0 32.3
2005 190 15.7 12.1 41.1
2006 175 15.8 11.1 27.4
2007 179 15.3 11.7 27.9
2008 196 14.2 13.8 30.6
2009 192 15.3 12.5 33.3
2010 177 16.2 10.8 36.7
2011 178 16.9 10.5 30.9
2012 193 14.5 13.2 35.8
2013 201 13.4 14.9 31.8
2014 195 15.5 12.5 28.2
2015 184 16.0 11.5 27.2
2016 167 15.0 11.1 24.6
2017 169 15.4 10.9 31.4
2018 151 15.3 9.8 31.8
2019 161 14.3 11.2 36
2020 167 12.6 13.2 40.7
2021 184 10.2 17.9 40.8
2022 185 11.3 16.2 37.8
2023 161 9.7 16.5 52.2

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 Heron Lake-Okabena Secondary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 198 13.1 15.1 26.8
1989 199 12.9 15.4 21.6
1990 187 12.7 14.7 23.5
1991 208 11.4 18.2 18.8
1992 209 12.0 17.4 17.7
1993 206 11.0 18.7 19.9
1994 195 12.8 15.2 21
1995 135 7.6 17.8 18.5
1996 135 7.6 17.8 18.5
1997 144 9.6 15.0 13.2
1998 243 n/a 0.0 19.3
1999 234 21.6 10.8 9.8
2000 236 18.1 13.0 25.4
2001 210 19.2 10.9 23.3
2002 188 15.6 12.1 28.7
2003 188 15.6 12.1 28.7
2004 189 13.5 14.0 32.3
2005 190 15.7 12.1 41.1
2006 175 15.8 11.1 27.4
2007 179 15.3 11.7 27.9
2008 196 14.2 13.8 30.6
2009 192 15.3 12.5 33.3
2010 177 16.2 10.8 36.7
2011 178 16.9 10.5 30.9
2012 193 14.5 13.2 35.8
2013 201 13.4 14.9 31.8
2014 195 15.5 12.5 28.2
2015 184 16.0 11.5 27.2
2016 167 15.0 11.1 24.6
2017 169 15.4 10.9 31.4
2018 151 15.3 9.8 31.8
2019 161 14.3 11.2 36
2020 167 12.6 13.2 40.7
2021 184 10.2 17.9 40.8
2022 185 11.3 16.2 37.8
2023 161 9.7 16.5 52.2

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 Heron Lake-Okabena Secondary

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2019 $16,601

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Heron Lake-Okabena Secondary

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 473rd of 533 Middle schoolsRanks 478th of 529 Middle schools
 1.6%
Ranks 303rd of 492 High schoolsRanks 384th of 476 High schools
 19.1%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
7th Grade Math (Heron Lake-Okabena Secondary)2810
 18%
   7th Grade Math (Heron Lake-Okabena School District)2810
 18%
   7th Grade Math (Minnesota)52.139.7
 12.4%
7th Grade Reading (Heron Lake-Okabena Secondary)30.815
 15.8%
   7th Grade Reading (Heron Lake-Okabena School District)30.815
 15.8%
   7th Grade Reading (Minnesota)57.545.2
 12.3%
8th Grade Math (Heron Lake-Okabena Secondary)2516.7
 8.3%
   8th Grade Math (Heron Lake-Okabena School District)2516.7
 8.3%
   8th Grade Math (Minnesota)55.240.3
 14.9%
8th Grade Reading (Heron Lake-Okabena Secondary)31.323.5
 7.7%
   8th Grade Reading (Heron Lake-Okabena School District)31.323.5
 7.7%
   8th Grade Reading (Minnesota)57.744.8
 12.9%
8th Grade Science (Heron Lake-Okabena Secondary)11.85.9
 5.9%
   8th Grade Science (Heron Lake-Okabena School District)11.85.9
 5.9%
   8th Grade Science (Minnesota)4327.6
 15.4%
10th Grade Reading (Heron Lake-Okabena Secondary)62.536.4
 26.1%
   10th Grade Reading (Heron Lake-Okabena School District)62.536.4
 26.1%
   10th Grade Reading (Minnesota)60.451.7
 8.7%
11th Grade Math (Heron Lake-Okabena Secondary)23.523.5
   11th Grade Math (Heron Lake-Okabena School District)23.523.5
   11th Grade Math (Minnesota)4536
 9%
End of Course Science (Heron Lake-Okabena Secondary)404.6
 35.5%
   End of Course Science (Heron Lake-Okabena School District)404.6
 35.5%
   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 Students161161
African American02
American Indian23
 50%
Asian22
Hispanic2140
 90.5%
Pacific Islander00
White135109
 19.3%
Two or More Races15
 400%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients36%52.2%
 16.1%


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Heron Lake-Okabena Secondary ranks in the bottom 19.5% of Minnesota high schools.

Heron Lake-Okabena Secondary is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Heron Lake-Okabena Elementary

Students at Heron Lake-Okabena Secondary are 68% White, 25% Hispanic, 3% Two or more races, 2% American Indian, 1% African American, 1% Asian.

In the 2022-23 school year, 161 students attended Heron Lake-Okabena Secondary.


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