Blue Earth Area Secondary

Summary:

Blue Earth Area Secondary is a public high school serving 418 students in grades 8-12 in Blue Earth, Minnesota. The school is part of the Blue Earth Area School District, which is ranked 308 out of 463 districts in the state and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

While Blue Earth Area Secondary has a higher percentage of Hispanic students compared to nearby schools, it has seen a decline in its 4-year graduation rate, dropping from 94.2% in 2019-2020 to 85.3% in 2021-2022. This is lower than the graduation rates of Maple River Secondary (95.1%) and United South Central High School (84.9%). Additionally, the school consistently underperforms the state average on MCA-III proficiency tests across all subjects and grade levels, and has a relatively high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 33.1% to 46.17% over the past few years.

The declining performance and subgroup disparities at Blue Earth Area Secondary suggest that the school may need to implement targeted interventions and strategies to address these challenges and improve the educational experience for its students. Comparing the school's metrics to its higher-performing neighbors, such as Maple River Secondary and United South Central High School, could provide valuable insights to help Blue Earth Area Secondary identify areas for improvement.


Detail:

Public 8-12

 1125 N Grove Street
       Blue Earth, MN  56013-2006


(507) 526-3201

District: Blue Earth Area School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
247th of 480 Minnesota High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $13,556 Help


Feeder schools for Blue Earth Area Secondary:

Elementary:    Blue Earth Area Elementary
Middle:    Blue Earth Area Middle

Student/teacher ratio:  17.9 Help
Number of students:  420

Racial breakdown:

White:
80.7%
Hispanic:
16.7%
Two or more races:
1.7%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  42.9% Help


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Compare Details Blue Earth Area Secondary ranks worse than 71.4% of middle schools in Minnesota. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 32.24. (See more...)
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Compare Details Blue Earth Area Secondary ranks worse than 51.5% of high schools in Minnesota. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 51.75. (See more...)
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The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Blue Earth Area Secondary who earn a standard high school diploma within four years of starting ninth grade.
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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 (80.7%), Hispanic (16.7%), two or more races (1.7%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 42.9% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Blue Earth Area Secondary is 17.9. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Blue Earth Area Secondary is $13,556.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Blue Earth Area Secondary:

SchoolDigger ranks Blue Earth Area Secondary 389th of 545 Minnesota public middle schools. (See Blue Earth Area Secondary in the ranking list.)

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SchoolDigger ranks Blue Earth Area Secondary 247th of 480 Minnesota public high schools. (See Blue Earth Area Secondary in the ranking list.)

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Blue Earth Area School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Blue Earth Area School District 308th of 463 Minnesota school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Blue Earth Area Secondary

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Rank History for all middle school students at Blue Earth Area Secondary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2015 25.44 415th 516 19.6%
2016 68.09 150th 508 70.5%
2017 62.71 200th 523 61.8%
2018 58.74 225th 518 56.6%
2019 45.43 320th 533 40.0%
2021 43.77 296th 521 43.2%
2022 53.72 235th 520 54.8%
2023 51.70 254th 529 52.0%
2024 32.24 389th 545 28.6%
See the entire list of Minnesota High School Rankings!

Rank History for middle school Special Education students at Blue Earth Area Secondary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 17.57 230th 253 9.1%
2019 11.93 273rd 282 3.2%
2021 43.57 147th 260 43.5%
2022 30.34 214th 288 25.7%
2024 44.71 161st 307 47.6%
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Rank History for middle school Low Socio Economic Status students at Blue Earth Area Secondary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 55.49 174th 401 56.6%
2019 47.22 225th 415 45.8%
2021 58.91 124th 399 68.9%
2022 31.56 300th 404 25.7%
2023 32.82 323rd 459 29.6%
2024 38.00 310th 473 34.5%
See the entire list of Best Minnesota High Schools for Low Socio Economic Status Students!

Rank History for middle school Female students at Blue Earth Area Secondary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 48.96 243rd 436 44.3%
2019 22.34 368th 439 16.2%
2021 43.11 260th 443 41.3%
2022 67.02 126th 467 73.0%
2023 51.51 214th 455 53.0%
2024 42.20 285th 474 39.9%
See the entire list of Best Minnesota High Schools for Female Students!

Rank History for middle school Male students at Blue Earth Area Secondary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 62.30 155th 438 64.6%
2019 57.52 189th 454 58.4%
2021 39.17 272nd 437 37.8%
2022 32.82 332nd 476 30.3%
2023 46.57 248th 464 46.6%
2024 22.92 392nd 479 18.2%
See the entire list of Best Minnesota High Schools for Male Students!

Rank History for middle school Hispanic students at Blue Earth Area Secondary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 63.47 40th 163 75.5%
2019 67.01 39th 171 77.2%
2021 53.33 60th 156 61.5%
2022 21.90 167th 188 11.2%
2023 51.89 66th 178 62.9%
2024 40.30 104th 186 44.1%
See the entire list of Best Minnesota High Schools for Hispanic Students!

Rank History for middle school White students at Blue Earth Area Secondary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 46.10 241st 428 43.7%
2019 31.15 330th 428 22.9%
2021 25.47 339th 422 19.7%
2022 47.19 219th 438 50.0%
2023 39.45 277th 436 36.5%
2024 19.89 387th 440 12.0%
See the entire list of Best Minnesota High Schools for White Students!

Data source: test scores: Minnesota Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

Rank History for Blue Earth Area Secondary

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Rank History for all high school students at Blue Earth Area Secondary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 75.38 110th 433 74.6%
2005 74.86 115th 452 74.6%
2006 77.35 96th 450 78.7%
2007 74.28 129th 463 72.1%
2008 80.27 88th 460 80.9%
2010 67.64 187th 540 65.4%
2011 72.01 144th 545 73.6%
2012 76.71 89th 539 83.5%
2013 70.72 140th 534 73.8%
2014 60.01 227th 483 53.0%
2015 57.84 245th 504 51.4%
2016 37.96 342nd 489 30.1%
2017 35.72 351st 489 28.2%
2018 72.54 136th 494 72.5%
2019 58.58 247th 492 49.8%
2021 42.86 276th 428 35.5%
2022 58.42 214th 472 54.7%
2023 42.30 296th 476 37.8%
2024 51.75 247th 480 48.5%
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Rank History for high school Special Education students at Blue Earth Area Secondary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 33.23 125th 173 27.7%
2022 31.72 165th 214 22.9%
2023 15.15 197th 216 8.8%
2024 34.39 155th 221 29.9%
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Rank History for high school Low Socio Economic Status students at Blue Earth Area Secondary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 64.88 128th 374 65.8%
2019 79.09 57th 370 84.6%
2021 61.36 95th 270 64.8%
2022 57.59 130th 312 58.3%
2023 32.38 286th 393 27.2%
2024 32.54 278th 389 28.5%
See the entire list of Best Minnesota High Schools for Low Socio Economic Status Students!

Rank History for high school Female students at Blue Earth Area Secondary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 56.95 200th 395 49.4%
2019 47.61 248th 401 38.2%
2021 22.92 297th 339 12.4%
2022 44.00 241st 388 37.9%
2023 31.75 298th 396 24.7%
2024 60.35 164th 403 59.3%
See the entire list of Best Minnesota High Schools for Female Students!

Rank History for high school Male students at Blue Earth Area Secondary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 74.27 87th 398 78.1%
2019 54.96 197th 411 52.1%
2021 50.30 182nd 351 48.1%
2022 59.04 164th 403 59.3%
2023 42.10 252nd 398 36.7%
2024 27.38 312th 405 23.0%
See the entire list of Best Minnesota High Schools for Male Students!

Rank History for high school Hispanic students at Blue Earth Area Secondary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 55.74 37th 101 63.4%
2022 55.95 56th 135 58.5%
2023 31.96 96th 136 29.4%
2024 32.79 101st 145 30.3%
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Rank History for high school White students at Blue Earth Area Secondary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 65.64 151st 414 63.5%
2019 50.86 232nd 412 43.7%
2021 29.03 295th 364 19.0%
2022 47.85 238th 401 40.6%
2023 29.29 313th 398 21.4%
2024 40.51 261st 402 35.1%
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Data source: test scores: Minnesota Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

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Blue Earth Area Secondary Test Scores
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Enrollment information for Blue Earth Area Secondary

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1998 538 2 6 31 0 n/a n/a 0 577
1999 546 1 4 31 2 n/a n/a 0 584
2000 554 1 5 30 1 n/a n/a 0 591
2001 489 1 5 24 1 n/a n/a 0 520
2002 435 1 3 23 1 n/a n/a 0 463
2003 435 1 3 23 1 n/a n/a 0 463
2004 425 3 2 24 0 n/a n/a 0 454
2005 415 2 3 28 0 n/a n/a 0 448
2006 386 2 1 26 0 n/a n/a 0 415
2007 382 0 2 23 0 n/a n/a 0 407
2008 395 0 4 23 1 n/a n/a 0 423
2009 366 1 1 30 1 n/a n/a 0 399
2010 371 0 2 34 0 n/a n/a 0 407
2011 350 1 2 30 0 0 3 0 386
2012 342 1 2 34 0 0 0 0 379
2013 342 1 2 32 2 0 1 0 380
2014 329 3 2 27 2 0 0 0 363
2015 394 4 3 49 3 0 2 0 455
2016 376 8 2 47 3 0 4 0 440
2017 373 7 2 55 1 0 3 0 441
2018 361 5 1 59 0 0 3 0 429
2019 334 6 3 57 1 0 5 0 406
2020 356 5 1 58 1 0 3 0 424
2021 356 7 1 59 1 1 4 0 429
2022 333 2 0 64 1 0 10 0 410
2023 338 1 1 65 1 0 12 0 418
2024 339 2 2 70 0 0 7 0 420

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 Blue Earth Area Secondary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1998 577 n/a 0.0 15.3
1999 584 55.6 10.5 14.9
2000 591 36.9 16.0 25.7
2001 520 33.2 15.7 16.3
2002 463 31.0 14.9 21
2003 463 31.0 14.9 21
2004 454 29.1 15.6 25.6
2005 448 27.4 16.4 30.6
2006 415 26.9 15.4 30.4
2007 407 25.9 15.7 27.5
2008 423 24.8 17.1 29.6
2009 399 25.4 15.7 27.8
2010 407 25.1 16.1 33.2
2011 386 23.4 16.4 41.5
2012 379 22.8 16.6 41.2
2013 380 22.6 16.7 40.8
2014 363 23.0 15.7 36.4
2015 455 30.0 15.1 40.2
2016 440 29.0 15.1 33.2
2017 441 28.4 15.5 37.9
2018 429 27.4 15.6 39.9
2019 406 27.4 14.7 39.4
2020 424 23.2 18.2 38.9
2021 429 20.7 20.6 33.1
2022 410 22.4 18.2 34.4
2023 418 23.6 17.6 46.2
2024 420 23.4 17.9 42.9

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 Blue Earth Area Secondary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1998 577 n/a 0.0 15.3
1999 584 55.6 10.5 14.9
2000 591 36.9 16.0 25.7
2001 520 33.2 15.7 16.3
2002 463 31.0 14.9 21
2003 463 31.0 14.9 21
2004 454 29.1 15.6 25.6
2005 448 27.4 16.4 30.6
2006 415 26.9 15.4 30.4
2007 407 25.9 15.7 27.5
2008 423 24.8 17.1 29.6
2009 399 25.4 15.7 27.8
2010 407 25.1 16.1 33.2
2011 386 23.4 16.4 41.5
2012 379 22.8 16.6 41.2
2013 380 22.6 16.7 40.8
2014 363 23.0 15.7 36.4
2015 455 30.0 15.1 40.2
2016 440 29.0 15.1 33.2
2017 441 28.4 15.5 37.9
2018 429 27.4 15.6 39.9
2019 406 27.4 14.7 39.4
2020 424 23.2 18.2 38.9
2021 429 20.7 20.6 33.1
2022 410 22.4 18.2 34.4
2023 418 23.6 17.6 46.2
2024 420 23.4 17.9 42.9

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 Blue Earth Area Secondary

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2019 $13,556

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Blue Earth Area Secondary

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 320th of 533 Middle schoolsRanks 254th of 529 Middle schools
 12%
Ranks 247th of 492 High schoolsRanks 296th of 476 High schools
 12%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
8th Grade Math (Blue Earth Area Secondary)42.934.3
 8.6%
   8th Grade Math (Blue Earth Area School District)42.934.3
 8.6%
   8th Grade Math (Minnesota)55.240.3
 14.9%
8th Grade Reading (Blue Earth Area Secondary)5046.1
 4%
   8th Grade Reading (Blue Earth Area School District)5046.1
 4%
   8th Grade Reading (Minnesota)57.744.8
 12.9%
8th Grade Science (Blue Earth Area Secondary)38.620
 18.6%
   8th Grade Science (Blue Earth Area School District)38.620
 18.6%
   8th Grade Science (Minnesota)4327.6
 15.4%
10th Grade Reading (Blue Earth Area Secondary)49.439
 10.4%
   10th Grade Reading (Blue Earth Area School District)49.439
 10.4%
   10th Grade Reading (Minnesota)60.451.7
 8.7%
11th Grade Math (Blue Earth Area Secondary)54.730.8
 23.9%
   11th Grade Math (Blue Earth Area School District)54.730.8
 23.9%
   11th Grade Math (Minnesota)4536
 9%
End of Course Science (Blue Earth Area Secondary)48.729.3
 19.5%
   End of Course Science (Blue Earth Area School District)48.729.3
 19.5%
   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 Students406418
 3%
African American61
 83.3%
American Indian11
Asian31
 66.7%
Hispanic5765
 14%
Pacific Islander00
White334338
 1.2%
Two or More Races512
 140%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients39.4%46.2%
 6.8%


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Blue Earth Area Secondary is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Blue Earth Area Elementary
Middle : Blue Earth Area Middle

Blue Earth Area Secondary ranks 247th of 480 Minnesota high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

In the 2023-24 school year, 420 students attended Blue Earth Area Secondary.

Students at Blue Earth Area Secondary are 81% White, 17% Hispanic, 2% Two or more races.


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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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