Pine City Secondary

Summary:

Pine City Secondary is a public high school serving grades 7-12 in Pine City, Minnesota, with a student population of 701 and a majority White student body. The school has consistently performed above the state average in academic proficiency, maintained high graduation rates, and seen a growing population of economically disadvantaged students.

Pine City Secondary stands out for its strong academic performance, with 11th-grade Math proficiency rates of 43% compared to the state average of 34.99%. The school also boasts high graduation rates, ranging from 87.3% to 97.2% over the past 5 years, significantly higher than the state average. However, the school's performance for White students and students with special needs has been more mixed, with rankings in the bottom half of the state in recent years, suggesting potential equity concerns that may need to be addressed.

When compared to nearby schools, Pine City Secondary generally outperforms alternative learning centers like Mora Alternative Learning Center and Pine City Area Learning Center in academic proficiency, graduation rates, and school rankings. However, it lags behind some higher-performing schools like Rush City Secondary. The school's fluctuating statewide ranking, ranging from 74th to 187th out of Minnesota high schools, suggests its performance may be impacted by factors beyond just academic achievement.


Detail:

Public 7-12

 1400 Main St S
       Pine City, MN  55063-2064


(320) 629-4111

District: Pine City Public School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
183rd of 480 Minnesota High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $13,798 Help


Feeder schools for Pine City Secondary:

Elementary:    Pine City Elementary

Student/teacher ratio:  19.1 Help
Number of students:  699

Racial breakdown:

White:
86.7%
Two or more races:
6.0%
Asian:
3.3%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  39.5% Help


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Compare Details Pine City Secondary ranks better than 56.1% of middle schools in Minnesota. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 55.02. (See more...)
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Compare Details Pine City Secondary ranks better than 61.9% of high schools in Minnesota. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 63.93. (See more...)
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The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Pine City 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 (86.7%), two or more races (6%), Asian (3.3%). (See more...)
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Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Pine City Secondary is 19.1. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Pine City Secondary is $13,798.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Pine City Secondary:

SchoolDigger ranks Pine City Secondary 239th of 545 Minnesota public middle schools. (See Pine City Secondary in the ranking list.)

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SchoolDigger ranks Pine City Secondary 183rd of 480 Minnesota public high schools. (See Pine City Secondary in the ranking list.)

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Rank History for Pine City Secondary

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Rank History for all middle school students at Pine City Secondary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 33.39 312th 387 19.4%
2005 38.74 304th 396 23.2%
2006 46.48 265th 406 34.7%
2007 36.66 304th 403 24.6%
2008 34.57 327th 409 20.0%
2009 29.00 193rd 230 16.1%
2010 54.84 229th 454 49.6%
2011 56.62 218th 478 54.4%
2012 54.08 249th 469 46.9%
2013 49.97 263rd 488 46.1%
2014 45.96 284th 490 42.0%
2015 51.12 255th 516 50.6%
2016 54.24 240th 508 52.8%
2017 38.39 351st 523 32.9%
2018 41.62 342nd 518 34.0%
2019 53.30 258th 533 51.6%
2021 36.27 340th 521 34.7%
2022 57.84 213th 520 59.0%
2023 61.21 185th 529 65.0%
2024 55.02 239th 545 56.1%
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Rank History for middle school Multi-racial students at Pine City Secondary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 60.38 45th 131 65.6%
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Rank History for middle school Special Education students at Pine City Secondary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 14.82 236th 253 6.7%
2019 26.28 228th 282 19.1%
2021 30.00 200th 260 23.1%
2022 53.76 112th 288 61.1%
2023 67.29 66th 298 77.9%
2024 36.00 208th 307 32.2%
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Rank History for middle school Low Socio Economic Status students at Pine City Secondary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 38.79 278th 401 30.7%
2019 67.29 107th 415 74.2%
2021 50.19 180th 399 54.9%
2022 75.65 43rd 404 89.4%
2023 70.92 91st 459 80.2%
2024 59.91 152nd 473 67.9%
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Rank History for middle school Female students at Pine City Secondary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 37.99 304th 436 30.3%
2019 43.40 282nd 439 35.8%
2021 40.25 272nd 443 38.6%
2022 55.81 190th 467 59.3%
2023 63.96 139th 455 69.5%
2024 63.05 144th 474 69.6%
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Rank History for middle school Male students at Pine City Secondary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 40.09 303rd 438 30.8%
2019 56.12 199th 454 56.2%
2021 29.01 323rd 437 26.1%
2022 53.20 210th 476 55.9%
2023 53.22 206th 464 55.6%
2024 42.62 275th 479 42.6%
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Rank History for middle school White students at Pine City Secondary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 24.39 355th 428 17.1%
2019 31.18 329th 428 23.1%
2021 19.29 371st 422 12.1%
2022 41.37 256th 438 41.6%
2023 46.07 233rd 436 46.6%
2024 37.84 294th 440 33.2%
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Data source: test scores: Minnesota Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

Rank History for Pine City Secondary

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Rank History for all high school students at Pine City Secondary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 63.98 230th 433 46.9%
2005 78.57 71st 452 84.3%
2006 72.63 140th 450 68.9%
2007 79.47 91st 463 80.3%
2008 78.95 96th 460 79.1%
2009 63.62 106th 234 54.7%
2010 64.38 224th 540 58.5%
2011 75.76 96th 545 82.4%
2012 73.21 135th 539 75.0%
2013 76.58 84th 534 84.3%
2014 70.86 139th 483 71.2%
2015 67.04 175th 504 65.3%
2016 66.91 174th 489 64.4%
2017 68.62 169th 489 65.4%
2018 76.28 114th 494 76.9%
2019 69.62 152nd 492 69.1%
2021 67.41 143rd 428 66.6%
2022 79.77 74th 472 84.3%
2023 61.28 187th 476 60.7%
2024 63.93 183rd 480 61.9%
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Rank History for high school Special Education students at Pine City Secondary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 31.89 145th 195 25.6%
2019 32.08 158th 220 28.2%
2021 29.61 133rd 173 23.1%
2022 51.69 102nd 214 52.3%
2023 17.17 192nd 216 11.1%
2024 38.72 146th 221 33.9%
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Rank History for high school Low Socio Economic Status students at Pine City Secondary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 64.64 131st 374 65.0%
2019 58.73 150th 370 59.5%
2021 82.17 24th 270 91.1%
2022 77.23 49th 312 84.3%
2023 58.85 146th 393 62.8%
2024 63.87 124th 389 68.1%
See the entire list of Best Minnesota High Schools for Low Socio Economic Status Students!

Rank History for high school Female students at Pine City Secondary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 74.43 86th 395 78.2%
2019 59.94 177th 401 55.9%
2021 67.48 102nd 339 69.9%
2022 71.67 86th 388 77.8%
2023 58.71 157th 396 60.4%
2024 55.15 196th 403 51.4%
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Rank History for high school Male students at Pine City Secondary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 67.22 130th 398 67.3%
2019 67.70 130th 411 68.4%
2021 59.82 142nd 351 59.5%
2022 78.62 63rd 403 84.4%
2023 55.05 186th 398 53.3%
2024 60.62 157th 405 61.2%
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Rank History for high school White students at Pine City Secondary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 67.16 143rd 414 65.5%
2019 54.16 209th 412 49.3%
2021 53.29 186th 364 48.9%
2022 66.95 121st 401 69.8%
2023 47.02 228th 398 42.7%
2024 44.99 240th 402 40.3%
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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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Data source: Minnesota Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Pine City Secondary

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 360 1 2 0 3 n/a n/a 0 366
1989 347 1 2 1 2 n/a n/a 0 353
1990 332 1 4 1 1 n/a n/a 0 339
1991 326 2 3 1 3 n/a n/a 0 335
1992 338 0 3 3 5 n/a n/a 0 349
1993 365 0 1 1 5 n/a n/a 0 372
1994 795 0 8 0 5 n/a n/a 0 808
1995 815 0 7 0 7 n/a n/a 0 829
1996 815 0 7 0 7 n/a n/a 0 829
1997 824 0 7 2 10 n/a n/a 0 843
1998 874 6 9 7 17 n/a n/a 0 913
1999 884 4 5 4 14 n/a n/a 0 911
2000 853 5 5 5 16 n/a n/a 0 884
2001 844 9 6 9 13 n/a n/a 0 881
2002 856 6 4 6 8 n/a n/a 0 880
2003 856 6 4 6 8 n/a n/a 0 880
2004 838 7 2 4 11 n/a n/a 0 862
2005 763 11 2 7 14 n/a n/a 0 797
2006 808 8 1 4 10 n/a n/a 0 831
2007 781 5 2 2 6 n/a n/a 0 796
2008 767 7 2 7 7 n/a n/a 0 790
2009 706 7 7 7 4 n/a n/a 0 731
2010 698 7 4 8 7 n/a n/a 0 724
2011 694 10 8 4 7 0 4 0 727
2012 695 8 8 6 6 0 7 0 730
2013 695 4 13 9 7 0 8 0 736
2014 699 4 8 15 7 0 8 0 741
2015 709 4 6 24 4 0 16 0 763
2016 701 6 6 24 6 0 23 0 766
2017 705 6 5 32 8 0 27 0 783
2018 705 4 5 38 7 0 31 0 790
2019 670 2 5 39 9 0 32 0 757
2020 654 2 6 30 5 0 39 0 736
2021 632 2 7 28 7 0 43 0 719
2022 625 3 8 27 2 0 48 0 713
2023 609 7 14 26 0 0 45 0 701
2024 606 5 23 22 1 0 42 0 699

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 Pine City Secondary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 366 46.6 7.8 18
1989 353 46.0 7.6 19.5
1990 339 49.6 6.8 15.3
1991 335 44.6 7.5 12.8
1992 349 44.6 7.8 16
1993 372 45.0 8.3 10.8
1994 808 44.5 18.2 19.6
1995 829 48.7 17.0 17.4
1996 829 48.7 17.0 17.4
1997 843 50.2 16.8 16.3
1998 913 n/a 0.0 11.7
1999 911 60.6 15.0 17.6
2000 884 55.5 15.9 21.5
2001 881 56.0 15.7 21.1
2002 880 51.9 17.0 28.8
2003 880 51.9 17.0 28.8
2004 862 49.7 17.3 25.6
2005 797 49.6 16.1 27.5
2006 831 50.3 16.5 29.2
2007 796 49.2 16.2 29.9
2008 790 50.0 15.8 30.1
2009 731 50.7 14.4 30.4
2010 724 51.4 14.0 33.3
2011 727 52.0 13.9 42.9
2012 730 52.5 13.9 39.2
2013 736 52.9 13.9 42.3
2014 741 52.5 14.1 37.7
2015 763 55.0 13.8 38.9
2016 766 53.0 14.4 36
2017 783 52.6 14.8 34.7
2018 790 54.0 14.6 31.5
2019 757 54.0 14.0 28.9
2020 736 53.0 13.8 31
2021 719 53.8 13.3 27.4
2022 713 43.5 16.3 17.7
2023 701 42.1 16.6 39.7
2024 699 36.5 19.1 39.5

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 Pine City Secondary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 366 46.6 7.8 18
1989 353 46.0 7.6 19.5
1990 339 49.6 6.8 15.3
1991 335 44.6 7.5 12.8
1992 349 44.6 7.8 16
1993 372 45.0 8.3 10.8
1994 808 44.5 18.2 19.6
1995 829 48.7 17.0 17.4
1996 829 48.7 17.0 17.4
1997 843 50.2 16.8 16.3
1998 913 n/a 0.0 11.7
1999 911 60.6 15.0 17.6
2000 884 55.5 15.9 21.5
2001 881 56.0 15.7 21.1
2002 880 51.9 17.0 28.8
2003 880 51.9 17.0 28.8
2004 862 49.7 17.3 25.6
2005 797 49.6 16.1 27.5
2006 831 50.3 16.5 29.2
2007 796 49.2 16.2 29.9
2008 790 50.0 15.8 30.1
2009 731 50.7 14.4 30.4
2010 724 51.4 14.0 33.3
2011 727 52.0 13.9 42.9
2012 730 52.5 13.9 39.2
2013 736 52.9 13.9 42.3
2014 741 52.5 14.1 37.7
2015 763 55.0 13.8 38.9
2016 766 53.0 14.4 36
2017 783 52.6 14.8 34.7
2018 790 54.0 14.6 31.5
2019 757 54.0 14.0 28.9
2020 736 53.0 13.8 31
2021 719 53.8 13.3 27.4
2022 713 43.5 16.3 17.7
2023 701 42.1 16.6 39.7
2024 699 36.5 19.1 39.5

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 Pine City Secondary

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2019 $13,798

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Pine City Secondary

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 258th of 533 Middle schoolsRanks 185th of 529 Middle schools
 13.4%
Ranks 152nd of 492 High schoolsRanks 187th of 476 High schools
 8.4%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
7th Grade Math (Pine City Secondary)48.438.6
 9.8%
   7th Grade Math (Pine City Public School District)48.438.6
 9.8%
   7th Grade Math (Minnesota)52.139.7
 12.4%
7th Grade Reading (Pine City Secondary)54.841.4
 13.4%
   7th Grade Reading (Pine City Public School District)54.841.4
 13.4%
   7th Grade Reading (Minnesota)57.545.2
 12.3%
8th Grade Math (Pine City Secondary)46.938.8
 8.1%
   8th Grade Math (Pine City Public School District)46.938.8
 8.1%
   8th Grade Math (Minnesota)55.240.3
 14.9%
8th Grade Reading (Pine City Secondary)53.945
 8.8%
   8th Grade Reading (Pine City Public School District)53.945
 8.8%
   8th Grade Reading (Minnesota)57.744.8
 12.9%
8th Grade Science (Pine City Secondary)39.132.3
 6.8%
   8th Grade Science (Pine City Public School District)39.132.3
 6.8%
   8th Grade Science (Minnesota)4327.6
 15.4%
10th Grade Reading (Pine City Secondary)55.847.8
 7.9%
   10th Grade Reading (Pine City Public School District)55.247.9
 7.3%
   10th Grade Reading (Minnesota)60.451.7
 8.7%
11th Grade Math (Pine City Secondary)45.544.4
 1%
   11th Grade Math (Pine City Public School District)4238.5
 3.5%
   11th Grade Math (Minnesota)4536
 9%
End of Course Science (Pine City Secondary)66.736.5
 30.2%
   End of Course Science (Pine City Public School District)64.935.5
 29.5%
   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 Students757701
 7.4%
African American27
 250%
American Indian90
 100%
Asian514
 180%
Hispanic3926
 33.3%
Pacific Islander00
White670609
 9.1%
Two or More Races3245
 40.6%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients28.9%39.7%
 10.7%


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Students at Pine City Secondary are 87% White, 6% Two or more races, 3% Asian, 3% Hispanic.

Pine City Secondary ranks 183rd of 480 Minnesota high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

Pine City Secondary is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Pine City Elementary

In the 2023-24 school year, 699 students attended Pine City Secondary.


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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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