Redwood Valley Senior High
Public high school, grades 9 to 12 · Redwood Falls, Minnesota
Redwood Valley Senior High in Redwood Falls, Minnesota enrolled 362 students in 2024-25 with 23.0 full-time teachers, 15.7 students per teacher against the Minnesota high-school median of 14.6. It was eligible for Title I in 2021-22 but ran no program; it takes part in the National School Lunch Program (2024-25). On the state tests, 35-39% of its students tested were proficient in reading in 2021-22 and 25-29% proficient in math in 2022-23 (Minnesota: 51.1% and 45.5%). Its four-year graduation rate for the class of 2023 was 90-94% (Minnesota: 83.3%).
NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22 · Title I status CCD 2021-22 · method
Enrollment fell 2% from 2022-23 to 2024-25; full-time teachers fell 1%
371 students in 2022-23, 375 students in 2023-24, 362 students in 2024-25. Full-time teachers went from 23.3 to 23.0.
The numbers as a table
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Per teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 371 | 23.3 | 15.9 |
| 2023-24 | 375 | 22.9 | 16.4 |
| 2024-25 | 362 | 23.0 | 15.7 |
15.7 students per teacher, a higher ratio than 57 of every 100 Minnesota high schools
Among the 672 Minnesota high schools that reported teachers for 2024-25 the median is 14.6; the national median for high schools is 14.5. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; the comparison counts schools with a 2024-25 teacher count and a ratio from 3 to 99 (lower values are reporting errors).
1 AP courses and one counselor per 174 students in 2021-22
In the 2021-22 civil rights collection Redwood Valley Senior High enrolled 347 students and had 2.0 counselors (full-time equivalent); it reported 2 out-of-school suspensions that year.
- Advanced Placement courses1
- Gifted and talented programNo
- Counselors (FTE)2.0, one per 174 of the 347 students enrolled in 2021-22
- Out-of-school suspensions2
- Chronically absent32.3% (2022-23)
Who attends
56.4% of students were White, 32.0% American Indian, 7.2% Hispanic in 2024-25.
- White56.4%
- American Indian32.0%
- Hispanic7.2%
- Two or more races2.8%
- Asian1.4%
- Black0.3%
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22; chronic absenteeism from EDFacts 2022-23; every count and the counselor ratio are for that school year. Who attends: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25, membership by race and ethnicity.
State test results, 2021-22 and 2022-23
The students tested at Redwood Valley Senior High scored proficient or above: 35-39% in reading in 2021-22 and 25-29% in math in 2022-23, against 51.1% in reading in 2021-22 and 45.5% in math in 2022-23 across Minnesota. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within Minnesota, not across states. ED Data Express holds no district results after 2021-22, so the district column gives its 2021-22 figure.
| Subject and year | This school | Its district | Minnesota |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading and language arts, 2021-22 | 35‑39% | 49% | 51.1% |
| Math, 2022-23 | 25‑29% | 46% (2021-22) | 45.5% |
Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2021-22 and 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express (2021-22 through the Data Rescue Project archive); for 2022-23 ED published math by school and reading only by state: ED shows school and district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.
Graduation rate, class of 2023
90-94% of the 75 students in Redwood Valley Senior High's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 83.3% across Minnesota. The four-year rate follows the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out, and counts those who earned a regular diploma by 2023. Every state computes it the same way under federal law, though each sets its own diploma requirements.
| This school | Its district | Minnesota | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Four-year graduation rate | 90‑94% | 85‑89% | 83.3% |
| Students in the class | 75 | 77 | 69,945 |
Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express: ED shows school and district rates as ranges (for example 90-94%) and leaves out small classes.
High schools in Redwood Falls
2 public high schools in Redwood Falls report 2024-25 enrollment; Redwood Valley Senior High is the largest.
| School | Students | Per teacher | Free lunch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Redwood Valley Senior High | 362 | 15.7 | 27.1% |
| Redwood Valley Alternative | 1 | 1.2 | not reported |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25.
What to look at next about Redwood Valley Senior High
- Redwood Valley AlternativeThe nearest public high school, under 0.1 miles away: 1 student (2024-25).under 0.1 mi
- Cedar Mountain SecondaryThe next nearest public high school, 12 miles away: 219 students, 14.1 per teacher (2024-25).12 mi
- Compare Redwood Valley Senior High with Redwood Valley AlternativeStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
- How much Redwood Area School District #2897 spends per student$14,951 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$14,951
- The largest public schools in MinnesotaRedwood Valley Senior High is the number 232 by size of 781 Minnesota high schools open in 2024-25.#232 of 781
- Minnesota schools by students per teacher15.7 students per teacher here against the Minnesota median of 14.6 for high schools.15.7:1
- Find the school district for an addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (locations, enrollment, teachers); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23. Distances are straight lines between the schools' NCES coordinates, not travel routes.
Questions about Redwood Valley Senior High
How many students attend Redwood Valley Senior High?
362 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 371 in 2022-23. It is a high school in Redwood Falls, MN.What is the student-teacher ratio at Redwood Valley Senior High?
15.7 students per full-time teacher (2024-25); the Minnesota median for high schools is 14.6. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.Is Redwood Valley Senior High a Title I school?
Redwood Valley Senior High was eligible for Title I in 2021-22 but ran no Title I program (2021-22 is the last year NCES published school Title I status).How do students at Redwood Valley Senior High do on state tests?
The students tested at Redwood Valley Senior High scored proficient or above: 35-39% in reading in 2021-22 and 25-29% in math in 2022-23, against 51.1% in reading in 2021-22 and 45.5% in math in 2022-23 across Minnesota. Minnesota's own test sets what proficient means, so results compare within the state, not across states. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22 and 2022-23; ED publishes school results as ranges to protect small groups.What is the graduation rate at Redwood Valley Senior High?
90-94% of the 75 students in Redwood Valley Senior High's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 83.3% across Minnesota. The rate counts the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out, and the share of them with a regular diploma by 2023. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23; ED publishes school rates as ranges to protect small groups.What district is Redwood Valley Senior High in?
Redwood Area School District #2897, NCES district ID 2700182. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 270018201304 are the district's.
Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.
Sources
Every federal file behind this record
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
- Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
- EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
- EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22 and 2022-23: reading and math proficiency for the school, its district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
- EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23: the class of 2023 for the school, its district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
- NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
- U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov
Source: NCES Common Core of Data Directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25
Source: Civil Rights Data Collection School-level files (AP, gifted, counselors, discipline) · 2021-22
District spending on the district page is from the NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23.