Deer River High School ALP
Alternative · Grades 10–12 · 13 students
Deer River Secondary
101 1st Ave NE, Deer River, MN 56636
Grades
6–12
High
Students
425
Enrolled 2024–25
Students per teacher
10.7 : 1
Full-time teachers
District
Deer River Public School District
Itasca County
Schola Grade D · Below average
Letter grade (A–F) · compared with 448 Minnesota high schools · How we grade
Percentiles compare this school with other Minnesota high schools; the line marks the middle. Data: test scores 2021–22, graduation and absenteeism 2022–23 (U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts); coursework 2023–24 (Civil Rights Data Collection); staffing 2024–25 (NCES).
About Deer River Secondary
Deer River Secondary is a public high school in Deer River, Minnesota, serving grades 6–12. It is part of Deer River Public School District. The school is located in a rural area in Itasca County.
In the 2024–25 school year, 425 students were enrolled, with about 10.7 students for every full-time teacher. That ratio is smaller than the typical Minnesota high school (14.3 students per teacher). Its Schola Grade is D (below average), compared with 448 Minnesota high schools.
Grades & enrollment
Students per grade, 2024–25Grades 6–12
Location & nearby schools
School details
- Type
- Public School · What this means
- Level
- High
- Grades offered
- 6–12
- Enrollment (2024–25)
- 425 students
- Students per teacher
- 10.7 to 1
- Charter school
- No
- Magnet school
- No
- Locale
- Rural — Distant
- School district
- Deer River Public School District
- County
- Itasca County
- NCES school ID
- 271014000433
Schools near Deer River Secondary
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Grand Rapids Senior High
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Grand Rapids Area Learning Center
Alternative · Grades 8–12 · 129 students
Little Sand
Alternative · Grades 7–12 · 10 students
Northland Secondary
Public · Grades 6–12 · 149 students
School data comes from the U.S. Department of Education: the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDGE school locations (2024–25) and Private School Survey (2023–24), the Civil Rights Data Collection (2023–24), and EDFacts (test results 2021–22; graduation and chronic absenteeism 2022–23), plus other public sources. Please contact the school to confirm enrollment, programs, and other details. How we source data.