Pillager Senior High School
PILLAGER · MN · PILLAGER PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT · Public
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Staples-Motley Senior High → PEQUOT LAKES SENIOR HIGH → Crosby-Ironton Secondary → ISD 181 LEARNING CENTER → HEALY SECONDARY → FED Staples-Motley Credit Recovery → Long Prairie-Grey Eagle Secondary → PINE RIVER-BACKUS HIGH SCHOOL →📋 At a glance
- ✅ Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- ✅ Gifted & talented program
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 40% of US high schools
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 33% by test-taker volume
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 92% (60th percentile nationally)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Pillager Senior High School compares for families
Solid mid-tier academic profile.
- ▸ LocallyMN students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+7 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Staples-Motley Senior High, PEQUOT LAKES SENIOR HIGH, Crosby-Ironton Secondary and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Bottom 33% by test-taker volume
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
🎓 4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts
What % of students graduate on time?
60th percentile nationally
Source: federal EDFacts ACGR (Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate), 2019 vintage via Urban Institute. EDFacts publishes a range (low-high) to preserve privacy on small cohorts; we display the midpoint.
👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
Mixed-income school
Below Title I eligibility threshold (FRPL < 35%)
25-34% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. Below the federal Title I threshold but a meaningful share of the population is income-eligible for free lunch.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
🏛️ Your state's public flagship
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $16,778/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.
Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: Chronic absence is the strongest early indicator of dropout, transfer-out, and family disengagement. A school's absenteeism trend forecasts its enrollment trend 1-3 years out. For school leaders: an Enrollment Trend Audit traces this dynamic forward →
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2024 total enrollment.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +0.5%/year, projecting from 2024's 370 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue upside
At $14,969 per student in district revenue, the 10 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $149,690/year in additional funding.
District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.
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| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staples-Motley Senior High STAPLES |
Public | 15.7 | 309 | -5.5% |
| PEQUOT LAKES SENIOR HIGH PEQUOT LAKES |
Public | 20.2 | 599 | -3.7% |
| Crosby-Ironton Secondary CROSBY |
Public | 26.2 | 295 | -5.4% |
| ISD 181 LEARNING CENTER BRAINERD |
Public | 14.3 | 166 | +5.1% |
| HEALY SECONDARY PIERZ |
Public | 30.0 | 420 | +5.0% |
| FED Staples-Motley Credit Recovery STAPLES |
Public | 15.7 | — | — |
| Long Prairie-Grey Eagle Secondary LONG PRAIRIE |
Public | 30.0 | 304 | +7.8% |
| PINE RIVER-BACKUS HIGH SCHOOL PINE RIVER |
Public | 27.8 | 238 | -0.4% |