Isanti High School

Niobrara · NE · ISANTI COMMUNITY SCHOOL · Public


At a glance

Programs & features
  • Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
Academic signals
  • AP rigor: Bottom 22% of US high schools
  • SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 12% by test-taker volume
  • 4-yr grad rate: 75% in 2019 (Bottom 21% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)

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How Isanti High School compares for families

What families should know about Isanti High School.

  • ▸ LocallyNE students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+4 points).
  • ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: NIOBRARA SECONDARY SCHOOL, VERDIGRE HIGH SCHOOL, BLOOMFIELD JR-SR HIGH SCHOOL and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.

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SAT / ACT participation

CRDC federal data · 2020-21

Bottom 12% by test-taker volume

50th 90th
SAT/ACT test-takers
8
11th-12th graders who took 1+ college admissions test
Test-taking intensity
20.5
takers per 100 students in grades 9-12
Compared against
18,426
US high schools reporting SAT/ACT participation

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?

Bottom 21% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate

50th 90th
4-year graduation rate
75%
Range: 50–100%
4-year cohort size
10
Students in the 9th-grade entry class tracked over 4 years
Compared against
17,988
US high schools reporting 4-year ACGR

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

% inexperienced teachers (1st-2nd yr)
15.4%
Typical mix. Watch the trend — high turnover can compound.
% chronic teacher absence (≥10 days/yr)
7.7%
Around the national average. Worth watching.

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.

Your state's public flagship

University of Nebraska-Lincoln

77%
admit rate
$10,434
in-state tuition/yr · $28,584 out-of-state
1090–1330
SAT 25–75 · ACT 22–28

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 $17,747/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.

See the full University of Nebraska-Lincoln profile → Estimate your odds with your scores →

Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.

Chronic absenteeism

Share of students absent 15+ days
96.9%
Well above the national average (~16%). At this level, chronic absence becomes a leading driver of enrollment loss as families rotate to other schools.
Students absent 15+ days
62
Federal definition: absent (excused or unexcused) for at least 15 of ~180 school days — about 10% of the school year.

Why this matters to enrollment: Chronic absence is the most reliable early indicator that a student will leave a school — either by transferring out, dropping out, or matriculating to a charter or private alternative. At this level, today's absentees become next year's enrollment loss and the year-after's revenue loss.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2021 total enrollment.

Counselor capacity

Student : Counselor
39:1
Below the ASCA 250:1 recommendation — strong capacity for college planning, course selection, and student supports.
Counselor FTE
1.0
Full-time-equivalent school counselors on staff.
Teacher FTE
21
Full-time-equivalent classroom teachers.

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 -13.6%/year, projecting from 2024's 39 students:

2025
34
2027
25
2029
19

A small or specialty program — naive trend math doesn't capture the school's full picture. Read the trend as directional, not predictive.

An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.

Most similar nearby high schools

The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.

SchoolTypeMilesHS enrollmentTrend
NIOBRARA SECONDARY SCHOOL
NIOBRARA
Public 10.9 49 —
VERDIGRE HIGH SCHOOL
VERDIGRE
Public 19.1 52 —
BLOOMFIELD JR-SR HIGH SCHOOL
BLOOMFIELD
Public 19.9 94 +11.9%
ALLEN HIGH SCHOOL
ALLEN
Public 59.0 42 —
WHEELER CENTRAL HIGH
BARTLETT
Public 75.1 34 —
NEWMAN GROVE HIGH SCHOOL
NEWMAN GROVE
Public 75.6 47 —
WAUSA HIGH SCHOOL
WAUSA
Public 28.3 75 -7.4%
OSMOND HIGH SCHOOL
OSMOND
Public 35.0 56 -23.3%

At a glance

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Isanti High School is a public high school in Niobrara, NE, enrolling 39 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.

8 students took the SAT or ACT in the most recent federal count, a participation level above 12% of U.S. high schools.

Its federal four-year graduation rate was about 75% in the latest EDFacts release.

It has about 39 students per school counselor.

97% of its students were chronically absent in 2020.

Sources: National Center for Education Statistics (enrollment), the federal Civil Rights Data Collection and EDFacts, state education agencies where named, and the school's own published documents where named.

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What is Isanti High School's graduation rate? Isanti High School's federal four-year graduation rate was about 75% in the latest EDFacts release.

How many students attend Isanti High School? Isanti High School is a public high school in Niobrara, NE, enrolling 39 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.

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