Bertha Secondary

Summary:

Bertha Secondary is a public high school located in Bertha, Minnesota, serving grades 7-12 with a student population of around 220. The school is part of the Bertha-Hewitt Public School District, which is ranked 216 out of 463 districts in Minnesota and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Bertha Secondary faces several challenges, including a lack of racial diversity, with a significantly higher percentage of white students (90-91%) compared to the state average and nearby schools like Henning Secondary and Parkers Prairie Secondary. The school's academic performance, as measured by MCA-III test scores, is generally below the state average and the performance of nearby schools. Bertha Secondary's four-year graduation rate is relatively high, ranging from 86.8% to 96.8% over the past five years, but the school's dropout rate has been more variable, ranging from 0% to 7.1% during the same period.

Interestingly, Bertha Secondary's statewide ranking has declined over the years, from a high of 225 out of 476 Minnesota high schools in 2022-2023 to 271 out of 480 in 2023-2024, suggesting that the school's performance may be declining relative to other schools in the state. Additionally, the school's performance varies significantly among different student subgroups, with the school's ranking for male students and white students consistently lower than the ranking for female students and low-socioeconomic status students. The nearby Freshwater Education District Alternative Learning Center also has significantly lower academic performance and higher dropout rates compared to the other nearby schools, indicating challenges in effectively serving students in alternative learning programs.


Detail:

Public 7-12

 310 Central Ave S
       Bertha, MN  56437-0008


(218) 924-2500

District: Bertha-Hewitt Public School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
271st of 480 Minnesota High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $13,767 Help


Feeder schools for Bertha Secondary:

Elementary:    Bertha Elementary

Student/teacher ratio:  12.5 Help
Number of students:  220

Racial breakdown:

White:
90.0%
Two or more races:
6.4%
Hispanic:
2.3%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  55.5% Help


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Compare Details Bertha Secondary ranks better than 51.6% of middle schools in Minnesota. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 50.39. (See more...)
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Compare Details Bertha Secondary ranks worse than 56.5% of high schools in Minnesota. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 48.06. (See more...)
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The Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate (ACGR) measures the percentage of Bertha Secondary freshmen who graduate within four years, adjusting for students who transfer in or out.
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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 (90%), two or more races (6.4%), Hispanic (2.3%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 55.5% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Bertha Secondary is 12.5. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Bertha Secondary is $13,767.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Bertha Secondary:

SchoolDigger ranks Bertha Secondary 264th of 545 Minnesota public middle schools. (See Bertha Secondary in the ranking list.)

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SchoolDigger ranks Bertha Secondary 271st of 480 Minnesota public high schools. (See Bertha Secondary in the ranking list.)

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Bertha-Hewitt Public School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Bertha-Hewitt Public School District 216th of 463 Minnesota school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Bertha Secondary

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Rank History for all middle school students at Bertha Secondary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 14.33 346th 387 10.6%
2005 66.12 150th 396 62.1%
2006 39.48 307th 406 24.4%
2007 24.80 348th 403 13.6%
2008 14.49 380th 409 7.1%
2010 32.56 362nd 454 20.3%
2011 42.23 321st 478 32.8%
2012 24.52 396th 469 15.6%
2013 40.37 330th 488 32.4%
2014 44.27 298th 490 39.2%
2015 33.38 375th 516 27.3%
2016 35.78 359th 508 29.3%
2017 35.09 362nd 523 30.8%
2018 54.21 264th 518 49.0%
2019 48.41 295th 533 44.7%
2021 58.09 204th 521 60.8%
2022 47.07 270th 520 48.1%
2023 59.18 199th 529 62.4%
2024 50.39 264th 545 51.6%
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Rank History for middle school Low Socio Economic Status students at Bertha Secondary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 65.24 115th 401 71.3%
2019 47.01 228th 415 45.1%
2021 65.90 84th 399 78.9%
2022 62.36 118th 404 70.8%
2023 80.50 42nd 459 90.8%
2024 54.50 182nd 473 61.5%
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Rank History for middle school Female students at Bertha Secondary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 54.08 219th 436 49.8%
2019 38.71 310th 439 29.4%
2021 52.67 194th 443 56.2%
2022 55.35 191st 467 59.1%
2023 53.09 206th 455 54.7%
2024 61.66 156th 474 67.1%
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Rank History for middle school Male students at Bertha Secondary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 48.72 241st 438 45.0%
2019 51.85 230th 454 49.3%
2021 59.47 164th 437 62.5%
2022 31.39 340th 476 28.6%
2023 60.42 164th 464 64.7%
2024 31.32 344th 479 28.2%
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Rank History for middle school White students at Bertha Secondary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 38.75 296th 428 30.8%
2019 34.32 310th 428 27.6%
2021 49.54 196th 422 53.6%
2022 32.77 311th 438 29.0%
2023 46.51 231st 436 47.0%
2024 35.17 307th 440 30.2%
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Data source: test scores: Minnesota Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

Rank History for Bertha Secondary

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Rank History for all high school students at Bertha Secondary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 58.38 277th 433 36.0%
2005 75.94 101st 452 77.7%
2006 78.04 91st 450 79.8%
2007 30.57 354th 463 23.5%
2008 46.77 314th 460 31.7%
2010 55.48 295th 540 45.4%
2011 53.70 315th 545 42.2%
2012 63.12 239th 539 55.7%
2013 63.43 218th 534 59.2%
2014 55.57 263rd 483 45.5%
2015 52.93 281st 504 44.2%
2016 52.14 277th 489 43.4%
2017 40.41 339th 489 30.7%
2018 54.95 264th 494 46.6%
2019 43.36 314th 492 36.2%
2021 45.26 259th 428 39.5%
2022 49.87 265th 472 43.9%
2023 55.06 225th 476 52.7%
2024 48.06 271st 480 43.5%
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Rank History for high school Special Education students at Bertha Secondary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 19.43 194th 220 11.8%
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Rank History for high school Low Socio Economic Status students at Bertha Secondary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 49.87 204th 374 45.5%
2019 33.99 258th 370 30.3%
2021 15.33 248th 270 8.1%
2022 63.14 104th 312 66.7%
2023 62.10 128th 393 67.4%
2024 31.23 284th 389 27.0%
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Rank History for high school Female students at Bertha Secondary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 77.39 68th 395 82.8%
2019 25.80 321st 401 20.0%
2021 26.01 284th 339 16.2%
2022 50.94 212th 388 45.4%
2023 55.83 180th 396 54.5%
2024 52.83 206th 403 48.9%
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Rank History for high school Male students at Bertha Secondary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 31.93 315th 398 20.9%
2019 47.43 242nd 411 41.1%
2021 50.44 181st 351 48.4%
2022 36.74 280th 403 30.5%
2023 43.70 241st 398 39.4%
2024 29.71 300th 405 25.9%
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Rank History for high school White students at Bertha Secondary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 40.78 296th 414 28.5%
2019 21.04 349th 412 15.3%
2021 30.75 283rd 364 22.3%
2022 31.30 312th 401 22.2%
2023 39.63 264th 398 33.7%
2024 31.54 309th 402 23.1%
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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.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Data source: Minnesota Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Bertha Secondary

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 275 1 1 0 0 n/a n/a 0 277
1989 269 1 2 1 0 n/a n/a 0 273
1990 285 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 285
1991 286 0 7 1 0 n/a n/a 0 294
1992 273 0 7 1 2 n/a n/a 0 283
1993 294 0 5 2 4 n/a n/a 0 305
1994 281 0 5 1 3 n/a n/a 0 290
1995 293 0 0 0 2 n/a n/a 0 295
1996 293 0 0 0 2 n/a n/a 0 295
1997 298 1 0 1 2 n/a n/a 0 302
1998 303 0 0 0 1 n/a n/a 0 304
1999 299 0 3 0 2 n/a n/a 0 304
2000 289 0 1 1 2 n/a n/a 0 293
2001 273 0 0 0 2 n/a n/a 0 275
2002 264 1 0 0 1 n/a n/a 0 266
2003 264 1 0 0 1 n/a n/a 0 266
2004 243 1 0 1 1 n/a n/a 0 246
2005 239 2 0 1 0 n/a n/a 0 242
2006 243 2 0 1 0 n/a n/a 0 246
2007 239 1 0 1 0 n/a n/a 0 241
2008 244 0 0 1 1 n/a n/a 0 246
2009 238 1 2 3 1 n/a n/a 0 245
2010 235 0 1 2 1 n/a n/a 0 239
2011 210 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 219
2012 208 4 2 4 0 0 2 0 220
2013 189 4 4 8 0 0 0 0 205
2014 199 5 2 6 0 0 0 0 212
2015 194 3 2 5 0 0 1 0 205
2016 182 3 2 6 1 0 0 0 194
2017 194 3 2 7 0 0 3 0 209
2018 200 1 2 5 0 0 5 0 213
2019 206 2 1 2 1 0 7 0 219
2020 214 0 1 3 0 0 11 0 229
2021 233 3 1 4 1 0 14 0 256
2022 219 3 0 4 0 0 14 0 240
2023 198 2 0 5 1 0 14 0 220

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 Bertha Secondary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 277 18.3 15.1 44.4
1989 273 18.5 14.7 0
1990 285 19.2 14.8 39.6
1991 294 19.8 14.8 32
1992 283 16.6 17.0 37.1
1993 305 18.7 16.3 38.4
1994 290 19.2 15.1 36.9
1995 295 18.1 16.3 36.3
1996 295 18.1 16.3 36.3
1997 302 36.5 8.3 43.4
1998 304 n/a 0.0 40.5
1999 304 28.8 10.6 35.2
2000 293 23.4 12.5 46.4
2001 275 20.7 13.3 49.5
2002 266 23.0 11.6 47.4
2003 266 23.0 11.6 47.4
2004 246 34.1 7.2 50.4
2005 242 29.5 8.2 52.1
2006 246 29.4 8.4 59.8
2007 241 29.4 8.2 49.8
2008 246 32.5 7.6 63.4
2009 245 31.5 7.8 62.9
2010 239 30.2 7.8 61.9
2011 219 17.6 12.4 60.3
2012 220 27.4 8.0 57.7
2013 205 20.7 9.8 58
2014 212 21.9 9.6 46.7
2015 205 18.0 11.3 46.3
2016 194 31.0 6.2 56.7
2017 209 18.8 11.0 56.5
2018 213 16.5 12.8 50.7
2019 219 17.0 12.8 44.7
2020 229 17.6 12.9 45.9
2021 256 14.6 17.4 41.4
2022 240 17.4 13.7 38.8
2023 220 17.5 12.5 55.5

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 Bertha Secondary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 277 18.3 15.1 44.4
1989 273 18.5 14.7 0
1990 285 19.2 14.8 39.6
1991 294 19.8 14.8 32
1992 283 16.6 17.0 37.1
1993 305 18.7 16.3 38.4
1994 290 19.2 15.1 36.9
1995 295 18.1 16.3 36.3
1996 295 18.1 16.3 36.3
1997 302 36.5 8.3 43.4
1998 304 n/a 0.0 40.5
1999 304 28.8 10.6 35.2
2000 293 23.4 12.5 46.4
2001 275 20.7 13.3 49.5
2002 266 23.0 11.6 47.4
2003 266 23.0 11.6 47.4
2004 246 34.1 7.2 50.4
2005 242 29.5 8.2 52.1
2006 246 29.4 8.4 59.8
2007 241 29.4 8.2 49.8
2008 246 32.5 7.6 63.4
2009 245 31.5 7.8 62.9
2010 239 30.2 7.8 61.9
2011 219 17.6 12.4 60.3
2012 220 27.4 8.0 57.7
2013 205 20.7 9.8 58
2014 212 21.9 9.6 46.7
2015 205 18.0 11.3 46.3
2016 194 31.0 6.2 56.7
2017 209 18.8 11.0 56.5
2018 213 16.5 12.8 50.7
2019 219 17.0 12.8 44.7
2020 229 17.6 12.9 45.9
2021 256 14.6 17.4 41.4
2022 240 17.4 13.7 38.8
2023 220 17.5 12.5 55.5

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 Bertha Secondary

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2019 $13,767

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

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 295th of 533 Middle schoolsRanks 199th of 529 Middle schools
 17.7%
Ranks 314th of 492 High schoolsRanks 225th of 476 High schools
 16.6%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
7th Grade Math (Bertha Secondary)3937.5
 1.5%
   7th Grade Math (Bertha-Hewitt Public School District)3937.5
 1.5%
   7th Grade Math (Minnesota)52.139.7
 12.4%
7th Grade Reading (Bertha Secondary)4053.1
 13.1%
   7th Grade Reading (Bertha-Hewitt Public School District)4053.1
 13.1%
   7th Grade Reading (Minnesota)57.545.2
 12.3%
8th Grade Math (Bertha Secondary)51.429.6
 21.8%
   8th Grade Math (Bertha-Hewitt Public School District)51.429.6
 21.8%
   8th Grade Math (Minnesota)55.240.3
 14.9%
8th Grade Reading (Bertha Secondary)62.948.2
 14.7%
   8th Grade Reading (Bertha-Hewitt Public School District)62.948.2
 14.7%
   8th Grade Reading (Minnesota)57.744.8
 12.9%
8th Grade Science (Bertha Secondary)4022.2
 17.8%
   8th Grade Science (Bertha-Hewitt Public School District)4022.2
 17.8%
   8th Grade Science (Minnesota)4327.6
 15.4%
10th Grade Reading (Bertha Secondary)5042.9
 7.1%
   10th Grade Reading (Bertha-Hewitt Public School District)5042.9
 7.1%
   10th Grade Reading (Minnesota)60.451.7
 8.7%
11th Grade Math (Bertha Secondary)37.936.1
 1.8%
   11th Grade Math (Bertha-Hewitt Public School District)37.936.1
 1.8%
   11th Grade Math (Minnesota)4536
 9%
End of Course Science (Bertha Secondary)36.137.1
 1%
   End of Course Science (Bertha-Hewitt Public School District)36.137.1
 1%
   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 Students219220
 0.5%
African American22
American Indian11
Asian10
 100%
Hispanic25
 150%
Pacific Islander00
White206198
 3.9%
Two or More Races714
 100%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients44.7%55.5%
 10.7%


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Elementary : Bertha Elementary

Bertha Secondary ranks 271st of 480 Minnesota high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Students at Bertha Secondary are 90% White, 6% Two or more races, 2% Hispanic.

In the 2022-23 school year, 220 students attended Bertha 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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