Chatfield Secondary

Summary:

Chatfield Secondary is a public high school serving grades 7-12 in Chatfield, Minnesota, with a student population of 457. The school is part of the Chatfield Public Schools district, which is ranked 58 out of 463 districts in the state and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Chatfield Secondary stands out for its strong academic performance, with consistently higher proficiency rates in math, reading, and science compared to the state average. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, the school's proficiency rates in math and reading were 49.76% and 56.02%, respectively, compared to the state averages of 45.47% and 49.85%. The school also maintains high graduation rates, ranging from 88.8% to 98.2% over the past five years, and very low dropout rates. Compared to nearby schools like Rochester Alternative Learning Center and Stewartville Senior High, Chatfield Secondary generally performs better academically.

However, the school's student population is predominantly white, with over 94% of students identifying as such, which is significantly higher than the racial diversity seen in some nearby schools. Additionally, Chatfield Secondary has relatively low rates of free and reduced-price lunch recipients, ranging from 10.57% to 23.19% over the past three years, suggesting a population with higher socioeconomic status compared to some neighboring schools like Lanesboro Secondary. While the school's statewide ranking has fluctuated over the years, it continues to demonstrate strengths in key areas and compares favorably to many of the surrounding schools in the Chatfield Public Schools district.


Detail:

Public 7-12

 205 Union St NE
       Chatfield, MN  55923-1099


(507) 867-4210

District: Chatfield Public Schools

SchoolDigger Rank:
120th of 480 Minnesota High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $12,304 Help


Feeder schools for Chatfield Secondary:

Elementary:    Chatfield Elementary School

Student/teacher ratio:  19.2 Help
Number of students:  457

Racial breakdown:

White:
94.5%
Two or more races:
2.2%
Hispanic:
1.8%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  23.2% Help


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Compare Details Chatfield Secondary ranks better than 80% of middle schools in Minnesota. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 74.56. (See more...)
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Compare Details Chatfield Secondary ranks better than 75% of high schools in Minnesota. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 73.32. (See more...)
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The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Chatfield Secondary who earn a standard high school diploma within four years of starting ninth grade.
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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 (94.5%), two or more races (2.2%), Hispanic (1.8%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 23.2% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Chatfield Secondary is 19.2. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Chatfield Secondary is $12,304.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Chatfield Secondary:

SchoolDigger ranks Chatfield Secondary 109th of 545 Minnesota public middle schools. (See Chatfield Secondary in the ranking list.)

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SchoolDigger ranks Chatfield Secondary 120th of 480 Minnesota public high schools. (See Chatfield Secondary in the ranking list.)

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Chatfield Public Schools:

SchoolDigger ranks Chatfield Public Schools 58th of 463 Minnesota school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Chatfield Secondary

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Rank History for all middle school students at Chatfield Secondary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 77.38 83rd 387 78.6%
2005 64.00 165th 396 58.3%
2006 62.47 166th 406 59.1%
2007 53.87 212th 403 47.4%
2008 64.96 148th 409 63.8%
2009 59.46 104th 230 54.8%
2010 51.06 264th 454 41.9%
2011 48.26 283rd 478 40.8%
2012 77.91 66th 469 85.9%
2013 75.41 90th 488 81.6%
2014 73.42 105th 490 78.6%
2015 64.30 177th 516 65.7%
2016 71.26 126th 508 75.2%
2017 62.53 202nd 523 61.4%
2018 71.78 126th 518 75.7%
2019 80.71 69th 533 87.1%
2021 84.89 52nd 521 90.0%
2022 66.64 157th 520 69.8%
2023 69.40 135th 529 74.5%
2024 74.56 109th 545 80.0%
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Rank History for middle school Special Education students at Chatfield Secondary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 20.10 250th 288 13.2%
2023 27.69 230th 298 22.8%
2024 18.15 281st 307 8.5%
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Rank History for middle school Low Socio Economic Status students at Chatfield Secondary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 64.83 118th 401 70.6%
2019 94.48 7th 415 98.3%
2023 44.00 252nd 459 45.1%
2024 56.85 167th 473 64.7%
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Rank History for middle school Female students at Chatfield Secondary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 78.51 62nd 436 85.8%
2019 83.97 42nd 439 90.4%
2021 78.60 59th 443 86.7%
2022 67.15 123rd 467 73.7%
2023 77.43 74th 455 83.7%
2024 69.45 118th 474 75.1%
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Rank History for middle school Male students at Chatfield Secondary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 58.89 184th 438 58.0%
2019 70.08 123rd 454 72.9%
2021 84.38 37th 437 91.5%
2022 59.88 172nd 476 63.9%
2023 57.72 176th 464 62.1%
2024 73.42 96th 479 80.0%
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Rank History for middle school White students at Chatfield Secondary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 56.45 182nd 428 57.5%
2019 66.23 126th 428 70.6%
2021 74.50 71st 422 83.2%
2022 51.33 200th 438 54.3%
2023 52.82 203rd 436 53.4%
2024 54.45 180th 440 59.1%
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Data source: test scores: Minnesota Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

Rank History for Chatfield Secondary

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Rank History for all high school students at Chatfield Secondary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 78.68 62nd 433 85.7%
2005 80.85 47th 452 89.6%
2006 84.48 46th 450 89.8%
2007 81.79 77th 463 83.4%
2008 72.87 147th 460 68.0%
2009 61.42 115th 234 50.9%
2010 51.13 325th 540 39.8%
2011 67.34 200th 545 63.3%
2012 58.47 286th 539 46.9%
2013 67.42 180th 534 66.3%
2014 80.71 70th 483 85.5%
2015 74.00 119th 504 76.4%
2016 72.14 129th 489 73.6%
2017 52.53 275th 489 43.8%
2018 48.22 304th 494 38.5%
2019 52.38 279th 492 43.3%
2021 48.97 240th 428 43.9%
2022 58.73 211th 472 55.3%
2023 44.89 276th 476 42.0%
2024 73.32 120th 480 75.0%
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Rank History for high school Low Socio Economic Status students at Chatfield Secondary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 32.48 275th 374 26.5%
2023 47.77 208th 393 47.1%
2024 55.19 174th 389 55.3%
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Rank History for high school Female students at Chatfield Secondary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 50.12 236th 395 40.3%
2019 42.25 266th 401 33.7%
2021 69.20 93rd 339 72.6%
2022 40.61 263rd 388 32.2%
2023 34.68 284th 396 28.3%
2024 70.18 103rd 403 74.4%
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Rank History for high school Male students at Chatfield Secondary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 33.80 305th 398 23.4%
2019 46.60 247th 411 39.9%
2021 17.48 313th 351 10.8%
2022 62.91 143rd 403 64.5%
2023 44.45 235th 398 41.0%
2024 63.93 135th 405 66.7%
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Rank History for high school White students at Chatfield Secondary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 29.64 340th 414 17.9%
2019 34.88 307th 412 25.5%
2021 33.89 272nd 364 25.3%
2022 38.47 286th 401 28.7%
2023 28.12 318th 398 20.1%
2024 57.71 169th 402 58.0%
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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.

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Data source: Minnesota Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Chatfield Secondary

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 408 0 1 1 0 n/a n/a 0 410
1989 388 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 388
1990 349 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 349
1991 333 0 4 0 0 n/a n/a 0 337
1992 359 1 5 0 0 n/a n/a 0 365
1993 386 0 7 0 0 n/a n/a 0 393
1994 408 1 5 0 0 n/a n/a 0 414
1995 435 0 2 0 0 n/a n/a 0 437
1996 435 0 2 0 0 n/a n/a 0 437
1997 442 1 4 0 1 n/a n/a 0 448
1998 446 1 4 0 0 n/a n/a 0 451
1999 460 1 4 0 0 n/a n/a 0 465
2000 457 2 5 2 0 n/a n/a 0 466
2001 420 2 5 2 0 n/a n/a 0 429
2002 417 2 4 0 1 n/a n/a 0 424
2003 417 2 4 0 1 n/a n/a 0 424
2004 426 1 5 3 0 n/a n/a 0 435
2005 408 2 6 3 0 n/a n/a 0 419
2006 435 4 4 4 0 n/a n/a 0 447
2007 435 3 3 5 0 n/a n/a 0 446
2008 413 3 3 9 0 n/a n/a 0 428
2009 404 3 3 8 0 n/a n/a 0 418
2010 391 1 2 10 0 n/a n/a 0 404
2011 383 3 2 13 0 0 0 0 401
2012 379 1 3 9 2 0 1 0 395
2013 366 2 1 8 2 0 1 0 380
2014 370 3 1 9 2 1 2 0 388
2015 379 5 0 10 2 1 2 0 399
2016 380 7 0 8 2 1 2 0 400
2017 385 4 0 11 1 0 5 0 406
2018 384 5 2 9 1 0 6 0 407
2019 380 2 3 10 1 0 5 0 401
2020 386 1 3 8 0 0 6 0 404
2021 398 2 3 9 0 0 8 0 420
2022 414 3 3 7 0 0 8 0 435
2023 432 3 4 8 0 0 10 0 457

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 Chatfield Secondary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 410 23.2 17.6 12.4
1989 388 26.5 14.6 18.6
1990 349 21.1 16.5 6
1991 337 22.8 14.7 11.3
1992 365 22.6 16.1 7.9
1993 393 23.8 16.5 6.9
1994 414 24.7 16.8 7.5
1995 437 25.3 17.3 8.7
1996 437 25.3 17.3 8.7
1997 448 27.0 16.6 9.6
1998 451 n/a 0.0 5.3
1999 465 33.0 14.1 4.5
2000 466 33.0 14.1 13.7
2001 429 32.5 13.2 9.3
2002 424 30.6 13.9 9.9
2003 424 30.6 13.9 9.9
2004 435 28.6 15.2 13.8
2005 419 28.6 14.7 12.2
2006 447 27.6 16.2 13.6
2007 446 26.7 16.7 14.3
2008 428 27.5 15.6 14.5
2009 418 29.1 14.4 15.3
2010 404 26.0 15.4 14.4
2011 401 24.2 16.5 15.5
2012 395 24.0 16.4 16.5
2013 380 24.4 15.5 18.4
2014 388 24.5 15.8 19.8
2015 399 25.0 15.9 22.1
2016 400 24.0 16.6 21.5
2017 406 24.9 16.2 21.2
2018 407 26.6 15.2 21.4
2019 401 27.0 14.8 18.5
2020 404 24.8 16.2 19.1
2021 420 24.9 16.8 12.6
2022 435 23.4 18.5 10.6
2023 457 23.7 19.2 23.2

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 Chatfield Secondary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 410 23.2 17.6 12.4
1989 388 26.5 14.6 18.6
1990 349 21.1 16.5 6
1991 337 22.8 14.7 11.3
1992 365 22.6 16.1 7.9
1993 393 23.8 16.5 6.9
1994 414 24.7 16.8 7.5
1995 437 25.3 17.3 8.7
1996 437 25.3 17.3 8.7
1997 448 27.0 16.6 9.6
1998 451 n/a 0.0 5.3
1999 465 33.0 14.1 4.5
2000 466 33.0 14.1 13.7
2001 429 32.5 13.2 9.3
2002 424 30.6 13.9 9.9
2003 424 30.6 13.9 9.9
2004 435 28.6 15.2 13.8
2005 419 28.6 14.7 12.2
2006 447 27.6 16.2 13.6
2007 446 26.7 16.7 14.3
2008 428 27.5 15.6 14.5
2009 418 29.1 14.4 15.3
2010 404 26.0 15.4 14.4
2011 401 24.2 16.5 15.5
2012 395 24.0 16.4 16.5
2013 380 24.4 15.5 18.4
2014 388 24.5 15.8 19.8
2015 399 25.0 15.9 22.1
2016 400 24.0 16.6 21.5
2017 406 24.9 16.2 21.2
2018 407 26.6 15.2 21.4
2019 401 27.0 14.8 18.5
2020 404 24.8 16.2 19.1
2021 420 24.9 16.8 12.6
2022 435 23.4 18.5 10.6
2023 457 23.7 19.2 23.2

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 Chatfield Secondary

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2019 $12,304

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Chatfield Secondary

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Rankings

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Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 69th of 533 Middle schoolsRanks 135th of 529 Middle schools
 12.6%
Ranks 279th of 492 High schoolsRanks 276th of 476 High schools
 1.3%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
7th Grade Math (Chatfield Secondary)71.250.8
 20.5%
   7th Grade Math (Chatfield Public Schools)71.250.8
 20.5%
   7th Grade Math (Minnesota)52.139.7
 12.4%
7th Grade Reading (Chatfield Secondary)67.152.2
 14.9%
   7th Grade Reading (Chatfield Public Schools)67.152.2
 14.9%
   7th Grade Reading (Minnesota)57.545.2
 12.3%
8th Grade Math (Chatfield Secondary)70.649.2
 21.4%
   8th Grade Math (Chatfield Public Schools)70.649.2
 21.4%
   8th Grade Math (Minnesota)55.240.3
 14.9%
8th Grade Reading (Chatfield Secondary)62.442.6
 19.7%
   8th Grade Reading (Chatfield Public Schools)62.442.6
 19.7%
   8th Grade Reading (Minnesota)57.744.8
 12.9%
8th Grade Science (Chatfield Secondary)48.224.6
 23.7%
   8th Grade Science (Chatfield Public Schools)48.224.6
 23.7%
   8th Grade Science (Minnesota)4327.6
 15.4%
10th Grade Reading (Chatfield Secondary)54.252.5
 1.7%
   10th Grade Reading (Chatfield Public Schools)54.251.9
 2.4%
   10th Grade Reading (Minnesota)60.451.7
 8.7%
11th Grade Math (Chatfield Secondary)36.623.8
 12.8%
   11th Grade Math (Chatfield Public Schools)36.123.8
 12.3%
   11th Grade Math (Minnesota)4536
 9%
End of Course Science (Chatfield Secondary)45.824.1
 21.7%
   End of Course Science (Chatfield Public Schools)45.824.1
 21.7%
   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 Students401457
 14%
African American23
 50%
American Indian10
 100%
Asian34
 33.3%
Hispanic108
 20%
Pacific Islander00
White380432
 13.7%
Two or More Races510
 100%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients18.5%23.2%
 4.7%


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Chatfield Secondary ranks 120th of 480 Minnesota high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Chatfield Secondary is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Chatfield Elementary School

In the 2022-23 school year, 457 students attended Chatfield Secondary.

Students at Chatfield Secondary are 95% White, 2% Two or more races, 2% Hispanic.


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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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