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Forest Lake Area High School

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Forest Lake Area High School
Address
6101 Scandia Trail North

Forest Lake
,
Washington County
,
Minnesota
55025

United States
Information
TypePublic
Established1909
School districtForest Lake Public School District (ISD 831)
PrincipalJames Caldwell
Teaching staff79.82 (FTE)[1]
Grades9–12
Enrollment1,876 (2022–23)[1]
Student to teacher ratio23.50[1]
Color(s)Maroon and Gold   
NicknameRangers
Websitehs.flaschools.org

Forest Lake Area High School, also known as Forest Lake High School, is a public four-year high school in Forest Lake, Minnesota, United States, founded in 1909. The school is a member of Minnesota Independent School District 831 (Forest Lake Area School District). The school competes in the Suburban East Conference of the Minnesota State High School League.

From 1941 to 1963, Forest Lake High School’s “Forest Breeze” newspaper was named the best school newspaper in the state of Minnesota, and one of the 10 best in the country, being named the number one school newspaper in the country several times in the 1940s.[citation needed]

Forest Lake High School was shown by the Minnesota Report Card to have proficiency in math at 60.3%, reading at 61.3% and science at 58.5%. The graduation rate is 84.8%.[2]

Forest Lake High School was named one of the top 1,500 high schools in the country by Newsweek Magazine in 2013.[3]

Forest Lake High School was one of only 35 schools from around the country to be awarded the United States Department of Education Green Ribbon award for its environmental efforts in May 2019.[4]

Athletics

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The football stadium, completed in 2021.

Forest Lake Area High School has won state team championships in:

  • Wrestling—1993[5]
  • Boys' True Team Track & Field—1993[6]
  • Boys' Nordic Skiing—2005[7]
  • Boys' Nordic Skiing—2006[7]
  • Boys' Nordic Skiing—2008[7]
  • Boys' Nordic Skiing—2009[7]
  • Boys' Nordic Skiing—2014[7]
  • Boys' Alpine Skiing—2015[7]
  • Boys' Alpine Skiing—2015[7]
  • Boys' Nordic Skiing—2020[7]
  • Girls' Nordic Skiing—2021[7]
  • Girls' Softball-2022[7]

Odyssey of the Mind

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The Forest Lake Area High School Odyssey of the Mind teams won state championships in 1992 and 1993.[8]

Notable people

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Search for Public Schools - School Detail for Forest Lake Area High School". nces.ed.gov.
  2. ^ "Minnesota Report Card". Minnesota Report Card.
  3. ^ "America's Best High Schools - Newsweek and the Daily Beast". The Daily Beast. Archived from the original on 2013-05-08. Retrieved 2013-06-07.
  4. ^ "Forest Lake school recognized for environmental sustainability". MPR News.
  5. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-02-15. Retrieved 2020-02-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-02-15. Retrieved 2020-02-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-02-15. Retrieved 2020-02-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. ^ "World Finals History – Odyssey of the Mind". www.odysseyofthemind.com.
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