SWMetro Prairie Care
CHASKA · MN · Southwest Metro Intermediate 288 · Public · K-12 combined
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The Anicca Program → SWMetro Annica Program → SWMetro Credit Recovery → SWMetro Reflections → Transition Plus → SWMetro New Beginnings ALC → SWMetro CCJ → TRANSITIONS 110 →📋 At a glance
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 6% of US high schools
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How SWMetro Prairie Care compares for families
What families should know about SWMetro Prairie Care.
- ▸ LocallyMN students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+7 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: The Anicca Program, SWMetro Annica Program, SWMetro Credit Recovery and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Source: 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.
🏛️ 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 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. 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 ÷ 2023 total enrollment.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of -19.8%/year, projecting from 2023's 9 students:
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.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Anicca Program CHANHASSEN |
Public | 2.3 | 7 | — |
| SWMetro Annica Program CHANHASSEN |
Public | 4.2 | 5 | — |
| SWMetro Credit Recovery CHASKA |
Public | 2.0 | 4 | — |
| SWMetro Reflections SHAKOPEE |
Public | 7.3 | 11 | — |
| Transition Plus MINNETRISTA |
Public | 10.1 | 10 | — |
| SWMetro New Beginnings ALC CHASKA |
Public | 1.9 | 15 | — |
| SWMetro CCJ CHASKA |
Public | 2.2 | 3 | — |
| TRANSITIONS 110 WACONIA |
Public | 9.4 | 11 | — |