Northern Lights Academy
CROOKSTON · MN · Crookston Public School District · Public · K-12 combined
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👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
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.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
Lower-need school
Not Title I eligible (FRPL < 25%)
<25% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. Well below the Title I threshold; expect a higher-income student body on average.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
🏛️ 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.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of -37.5%/year, projecting from 2024's 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PINE TO PRAIRIE COOP. CTR. RED LAKE FALLS |
Public | 17.9 | — | — |
| RED LAKE JUVENILE DETENTION FACLTY RED LAKE |
Public | 75.0 | 4 | — |
| Summer NW Area Learning Center THIEF RIVER FALLS |
Public | 31.4 | — | — |
| BAGLEY ALP BAGLEY |
Public | 58.6 | 1 | — |
| NW REGION INTERDISTRICT COUNCIL NEWFOLDEN |
Public | 42.7 | — | — |
| Moorhead High School Career Academy MOORHEAD |
Public | 63.9 | — | — |
| Moorhead ALC - Barnesville MOORHEAD |
Public | 63.9 | — | — |
| Moorhead ALC: DGF Secondary MOORHEAD |
Public | 63.9 | — | — |