Southwest High - SWS
MINNEAPOLIS · MN · Minneapolis Public School District · Public
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MELROSE → Loring-Nicollet High Extended → Center School Extended → MPS Metro DT → SPECIAL ED-NON PUBLIC → 283-St. Louis Park ALC → 283-Ind Stdy 15 and Under - I.S. → T-Plus Program →📋 At a glance
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 90% (Bottom 49% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from EDFacts graduation data, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Southwest High - SWS compares for families
What families should know about Southwest High - SWS.
- ▸ LocallyMN students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+7 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: MELROSE, Loring-Nicollet High Extended, Center School Extended and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🎓 4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts
What % of students graduate on time?
Bottom 49% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate
Source: federal EDFacts ACGR (Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate), 2019 vintage via Urban Institute. EDFacts publishes a range (low-high) to preserve privacy on small cohorts; we display the midpoint.
🏛️ 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.
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.
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2024 total enrollment.
Not enough enrollment history on file to chart a trend for this school yet.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MELROSE SAINT LOUIS PARK |
Public | 1.6 | 1 | — |
| Loring-Nicollet High Extended MINNEAPOLIS |
Public | 4.3 | 2 | — |
| Center School Extended MINNEAPOLIS |
Public | 4.5 | 2 | — |
| MPS Metro DT MINNEAPOLIS |
Public | 3.5 | 3 | — |
| SPECIAL ED-NON PUBLIC EDINA |
Public | 1.8 | — | — |
| 283-St. Louis Park ALC SAINT LOUIS PARK |
Public | 2.5 | — | — |
| 283-Ind Stdy 15 and Under - I.S. SAINT LOUIS PARK |
Public | 2.5 | — | — |
| T-Plus Program SAINT LOUIS PARK |
Public | 2.9 | — | — |