BEACON PROGRAM W CENTRAL ED. DIST.
MELROSE · MN · WEST CENTRAL EDUCATION DISTRICT · Public · K-12 combined
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WEST CENTRAL AREA LEARNING CENTER → WCED Credit Recovery → MELROSE SECONDARY → SAUK CENTRE SECONDARY → Albany Area High School → UPSALA SECONDARY → HOLDINGFORD SECONDARY → ALC - Holdingford →📋 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 BEACON PROGRAM W CENTRAL ED. DIST. compares for families
What families should know about BEACON PROGRAM W CENTRAL ED. DIST..
- ▸ LocallyMN students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+7 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: WEST CENTRAL AREA LEARNING CENTER, WCED Credit Recovery, MELROSE SECONDARY 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.
👩🏫 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
Mixed-income school
Below Title I eligibility threshold (FRPL < 35%)
25-34% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. Below the federal Title I threshold but a meaningful share of the population is income-eligible for free lunch.
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 +7.9%/year, projecting from 2024's 10 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
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| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WEST CENTRAL AREA LEARNING CENTER MELROSE |
Public | 0.0 | 21 | — |
| WCED Credit Recovery MELROSE |
Public | 0.0 | — | — |
| MELROSE SECONDARY MELROSE |
Public | 0.7 | 505 | +11.5% |
| SAUK CENTRE SECONDARY SAUK CENTRE |
Public | 7.3 | 393 | +12.6% |
| Albany Area High School ALBANY |
Public | 12.6 | 584 | +13.0% |
| UPSALA SECONDARY UPSALA |
Public | 14.9 | 107 | -7.0% |
| HOLDINGFORD SECONDARY HOLDINGFORD |
Public | 17.4 | 345 | +10.2% |
| ALC - Holdingford HOLDINGFORD |
Public | 17.4 | — | — |