Leola Alternative School - 07
Leola · SD · Leola School District 44-2 · Public
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Leola High School - 01 → SDSBVI High School - 02 → Spring Lake Colony High School → Aurora Plains Academy High School - 05 → Sunset Colony High School - 06 → Turtle Creek High School - 04 → Contract - 02 → Our Home ASAP - 12 →📋 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 Leola Alternative School - 07 compares for families
What families should know about Leola Alternative School - 07.
- ▸ LocallySD students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+7 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Leola High School - 01, SDSBVI High School - 02, Spring Lake Colony High School 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 South Dakota
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 $19,858/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 ÷ 2024 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 +18.8%/year, projecting from 2024's 11 students:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leola High School - 01 Leola |
Public | 0.0 | 38 | — |
| SDSBVI High School - 02 Aberdeen |
Public | 28.9 | 9 | — |
| Spring Lake Colony High School Arlington |
Public | 133.8 | 12 | — |
| Aurora Plains Academy High School - 05 Plankinton |
Public | 139.8 | 10 | — |
| Sunset Colony High School - 06 Britton |
Public | 51.0 | 8 | — |
| Turtle Creek High School - 04 Redfield |
Public | 61.0 | 8 | — |
| Contract - 02 Ortonville |
Public | 124.1 | 15 | — |
| Our Home ASAP - 12 Huron |
Public | 102.8 | 16 | — |