Austin Community Learning Center
AUSTIN · MN · Austin Public School District · Public · K-12 combined
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Austin Senior High → Austin Area Learning Center → Austin Area Learning Cntr. - Summer → Oakland Education Center → New Dominion Academy → SMEC ALC → RESET → SMEC Credit Recovery →For Parents
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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
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥40% FRPL — qualifies for Title I Schoolwide program
40-74% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. The district can use Title I funds across the whole school under federal Schoolwide Program rules.
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: A low chronic-absence rate is the cleanest school-level signal of strong family connection, classroom culture, and student engagement — all upstream drivers of enrollment stability.
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 +6.2%/year, projecting from 2024's 87 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austin Senior High AUSTIN |
Public | 1.2 | 1,485 | +16.7% |
| Austin Area Learning Center AUSTIN |
Public | 1.2 | 136 | -29.2% |
| Austin Area Learning Cntr. - Summer AUSTIN |
Public | 1.2 | — | — |
| Oakland Education Center AUSTIN |
Public | 2.0 | 21 | — |
| New Dominion Academy AUSTIN |
Public | 2.5 | 1 | — |
| SMEC ALC AUSTIN |
Public | 5.0 | 68 | — |
| RESET AUSTIN |
Public | 5.0 | 7 | — |
| SMEC Credit Recovery AUSTIN |
Public | 5.0 | 1 | — |