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SIBLEY EAST-ARLINGTON SENIOR HIGH → Le Sueur-Henderson Middle/High → Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart Seconda → SLEEPY EYE SEC. → CLEVELAND SECONDARY → Nicollet High School → BOLD Senior High School → LESTER PRAIRIE SECONDARY →At a glance
- 3 AP courses offered — Strong
- Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- AP rigor: 54th percentile nationally
- SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 32% by test-taker volume
- 4-yr grad rate: 87% in 2019 (Bottom 39% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts graduation data, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How GFW High School compares for families
Solid mid-tier academic profile.
- ▸ StatewideAP rigor at the 54th percentile nationally with 3 AP courses.
- ▸ LocallyMN students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+7 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: SIBLEY EAST-ARLINGTON SENIOR HIGH, Le Sueur-Henderson Middle/High, Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart Seconda and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Strong — solid AP program + advanced courses
54th percentile nationally
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). CRDC reports what's offered + enrolled — it doesn't collect AP exam pass rates (College Board owns that data and doesn't release it school-level).
SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Bottom 32% by test-taker volume
Source: 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.
4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts
What % of students graduate on time?
Bottom 39% 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.
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 Targeted Assistance eligible
35-39% FRPL — qualifies for Title I Targeted Assistance
35-39% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. The school can receive Title I funds targeted to identified students (not schoolwide).
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 ÷ 2021 total enrollment.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SIBLEY EAST-ARLINGTON SENIOR HIGH ARLINGTON |
Public | 14.8 | 338 | -3.7% |
| Le Sueur-Henderson Middle/High LE SUEUR |
Public | 23.6 | 281 | -16.1% |
| Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart Seconda HECTOR |
Public | 22.2 | 145 | -7.1% |
| SLEEPY EYE SEC. SLEEPY EYE |
Public | 24.9 | 158 | -7.6% |
| CLEVELAND SECONDARY CLEVELAND |
Public | 30.3 | 171 | -1.2% |
| Nicollet High School NICOLLET |
Public | 20.2 | 107 | -15.1% |
| BOLD Senior High School OLIVIA |
Public | 34.3 | 203 | -2.9% |
| LESTER PRAIRIE SECONDARY LESTER PRAIRIE |
Public | 28.6 | 153 | -1.9% |