La Crescent Senior High

La Crescent · MN · La Crescent-Hokah School District · Public


97% 4-yr grad rate

At a glance

Programs & features
  • Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
  • 1 calculus classes · 1 physics · 3 chemistry
Academic signals
  • AP rigor: Bottom 40% of US high schools
  • SAT/ACT participation: 53rd percentile by test-taker volume
  • 4-yr grad rate: 97% in 2019 (90th percentile nationally)

Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts graduation data, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

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How La Crescent Senior High compares for families

Solid mid-tier academic profile.

  • ▸ LocallyMN students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+7 points).
  • ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: LaCrescent Gr 9-12, Out of State Care and Treatment, CALEDONIA SENIOR HIGH and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.

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Academic rigor

AP + advanced-course offerings

Moderate — some AP / advanced course access

Bottom 40% of US high schools

50th 90th ↑ this school
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Students taking AP courses
42
≈13 per 100 students · uptake, not just offerings
Advanced math classes
3
1 calculus · 2 advanced
Lab science classes
4
1 physics · 3 chemistry
Other rigor signals
Dual-enrollment program

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 · 2020-21

53rd percentile by test-taker volume

50th 90th
SAT/ACT test-takers
77
11th-12th graders who took 1+ college admissions test
Test-taking intensity
23.5
takers per 100 students in grades 9-12
Compared against
18,426
US high schools reporting SAT/ACT participation

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?

90th percentile nationally

50th 90th
4-year graduation rate
97%
Range: 95–100%
4-year cohort size
91
Students in the 9th-grade entry class tracked over 4 years
Compared against
17,988
US high schools reporting 4-year ACGR

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

% inexperienced teachers (1st-2nd yr)
3.8%
Strong: experienced corps. New teachers rotate through but most have ≥3 years in.
% chronic teacher absence (≥10 days/yr)
30.8%
Elevated. Teacher absence directly affects classroom continuity and student outcomes.

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

Lower-need school

Not Title I eligible (FRPL < 25%)

22.3%
FRPL rate — % of students who qualify for the federal Free or Reduced-Price Lunch program. This is the underlying federal income-eligibility signal Title I designations are computed from (ESEA Sec. 1113).
0% (no FRPL) 35% TA · 40% Schoolwide 100% (universal FRPL)

<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

77%
admit rate
$17,214
in-state tuition/yr · $38,362 out-of-state
1310–1480
SAT 25–75 · ACT 27–31

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.

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Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.

Chronic absenteeism

Share of students absent 15+ days
14.5%
Roughly average. The national post-COVID rate climbed to ~16% nationwide; this school is in the middle of the pack.
Students absent 15+ days
58
Federal definition: absent (excused or unexcused) for at least 15 of ~180 school days — about 10% of the school year.

Why this matters to enrollment: Chronic absence is the strongest early indicator of dropout, transfer-out, and family disengagement. A school's absenteeism trend forecasts its enrollment trend 1-3 years out.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2021 total enrollment.

Counselor capacity

Student : Counselor
164:1
Below the ASCA 250:1 recommendation — strong capacity for college planning, course selection, and student supports.
Counselor FTE
2.0
Full-time-equivalent school counselors on staff.
Teacher FTE
26
Full-time-equivalent classroom teachers.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.

Enrollment trend & projection

Grade 12 went from 99 in 2021 to 86 in 2024 — over 3 years.
-13.1%

Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).

If the recent trend holds…

At its recent rate of -6.0%/year, projecting from 2024's 328 students:

2025
308
2027
272
2029
241

≈ 87 fewer students by 2029 — a real revenue/relevance risk worth getting ahead of.

An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.

Revenue at risk

At $16,105 per student in district revenue, the 87 students projected to be lost by 2029 represent ≈ $1,401,135/year in funding at risk.

District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.

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.

SchoolTypeMilesHS enrollmentTrend
LaCrescent Gr 9-12
LA CRESCENT
Public 0.0 — —
Out of State Care and Treatment
LA CRESCENT
Public 0.1 — —
CALEDONIA SENIOR HIGH
CALEDONIA
Public 15.6 259 -11.0%
RUSHFORD-PETERSON SENIOR HIGH
RUSHFORD
Public 21.6 237 +12.3%
HOUSTON SECONDARY
HOUSTON
Public 13.5 160 +15.9%
ST. CHARLES SECONDARY
SAINT CHARLES
Public 38.5 334 +2.1%
Lewiston-Altura Secondary
LEWISTON
Public 29.6 223 -22.6%
DOVER-EYOTA HIGH SCHOOL
EYOTA
Public 47.2 311 -11.9%

At a glance

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La Crescent Senior High is a public high school in La Crescent, MN, enrolling 328 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.

Enrollment is down 13% from 2021 to 2024.

77 students took the SAT or ACT in the most recent federal count, a participation level above 53% of U.S. high schools.

Its federal four-year graduation rate was about 97% in the latest EDFacts release.

It has about 164 students per school counselor.

14% of its students were chronically absent in 2020.

Sources: National Center for Education Statistics (enrollment), the federal Civil Rights Data Collection and EDFacts, state education agencies where named, and the school's own published documents where named.

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What is La Crescent Senior High's graduation rate? La Crescent Senior High's federal four-year graduation rate was about 97% in the latest EDFacts release.

How many students attend La Crescent Senior High? La Crescent Senior High is a public high school in La Crescent, MN, enrolling 328 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.

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