Pine River-Backus ALP
PINE RIVER · MN · PINE RIVER-BACKUS SCHOOL DISTRICT · Public
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PINE RIVER-BACKUS HIGH SCHOOL → LINCOLN EDUCATION CENTER → HEADWATERS EDUC LEARNING PROGRAM → Bemidji Area Learning Center → Central Lakes Adventure School → NORTHLAND SECONDARY → Hill City Senior High → NEVIS AREA LEARNING PROGRAM →📋 At a glance
- Program details not reported to CRDC
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 49% (Bottom 10% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Pine River-Backus ALP compares for families
What families should know about Pine River-Backus ALP.
- ▸ LocallyMN students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+7 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: PINE RIVER-BACKUS HIGH SCHOOL, LINCOLN EDUCATION CENTER, HEADWATERS EDUC LEARNING PROGRAM and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🎓 4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts
What % of students graduate on time?
Bottom 10% 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 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: 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 +7.6%/year, projecting from 2024's 57 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PINE RIVER-BACKUS HIGH SCHOOL PINE RIVER |
Public | 0.1 | 238 | -0.4% |
| LINCOLN EDUCATION CENTER BRAINERD |
Public | 27.9 | 80 | +5.3% |
| HEADWATERS EDUC LEARNING PROGRAM PARK RAPIDS |
Public | 33.9 | 50 | — |
| Bemidji Area Learning Center BEMIDJI |
Public | 56.4 | 54 | -12.9% |
| Central Lakes Adventure School PILLAGER |
Public · charter | 26.9 | 32 | — |
| NORTHLAND SECONDARY REMER |
Public | 32.8 | 82 | -21.2% |
| Hill City Senior High HILL CITY |
Public | 42.2 | 72 | -23.4% |
| NEVIS AREA LEARNING PROGRAM NEVIS |
Public | 26.3 | — | — |