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 → First City School →At a glance
- 4-yr grad rate: 49% in 2019 (Bottom 10% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from EDFacts graduation data, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
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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.
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).
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% |
| First City School BEMIDJI |
Public | 56.7 | 44 | — |
At a glance
JSON · Using this page with an AI assistantPine River-Backus ALP is a public high school in Pine River, MN, enrolling 57 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.
Its federal four-year graduation rate was about 49% in the latest EDFacts release.
44% 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.
Questions families ask
What is Pine River-Backus ALP's graduation rate? Pine River-Backus ALP's federal four-year graduation rate was about 49% in the latest EDFacts release.
How many students attend Pine River-Backus ALP? Pine River-Backus ALP is a public high school in Pine River, MN, enrolling 57 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.
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