Smec Alc
AUSTIN · MN · Southern MN Education Consortium · Public · K-12 combined
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Lyle High School → Austin Area Learning Center → GLENVILLE-EMMONS SECONDARY → Austin Community Learning Center → Austin Area Learning Cntr. - Summer → LEROY SECONDARY → Albert Lea Area Learning Center → ZUMBRO AREA LEARNING CENTER →At a glance
- Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- AP rigor: Bottom 22% of US high schools
- 4-yr grad rate: 69% in 2019 (Bottom 14% 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 Smec Alc compares for families
What families should know about Smec Alc.
- ▸ LocallyMN students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+7 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Lyle High School, Austin Area Learning Center, GLENVILLE-EMMONS SECONDARY and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Source: 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 14% 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lyle High School LYLE |
Public | 11.7 | 82 | +5.1% |
| Austin Area Learning Center AUSTIN |
Public | 5.4 | 136 | -29.2% |
| GLENVILLE-EMMONS SECONDARY GLENVILLE |
Public | 21.5 | 65 | -7.1% |
| Austin Community Learning Center AUSTIN |
Public | 5.0 | — | — |
| Austin Area Learning Cntr. - Summer AUSTIN |
Public | 5.4 | — | — |
| LEROY SECONDARY LEROY |
Public | 21.1 | 82 | +24.2% |
| Albert Lea Area Learning Center ALBERT LEA |
Public | 25.0 | 86 | -4.4% |
| ZUMBRO AREA LEARNING CENTER KASSON |
Public | 26.8 | 58 | -1.7% |