Step
FOREST LAKE · MN · Forest Lake Public School District · Public
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Community School Credit Recovery → White Bear Transition Plus Program → Distance Learning Academy - H → Norse Area Learning Center → Forest Lake Area Community School → Out-of-State Care and Treatment → South Campus Education Center → Centennial Area Learning Center →📋 At a glance
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 6% of US high schools
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Step compares for families
What families should know about Step.
- ▸ LocallyMN students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+7 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Community School Credit Recovery, White Bear Transition Plus Program, Distance Learning Academy - H 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.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
Mixed-income school
Below Title I eligibility threshold (FRPL < 35%)
25-34% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. Below the federal Title I threshold but a meaningful share of the population is income-eligible for free lunch.
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: A low chronic-absence rate is the cleanest school-level signal of strong family connection, classroom culture, and student engagement — all upstream drivers of enrollment stability.
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 -1.6%/year, projecting from 2024's 47 students:
A small or specialty program — naive trend math doesn't capture the school's full picture. Read the trend as directional, not predictive.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Community School Credit Recovery FOREST LAKE |
Public | 0.5 | 34 | — |
| White Bear Transition Plus Program HUGO |
Public | 7.6 | 51 | — |
| Distance Learning Academy - H WHITE BEAR LAKE |
Public | 15.1 | 42 | — |
| Norse Area Learning Center NORTH BRANCH |
Public | 16.1 | 41 | — |
| Forest Lake Area Community School FOREST LAKE |
Public | 0.5 | 113 | +8.7% |
| Out-of-State Care and Treatment FOREST LAKE |
Public | 1.5 | — | — |
| South Campus Education Center WHITE BEAR LAKE |
Public | 15.8 | 61 | +22.0% |
| Centennial Area Learning Center CIRCLE PINES |
Public | 11.3 | 79 | +5.3% |