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HOWARD LAKE · MN · Meeker and Wright Special Education · Public
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Cornerstones Program → ALP Credit Recovery → SWMetro Buffalo-Transitions → SWMetro Lakeside Academy → Wings Transition Program → Waconia Learning Center → Monticello High School - SNW → Litchfield Area Learning Program →For Parents
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🏛️ 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 -8.3%/year, projecting from 2024's 18 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.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cornerstones Program BUFFALO |
Public | 13.3 | 23 | — |
| ALP Credit Recovery HOWARD LAKE |
Public | 2.1 | — | — |
| SWMetro Buffalo-Transitions BUFFALO |
Public | 13.1 | 26 | — |
| SWMetro Lakeside Academy BUFFALO |
Public | 16.7 | 22 | — |
| Wings Transition Program SAINT MICHAEL |
Public | 22.4 | 15 | — |
| Waconia Learning Center WACONIA |
Public | 19.6 | 25 | — |
| Monticello High School - SNW MONTICELLO |
Public | 21.3 | 14 | — |
| Litchfield Area Learning Program LITCHFIELD |
Public | 22.5 | 14 | — |