SWWC ALC - Pipestone
PIPESTONE · MN · Region 6 and 8-SW/WC Service Coop · Public
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PIPESTONE LEARNING CENTER → ELLSWORTH SECONDARY → SWWC ELC - Pipestone → EDGERTON SECONDARY → SWWC ALC - Windom → Learning Center Night → RTR ALC → Hendricks High School →How SWWC ALC - Pipestone compares for families
What families should know about SWWC ALC - Pipestone.
- ▸ LocallyMN students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+7 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: PIPESTONE LEARNING CENTER, ELLSWORTH SECONDARY, SWWC ELC - Pipestone and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🏛️ 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 ÷ 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 +19.7%/year, projecting from 2024's 39 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PIPESTONE LEARNING CENTER PIPESTONE |
Public | 1.9 | — | — |
| ELLSWORTH SECONDARY ELLSWORTH |
Public | 36.0 | 40 | — |
| SWWC ELC - Pipestone PIPESTONE |
Public | 2.1 | 7 | — |
| EDGERTON SECONDARY EDGERTON |
Public | 11.7 | 130 | +13.0% |
| SWWC ALC - Windom WINDOM |
Public | 59.3 | 41 | — |
| Learning Center Night WORTHINGTON |
Public | 41.9 | 36 | — |
| RTR ALC TYLER |
Public | 21.0 | — | — |
| Hendricks High School HENDRICKS |
Public | 35.9 | 31 | — |