SWWC ELC - Pipestone
PIPESTONE · MN · Region 6 and 8-SW/WC Service Coop · Public · K-12 combined
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PIPESTONE LEARNING CENTER → SWWC ALC - Pipestone → RTR ALC → Project Search-Avera Marshall → Out-of-State Care and Treatment → Out-of-State Care and Treatment → LAKE BENTON SECONDARY → SWWC ELC - Montevideo →For Parents
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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.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of -1.2%/year, projecting from 2024's 26 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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| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PIPESTONE LEARNING CENTER PIPESTONE |
Public | 2.0 | — | — |
| SWWC ALC - Pipestone PIPESTONE |
Public | 2.1 | 39 | — |
| RTR ALC TYLER |
Public | 19.6 | — | — |
| Project Search-Avera Marshall MARSHALL |
Public | 39.8 | 9 | — |
| Out-of-State Care and Treatment LUVERNE |
Public | 25.4 | — | — |
| Out-of-State Care and Treatment SLAYTON |
Public | 28.0 | — | — |
| LAKE BENTON SECONDARY LAKE BENTON |
Public | 16.6 | 1 | — |
| SWWC ELC - Montevideo MONTEVIDEO |
Public | 71.2 | 12 | — |