The Alternative Program (tap)
PLYMOUTH · MN · WAYZATA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT · Public
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Tier Three → Tier Two → PERPICH CENTER FOR ARTS EDUCATION → ALC SENIOR HIGH → Osseo Education Center → Parnassus Prep School-Rhetoric → Prairie Seeds High School Academy → HIGHVIEW ALC →How The Alternative Program (tap) compares for families
What families should know about The Alternative Program (tap).
- ▸ LocallyMN students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+7 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Tier Three, Tier Two, PERPICH CENTER FOR ARTS EDUCATION 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 -7.7%/year, projecting from 2024's 142 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tier Three PLYMOUTH |
Public | 4.3 | 133 | +8.1% |
| Tier Two PLYMOUTH |
Public | 4.3 | 153 | +31.9% |
| PERPICH CENTER FOR ARTS EDUCATION GOLDEN VALLEY |
Public | 8.6 | 154 | -7.2% |
| ALC SENIOR HIGH BROOKLYN PARK |
Public | 6.6 | 107 | -2.7% |
| Osseo Education Center OSSEO |
Public | 7.7 | 99 | +59.7% |
| Parnassus Prep School-Rhetoric MAPLE GROVE |
Public · charter | 7.1 | 258 | +26.5% |
| Prairie Seeds High School Academy BROOKLYN PARK |
Public · charter | 6.8 | 282 | +28.2% |
| HIGHVIEW ALC GOLDEN VALLEY |
Public | 7.6 | 277 | +53.0% |