Village Ranch Alternative Program
Cokato · MN · Meeker and Wright Special Education · Public · K-12 combined
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- 4-yr grad rate: 24% in 2019 (Bottom 4% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from EDFacts graduation data, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
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4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts
What % of students graduate on time?
Bottom 4% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate
Source: federal EDFacts ACGR (Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate), 2019 vintage via Urban Institute. EDFacts publishes a range (low-high) to preserve privacy on small cohorts; we display the midpoint.
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
High-poverty school
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥75% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. These schools qualify for the highest tier of federal Title I funding and typically receive extra wraparound services. Academic outcomes vary widely — check the state assessment + grad-rate tiles.
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.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +2.6%/year, projecting from 2024's 33 students:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Step TD Program HOWARD LAKE |
Public | 4.7 | 18 | — |
| HUTCHINSON TRANSITION ASSISTANCE PG HUTCHINSON |
Public | 15.5 | 30 | — |
| CROW RIVER AREA LEARNING CENTER HUTCHINSON |
Public | 16.6 | 32 | — |
| SWMetro Buffalo-Transitions BUFFALO |
Public | 16.8 | 26 | — |
| PHOENIX LEARNING CENTER BUFFALO |
Public | 18.4 | 36 | — |
| Cornerstones Program BUFFALO |
Public | 16.9 | 23 | — |
| ALP Credit Recovery HOWARD LAKE |
Public | 5.6 | — | — |
| Waconia Learning Center WACONIA |
Public | 23.0 | 25 | — |
At a glance
JSON · Using this page with an AI assistantVillage Ranch Alternative Program is a public high school in Cokato, MN, enrolling 33 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.
Its federal four-year graduation rate was about 24% in the latest EDFacts release.
22% of its students were chronically absent in 2020.
Sources: National Center for Education Statistics (enrollment), the federal Civil Rights Data Collection and EDFacts, state education agencies where named, and the school's own published documents where named.
Questions families ask
What is Village Ranch Alternative Program's graduation rate? Village Ranch Alternative Program's federal four-year graduation rate was about 24% in the latest EDFacts release.
How many students attend Village Ranch Alternative Program? Village Ranch Alternative Program is a public high school in Cokato, MN, enrolling 33 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.
Analysis: Test Prep Gurus (High School Reach, highschoolreach.com). These figures may be quoted with attribution to Test Prep Gurus.
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