White Pine Academy
WADENA · MN · Freshwater Education District · Public · K-12 combined
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LEAF RIVER ACADEMY → FED Staples-Motley Credit Recovery → Elm Tree Academy → WIN-High School → Laker Transitions → Freshwater Education District ALC → PERHAM AREA LEARNING CENTER → Bridgeway Career Academy →📋 At a glance
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 14% of US high schools
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How White Pine Academy compares for families
What families should know about White Pine Academy.
- ▸ LocallyMN students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+7 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: LEAF RIVER ACADEMY, FED Staples-Motley Credit Recovery, Elm Tree Academy and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
👩🏫 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 ÷ 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 +0.0%/year, projecting from 2024's 11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LEAF RIVER ACADEMY WADENA |
Public | 0.0 | — | — |
| FED Staples-Motley Credit Recovery STAPLES |
Public | 16.5 | — | — |
| Elm Tree Academy WADENA |
Public | 0.0 | 1 | — |
| WIN-High School LITTLE FALLS |
Public | 48.5 | 14 | — |
| Laker Transitions DETROIT LAKES |
Public | 43.3 | 17 | — |
| Freshwater Education District ALC WADENA |
Public | 0.0 | 101 | +6.3% |
| PERHAM AREA LEARNING CENTER PERHAM |
Public | 24.4 | 34 | — |
| Bridgeway Career Academy ALEXANDRIA |
Public | 41.7 | 19 | — |