High · Minnesota
Benson Area Learning Center
AlternativeBenson Area Learning Center, a public high school in Benson, Minnesota: grades 7–12, 13 students, 25.5 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Benson Public School District.
Size and class size
Compared with high schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 13
- Teachers (FTE)
- 0.5
- Students per teacher
- 25.5
- Grades
- 7–12
- High
More students per teacher than 94% of high schools in Minnesota
Median 14.4 · 708 schools compared
More students per teacher than 95% of high schools in the US
Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared
Smaller than 89% of high schools in Minnesota
Median 140 · 824 schools compared
Smaller than 96% of high schools in the US
Median 414 · 22,064 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Minnesota's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Minnesota: 49%Not published: too few students tested.
Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment III & Minnesota Test of Academic Skills; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Minnesota: 47%Not published: too few students tested.
Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment III & Minnesota Test of Academic Skills; proficient means Levels 3-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
What it offers
- Grades
- High · Grades 7–12
- Type
- District school · Alternative
- Instruction
- In person
- Area
- Remote rural area
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Benson Public School District.
Location
- Address
- 1400 Montana Ave, Benson, MN 56215
- Phone
- (320)843-2710
- City or town
- Benson
- County
- Swift County
Nearby high schools
The closest public high schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6–12 | 334 | 12.6 | 37% | 36% | |
Heartland Girls RanchAlternative | 7–12 | 22 | 7.7 | — | — |
| 7–12 | 204 | 12.6 | 65% | 65% | |
KMS Learning CenterAlternative | 7–12 | 0 | — | — | — |
| 7–12 | 382 | 16.9 | 35% | 30% | |
Minnewaska Secondary Alternative PgAlternative | 9–12 | 0 | — | — | — |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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