High · Minnesota

Northfield Area Learning Center

Alternative

Northfield Area Learning Center, a public high school in Northfield, Minnesota: grades 6–12, 107 students, 19.4 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Northfield 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: 107
Teachers (FTE): 5.5
Students per teacher: 19.4
Grades: 6–12; High

More students per teacher than 81% of high schools in Minnesota

Median 14.4 · 708 schools compared

More students per teacher than 80% of high schools in the US

Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared

Smaller than 56% of high schools in Minnesota

Median 140 · 824 schools compared

Smaller than 80% 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%

27%proficient

+12.8 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 82% of high schools in Minnesota

Median 40% · 230 high schools compared

15 students tested, grades 7 · Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment III & Minnesota Test of Academic Skills; proficient means Levels 3-4 Approximate: the state published a range or left out some grades.

Math

Minnesota: 47%

6.7%proficient

−1.9 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 94% of high schools in Minnesota

Median 32% · 229 high schools compared

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 6–12
Type: District school · Alternative
Instruction: In person
Area: Distant town
Run by: Northfield Public School District

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Northfield Public School District.

Location

Address: 201 Orchard St S, Northfield, MN 55057
Phone: (507)645-1201
City or town: Northfield
County: Rice County

Website Quality of life in Northfield Schools in Northfield

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
Big 9 Online High School	9–12	0	—	—	—	0.0 mi
Northfield Senior High	9–12	1,283	21.0	—	—	0.9 mi
Arcadia Charter SchoolCharter	6–12	116	11.9	55%	33%	1.5 mi
Randolph Secondary	7–12	430	17.9	17%	18%	8.6 mi
Faribault Area Learning CenterAlternativeFree meals for all	9–12	118	13.1	—	—	10.7 mi
Secondary Area Learning Cntr SummerAlternative	9–12	0	—	—	—	10.7 mi

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.

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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