High · Minnesota

Perham Area Learning Center

Alternative

Perham Area Learning Center, a public high school in Perham, Minnesota: grades 7–12, 38 students, 8.1 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Perham-Dent 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: 38
Teachers (FTE): 4.7
Students per teacher: 8.1
Grades: 7–12; High

Fewer students per teacher than 83% of high schools in Minnesota

Median 14.4 · 708 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 90% of high schools in the US

Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared

Smaller than 75% of high schools in Minnesota

Median 140 · 824 schools compared

Smaller than 91% of high schools in the US

Median 414 · 22,064 schools compared

What it offers

Grades: High · Grades 7–12
Type: District school · Alternative
Instruction: In person
Area: Remote rural area
Run by: Perham-Dent Public School District

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

Location

Address: 800 Coney Street West, Perham, MN 56573
Phone: (218)346-6502
City or town: Perham
County: Otter Tail County

Quality of life in Perham Schools in Perham

Nearby high schools

The closest public high schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher
Perham Senior High	9–12	529	18.4	0.0 mi
New York Mills Secondary	7–12	362	14.4	10.8 mi
Frazee Secondary	7–12	381	14.6	11.3 mi
Detroit Lakes Senior High	9–12	791	14.8	19.4 mi
Henning Secondary	7–12	171	18.6	19.6 mi
Laker TransitionsSpecial education	12	17	8.5	20.1 mi

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).

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level.

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