Summary:
Albert Lea Public School District in Minnesota enrolls about 3,267 students across eight schools — four elementary schools (PK–5), one middle school (6–7), and three high schools, including an Area Learning Center and an Online Academy that serve grades 6–12 — and the district as a whole ranks 353 of 458 in Minnesota, at the 23rd percentile with 1 star.
Academically, the schools differ sharply. Halverson Elementary is the most balanced standout, above the state all-grade average in both math (48.6% vs 44.9%) and science (30.0% vs 25.5%), and its rank climbed to the 41st percentile. Lakeview Elementary has the district's highest math (55.4%), though its reading (37.0%) and science (16.2%) trail state averages. Albert Lea Senior High ranks highest at the 52nd percentile with 3 stars and posts an 89.0% graduation rate, above the district's 76.2% and the state's 84.9%. Southwest Middle leads middle-school reading at 37.9%.
Weaknesses are concentrated. No school's all-grade reading reaches the state's 48.6%; Sibley Elementary is lowest at 25.6%. Science is the most uneven subject: Halverson's 30.0% compared with Hawthorne Elementary's 3.9%. Albert Lea Area Learning Center has the district's most difficult outcomes — 3.7% math, 38.1% graduation, 22.2% dropout, and a 24.5 student-teacher ratio — and its science score is suppressed, so it is unknown. The tiny Albert Lea Secondary Online Academy (37 students, 75.68% free/reduced lunch) has many suppressed scores. The district's dropout rate, 10.2%, is more than double the state's 4.2%.
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