Alden-Conger Public School District

Summary:

The Alden-Conger Public School District in Minnesota consists of two schools: Alden-Conger Elementary and Alden-Conger Secondary. The data suggests that Alden-Conger Secondary is the standout school in the district, with higher statewide rankings, better test scores, higher graduation rates, and lower dropout rates compared to Alden-Conger Elementary.

Alden-Conger Secondary has a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger for the 2024-2025 school year, while Alden-Conger Elementary has a 2-star rating. Alden-Conger Secondary's 10th-grade students outperform the state average in reading proficiency by a significant margin (78.05% vs. 51.26%), and its 4-year graduation rate is 84.2% with a dropout rate of 4.4% for the 2023-2024 school year. In contrast, Alden-Conger Elementary's math and reading proficiency rates are consistently below the state average.

The data also reveals that Alden-Conger Elementary has a higher free/reduced lunch rate of 37.87% compared to Alden-Conger Secondary's 33.78% for the 2023-2024 school year. Additionally, Alden-Conger Elementary has a lower student-teacher ratio of 12.1 compared to Alden-Conger Secondary's 14.2 for the same school year. These factors may contribute to the performance gap between the two schools, and the district should consider strategies to address the needs of students from lower-income families and improve academic outcomes at the elementary level.

District Detail

215 N Broadway
Alden, MN 56009-0099

(507) 874-3240

SchoolDigger Rank:
138^th of 446 Minnesota districts

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Grades served: PK, KG-12
Students: 444

Primary Schools: 1
Middle Schools: 0
High Schools: 1
Alternative Schools: 0

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				MCA-III Math (2025)								MCA-III Reading (2025)								Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	MCA-III Math 3rd Grade	MCA-III Math 4th Grade	MCA-III Math 5th Grade	MCA-III Math 6th Grade	MCA-III Math 7th Grade	MCA-III Math 8th Grade	MCA-III Math 11th Grade	MCA-III Math All Grades	MCA-III Reading 3rd Grade	MCA-III Reading 4th Grade	MCA-III Reading 5th Grade	MCA-III Reading 6th Grade	MCA-III Reading 7th Grade	MCA-III Reading 8th Grade	MCA-III Reading 10th Grade	MCA-III Reading All Grades	Total
Alden-Conger Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	215 N Broadway	Alden	56009	Freeborn County	Alden-Conger Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(507) 874-3240	229	23	10.0	34.5%	206 (90.0%)	2 (0.9%)	11 (4.8%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (3.9%)	41	563^rd of 872 public elementary schools	35.4%		48	516^th of 881 public elementary schools	41.4%	47	67.7	37.5	15.6	33.3				38.8	47.1	40.6	37.5	46.0				43.0	$10,670
Alden-Conger Secondary	Public	7-12	215 N Broadway	Alden	56009	Freeborn County	Alden-Conger Public School District	No	No	No	No	(507) 874-3240	215	17	12.7	29.8%	201 (93.5%)	1 (0.5%)	10 (4.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.4%)	90	26^th of 450 public high schools	94.2%		77	96^th of 480 public high schools	80.0%	70					25.0	52.6	43.8	40.6					28.6	57.9	78.1	56.1	$14,474

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Southern Mn Education Consortium	0.04 mi	14
United South Central Schools	8.81 mi	3	263^rd
Albert Lea Public School District	9.43 mi	9	327^th
Nrheg School District	15.6 mi	2	254^th
Glenville-Emmons School District	16.17 mi	2	273^rd

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Minnesota Department of Education.

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