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School														Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				MCA-III Math (2025)					MCA-III Reading (2025)					Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Distance	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 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 6th Grade	MCA-III Reading 7th Grade	MCA-III Reading 8th Grade	MCA-III Reading 10th Grade	MCA-III Reading All Grades	Total
Next Step West (Alden)	0.0mi	Public	8-12	155 S Broadway	Alden	56009	Freeborn County	Southern Mn Education Consortium	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(507) 857-1160	6	1	6.0		6 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)
Alden-Conger Secondary	0.3mi	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
United South Central High School	9.0mi	Public	7-12	600 11th St SW	Wells	56097	Faribault County	United South Central Schools	No	No	No	No	(507) 553-5819	343	23	14.9	44.3%	275 (80.2%)	2 (0.6%)	52 (15.2%)	2 (0.6%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.2%)	40.8	294^th of 450 public high schools	34.7%		70	137^th of 480 public high schools	71.5%	157		21.3	8.8	34.0	20.8		32.8	24.6	30.2	29.2	$14,396
Albert Lea Area Learning Center	10.4mi	Public	6-12	211 W Richway Dr	Albert Lea	56007	Freeborn County	Albert Lea Public School District	No	No	No	No	(507) 379-4800	113	5	24.5	70.8%	56 (49.6%)	2 (1.8%)	44 (38.9%)	3 (2.7%)	1 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (6.2%)								(n/a)				0.0	0.0						$14,035
Albert Lea Secondary Online Academy	10.4mi	Public, Virtual	6-12	211 W Richway Dr	Albert Lea	56007	Freeborn County	Albert Lea Public School District	No	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(507) 379-4800	37	0		75.7%	19 (51.4%)	1 (2.7%)	15 (40.5%)	1 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.7%)								(n/a)
Albert Lea Senior High	11.4mi	Public	8-12	2000 Tiger Ln	Albert Lea	56007	Freeborn County	Albert Lea Public School District	No	No	No	No	(507) 379-5340	1,196	74	16.1	50.7%	704 (58.9%)	28 (2.3%)	284 (23.7%)	133 (11.1%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	45 (3.8%)	50.8	252^nd of 450 public high schools	44.0%		42.5	300^th of 480 public high schools	37.5%	48			24.4	23.1	23.8			34.2	50.3	41.8	$13,644
Nrheg Secondary	15.9mi	Public	6-12	306 Ash Ave S	New Richland	56072	Waseca County	Nrheg School District	No	No	No	No	(507) 465-3205	408	28	14.6	36.8%	368 (90.2%)	5 (1.2%)	25 (6.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.2%)	53.8	233^rd of 450 public high schools	48.2%		32.9	343^rd of 480 public high schools	28.5%	110	20.0	23.9	32.0	24.2	25.0	45.6	40.4	37.7	51.1	43.6	$11,400
Glenville-Emmons Secondary	16.7mi	Public	7-12	230 5th St SE	Glenville	56036	Freeborn County	Glenville-Emmons School District	No	No	No	No	(507) 448-2889	104	9	11.7	41.3%	87 (83.7%)	3 (2.9%)	12 (11.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.9%)	69.1	141^st of 450 public high schools	68.7%		34.8	334^th of 480 public high schools	30.4%	193		31.6	25.0	41.7	31.4		27.8	25.0	52.4	35.6	$20,147

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