ABE Diploma Program

As an one-room-style four-year high school in APPLE VALLEY, Minnesota, ABE Diploma Program instructs 40 students from grades 9 through 12, one of the schools within ROSEMOUNT-APPLE VALLEY-EAGAN. That puts it 89% leaner than the typical public school in Minnesota, which averages around 371 students.

ABE Diploma Program is one of 36 schools operated by ROSEMOUNT-APPLE VALLEY-EAGAN, a district that educates 29,224 students overall.

Looking at the student body, ABE Diploma Program records that the most-represented group is White (38%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder reads as 35% Hispanic, 18% Black, 8% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 74% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school reports having 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 5.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.3:1 average. Around 45% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Dakota County runs at roughly 34%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Dakota County) reports that median household income runs about $106,318, roughly 45% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Dakota County's 170 public schools (combined enrollment of about 74,687 students), ABE Diploma Program is one campus in the mix.

Dakota Valley Learning Center is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

ABE Diploma Program operates from an outer-ring location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 38%: 65 students in 2018 compared to 40 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 58% to 38% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 9.2:1 in 2018 to 5.5:1 today.

On allk12, the feed for ABE Diploma Program typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.