Albert Lea Senior High

Albert Lea Senior High is a four-year high school of well-populated scale in ALBERT LEA, Minnesota, overseen by Albert Lea Public School District, educateing 1,196 students in grades 8 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 371 students per school, that is 222% above typical.

Albert Lea Public School District runs 9 schools in total, collectively educating 3,335 students. Albert Lea Senior High is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Albert Lea Senior High shows that White students make up the majority at 59%; the rest reads as 24% Hispanic, 11% Asian, 4% multiracial, 2% Black. By comparison, Freeborn County as a whole is about 84% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 74 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 16.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 51% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Albert Lea Senior High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 37.8%; this one delivers 31.2%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Freeborn County put median household income runs about $71,023, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Freeborn County runs 19 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,061 students), of which Albert Lea Senior High is one.

Nearest neighbor: Hawthorne Elementary, around 1.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Albert Lea Senior High comes 3rd of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 32.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Albert Lea Senior High has ticked down 6%, going from 1,278 students in 2018 to 1,196 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 70% to 59%.

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