ALC INDEPENDENT STUDY

Set in BROOKLYN PARK, Minnesota, ALC INDEPENDENT STUDY is a very small secondary school, one of the schools within OSSEO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. It educates 26 students across grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 93% below the state mean of about 371.

OSSEO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 31 schools with combined enrollment of 21,138 students; ALC INDEPENDENT STUDY is among them.

On demographics, ALC INDEPENDENT STUDY lists that 69% of the student body identifies as Black. The remainder looks like 12% White, 12% Hispanic, 4% Asian, 4% multiracial. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 13%.

On the income-and-resources front, About 81% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Hennepin County (around 43%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Around the school, census data for Hennepin County shows the typical household earns roughly $97,653 per year, about 54% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. ALC INDEPENDENT STUDY is one of 496 public schools in Hennepin County (combined enrollment of about 177,509 students).

The closest other public school is 279Online Learning Program 9-12, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at ALC INDEPENDENT STUDY has edged up 1200%, going from 2 students in 2018 to 26 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share declined from 50% to 12%.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.