ALC Independent Study

ALC Independent Study, a rural-scale high school in PRIOR LAKE, Minnesota, operated by Prior Lake-Savage Area Schools, instructs 34 students, covering grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Minnesota's public schools average about 371 students each, so ALC Independent Study sits 91% below that benchmark.

Prior Lake-Savage Area Schools comprises 14 schools with combined enrollment of 8,788 students; ALC Independent Study is among them.

In terms of who attends, ALC Independent Study shows that the most-represented group is White (47%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school reports 24% multiracial, 15% Hispanic, 6% Black, 6% Native American. By comparison, Scott County as a whole is about 77% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, About 35% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Scott County put the typical household earns roughly $119,314 per year, about 44% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 3%. ALC Independent Study is one of 66 public schools in Scott County (combined enrollment of about 26,041 students).

Prior Lake-Savage Area ALC is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around ALC Independent Study.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

On the community side, members of the ALC Independent Study community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.