BRANCH OUT TRANSITIONAL SERVICES

BRANCH OUT TRANSITIONAL SERVICES, a tiny high school in WEST SAINT PAUL, Minnesota, one of the schools within West St. Paul-Mendota Heights-Eagan, works with 29 students, covering grade 12. Compared to the state average of about 371 students per school, that is 92% leaner than typical.

West St. Paul-Mendota Heights-Eagan comprises 13 schools with combined enrollment of 5,452 students; BRANCH OUT TRANSITIONAL SERVICES is among them.

On demographics, BRANCH OUT TRANSITIONAL SERVICES shows that 48% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder is composed of 31% Hispanic, 10% Black, 7% Asian, 3% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 74%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 3 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 16.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 66% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Dakota County's rate of about 34%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Dakota County put median household earnings sit near $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. In all, Dakota County runs 170 public schools (combined enrollment of about 74,687 students), of which BRANCH OUT TRANSITIONAL SERVICES is one.

917 DCALS North is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around BRANCH OUT TRANSITIONAL SERVICES.

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

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 61%: 18 students in 2018 compared to 29 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 61% to 48%.

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