CHOKIO-ALBERTA SECONDARY
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Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsWhat this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Minnesota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 45.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 42% typical for Minnesota schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About CHOKIO-ALBERTA SECONDARY
CHOKIO-ALBERTA SECONDARY is a tiny 9-12 campus in CHOKIO, Minnesota, overseen by Chokio-Alberta Public Schools. The school caters to 69 students in grades 7 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 371 students per school, that is 81% leaner than typical.
Within Chokio-Alberta Public Schools, which oversees 2 schools and 142 students, CHOKIO-ALBERTA SECONDARY is one campus in the system.
On the student-mix side, CHOKIO-ALBERTA SECONDARY records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (96%). Beyond that, the school logs 3% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 82% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.
Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, CHOKIO-ALBERTA SECONDARY has 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.2:1. The state averages around 16.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 43% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Stevens County's rate of about 28%.
After controlling for student poverty, CHOKIO-ALBERTA SECONDARY falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 41.7%; this one comes in at 28.4%, -13.3 points off the demographic line.
In the broader community, census data for Stevens County shows median household income runs about $75,733, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Stevens County's 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,691 students), CHOKIO-ALBERTA SECONDARY is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: CHOKIO-ALBERTA ELEMENTARY, around 0.0 miles off. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), CHOKIO-ALBERTA SECONDARY ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 46.1%.
Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.
Looking at the recent track record. CHOKIO-ALBERTA SECONDARY's enrollment has decreased 17% since 2018, when it stood at 83 (now 69).
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