DULUTH AREA LEARNING CENTER

Set in DULUTH, Minnesota, DULUTH AREA LEARNING CENTER is a rural-scale four-year high school, overseen by DULUTH PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. It instructs 35 students across grades 6 through 12. By comparison, Minnesota's public schools average about 371 students each, so DULUTH AREA LEARNING CENTER sits 91% leaner than that benchmark.

DULUTH PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 31 schools in total, collectively educating 8,994 students. DULUTH AREA LEARNING CENTER is one of those campuses.

On demographics, DULUTH AREA LEARNING CENTER records that the largest single group is White, at 57% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 20% multiracial, 11% Native American, 9% Hispanic, 3% Black. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 90%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, DULUTH AREA LEARNING CENTER has 3 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.7:1. The state averages around 16.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 89% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of St. Louis County's rate of about 40%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for St. Louis County indicate median household earnings sit near $70,069, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across St. Louis County's 100 public schools (combined enrollment of about 23,921 students), DULUTH AREA LEARNING CENTER is one campus in the mix.

ALC Independent Study is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Over the past 7-year window. DULUTH AREA LEARNING CENTER's enrollment has declined 94% since 2018, when it stood at 627 (now 35). The Black share of enrollment shrank from 15% to 3% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 63.9:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 in 2025.

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