Falcons Online Academy-HS

As an one-room-style secondary school in FARIBAULT, Minnesota, Falcons Online Academy-HS hosts 62 students from grades 9 through 12, operated by FARIBAULT PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. Compared to the state average of about 371 students per school, that is 83% below typical.

FARIBAULT PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 10 schools with combined enrollment of 3,106 students; Falcons Online Academy-HS is among them.

On demographics, Falcons Online Academy-HS shows that the largest single group is White at 52%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest breaks down as 21% Hispanic, 15% Black, 6% Asian, 6% multiracial. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 80%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 16.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 60% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Rice County's rate of about 46%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Rice County indicate the typical household earns roughly $83,181 per year, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Rice County's 40 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,301 students), Falcons Online Academy-HS is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: EARLY CHILDHOOD SPECIAL EDUCATION, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Falcons Online Academy-HS.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area. As a virtual school, attendance and instruction happen remotely rather than in person.

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