Kalon Prep Academy

Kalon Prep Academy is one of the one-room-style senior highs in ALEXANDRIA, Minnesota, run under Kalon Prep Academy, with 141 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 371 students per school, that is 62% below typical.

Kalon Prep Academy sits inside Kalon Prep Academy, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

On demographics, Kalon Prep Academy shows that 90% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school shows 4% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Native American.

On the resource side, The school lists 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.2:1. The state averages around 16.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 50% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Douglas County (around 31%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Kalon Prep Academy sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 38.0%; this one delivers 31.5%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Douglas County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $79,043 per year, roughly 30% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Douglas County runs 22 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,781 students), of which Kalon Prep Academy is one.

The closest other public school is Lincoln Elementary, roughly 0.7 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Kalon Prep Academy. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Kalon Prep Academy ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 48.3%.

Kalon Prep Academy operates from a small-town location. Kalon Prep Academy is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.