La Crescent Sec Montessori/STEM

La Crescent Sec Montessori/STEM is one of the rural-scale four-year high schools in LA CRESCENT, Minnesota, run under La Crescent Montessori & STEM Schoo, with 46 students on its rolls from grades 7 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 371 students per school, that is 88% leaner than typical.

La Crescent Sec Montessori/STEM is one of 2 schools operated by La Crescent Montessori & STEM Schoo, a district that educates 101 students overall.

Looking at the student body, La Crescent Sec Montessori/STEM logs that 93% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 7% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Houston County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.3:1, putting La Crescent Sec Montessori/STEM tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 35% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

In the surrounding community, census data for Houston County shows the typical household earns roughly $79,825 per year, about 30% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 3%. In all, Houston County runs 20 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,089 students), of which La Crescent Sec Montessori/STEM is one.

La Crescent Montessori & STEM Acad is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around La Crescent Sec Montessori/STEM.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area. As a public charter, La Crescent Sec Montessori/STEM runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Looking at the recent track record. La Crescent Sec Montessori/STEM's enrollment has grew 229% since 2018, when it stood at 14 (now 46). Asian enrollment moved from 7% to 0% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 3.8:1 in 2018 to 9.8:1 today.

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