Lakeville Online Academy-High

Lakeville Online Academy-High is a secondary school of close-knit scale in LAKEVILLE, Minnesota, one of the schools within Lakeville Area Schools, educateing 153 students in grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 371 students per school, that is 59% smaller than typical.

Across the 21 schools in Lakeville Area Schools (12,025 students total), Lakeville Online Academy-High accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Lakeville Online Academy-High records that the largest single group is White, at 72% of enrollment; the rest breaks down as 12% Black, 7% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 3% Asian. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 16.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 29% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

In the broader community, census data for Dakota County shows the typical household earns roughly $106,318 per year, about 45% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Lakeville Online Academy-High is one of 170 public schools in Dakota County (combined enrollment of about 74,687 students).

Nearest neighbor: Lakeville Online Academy-Middle, around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Lakeville Online Academy-High operates from a bedroom-community location. As a virtual school, attendance and instruction happen remotely rather than in person.

Looking at the recent track record. Lakeville Online Academy-High's enrollment has edged up 119% since 2018, when it stood at 70 (now 153). Black enrollment moved from 1% to 12% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 20.8:1 in 2018 to 16.6:1 in 2025.

On allk12, the feed for Lakeville Online Academy-High typically covers enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.