Marshall Area Learning Center

Marshall Area Learning Center is one of the micro-enrollment senior highs in MARSHALL, Minnesota, run under MARSHALL PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 76 students on its rolls from grades 5 through 12. That puts it 80% below the typical public school in Minnesota, which averages around 371 students.

MARSHALL PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 2,664 students. Marshall Area Learning Center is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Marshall Area Learning Center reports that the largest single group is White at 54%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest breaks down as 24% Hispanic, 9% Asian, 8% Black, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Lyon County as a whole is about 82% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 16.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 63% of students at Marshall Area Learning Center qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Lyon County (around 47%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Lyon County put the typical household earns roughly $75,303 per year, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Lyon County runs 21 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,803 students), of which Marshall Area Learning Center is one.

SWWC ELC - Marshall is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Marshall Area Learning Center.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 53%: 161 students in 2018 compared to 76 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 19% to 8% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 11.6:1 today.

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