Monticello Alternative Program

Monticello Alternative Program, a minimally staffed senior high in MONTICELLO, Minnesota, one of the schools within Monticello Public School District, works with 24 students, covering grades 9 through 12. That puts it 94% leaner than the typical public school in Minnesota, which averages around 371 students.

Monticello Public School District runs 8 schools in total, collectively educating 4,013 students. Monticello Alternative Program is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Monticello Alternative Program records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 42%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school shows 33% White, 13% multiracial, 8% Black, 4% Asian. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 4%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 4 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 5.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.3:1 average. About 67% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Wright County's rate of about 24%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Wright County put median household income runs about $107,209, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Wright County's 88 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,879 students), Monticello Alternative Program is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Monticello High School - SNW, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Monticello Alternative Program.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Monticello Alternative Program has declined 4%, going from 25 students in 2018 to 24 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 64% to 33% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 8.2:1 in 2018 to 5.7:1 today.

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