Next Step East (Grand Meadow)

As a minimally staffed senior high in GRAND MEADOW, Minnesota, Next Step East (Grand Meadow) educates 4 students from grades 8 through 12, operated by Southern MN Education Consortium. That puts it 99% below the typical public school in Minnesota, which averages around 371 students.

Southern MN Education Consortium runs 13 schools in total, collectively educating 181 students. Next Step East (Grand Meadow) is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Next Step East (Grand Meadow) logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (100%). That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 75%.

On the resource side, On paper, Next Step East (Grand Meadow) has 1 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 4.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.3:1 average.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Mower County put median household income runs about $73,074, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Mower County runs 34 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,434 students), of which Next Step East (Grand Meadow) is one.

GRAND MEADOW SENIOR HIGH is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

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