Next Step West (Alden)

Next Step West (Alden), a rural-scale senior high in ALDEN, Minnesota, run under Southern MN Education Consortium, works with 6 students, covering grades 8 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 98% smaller than the state mean of about 371.

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

Looking at the student body, Next Step West (Alden) lists that nearly all students (100%) are White. By comparison, Freeborn County as a whole is about 84% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Next Step West (Alden) has 1 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 6.0:1. The state averages around 16.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Freeborn County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $71,023 per year, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Next Step West (Alden) is one of 19 public schools in Freeborn County (combined enrollment of about 4,061 students).

Nearest neighbor: First Step Alden, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Next Step West (Alden).

The school occupies a countryside site.

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