Prior Lake-Savage Area ALC

As a minimally staffed four-year high school in PRIOR LAKE, Minnesota, Prior Lake-Savage Area ALC serves 75 students from grades 9 through 12, operated by Prior Lake-Savage Area Schools. By comparison, Minnesota's public schools average about 371 students each, so Prior Lake-Savage Area ALC sits 80% leaner than that benchmark.

Prior Lake-Savage Area Schools runs 14 schools in total, collectively educating 8,788 students. Prior Lake-Savage Area ALC is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Prior Lake-Savage Area ALC logs that 61% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 9% Hispanic, 8% Asian, 8% multiracial, 8% Native American. By comparison, Scott County as a whole is about 77% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 8.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 16.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 39% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Scott County runs at roughly 28%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

In the area at large, Scott County reports that median household income runs about $119,314, roughly 44% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Scott County's 66 public schools (combined enrollment of about 26,041 students), Prior Lake-Savage Area ALC is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: ALC Independent Study, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 23%: 98 students in 2018 compared to 75 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 14% to 5% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 8.7:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Prior Lake-Savage Area ALC typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.