SIMLEY ALTERNATIVE PROGRAM

SIMLEY ALTERNATIVE PROGRAM is a micro-enrollment high school in INVER GROVE HEIGHTS, Minnesota, part of INVER GROVE HEIGHTS SCHOOLS. The school caters to 25 students in grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 371 students per school, that is 93% below typical.

INVER GROVE HEIGHTS SCHOOLS comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 3,427 students; SIMLEY ALTERNATIVE PROGRAM is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, SIMLEY ALTERNATIVE PROGRAM shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 56% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school reports 28% White, 12% multiracial, 4% Black. By comparison, Dakota County as a whole is about 9% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, SIMLEY ALTERNATIVE PROGRAM has 2 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.3:1 average. An estimated 76% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Dakota County (around 34%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Dakota County put the typical household earns roughly $106,318 per year, about 45% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, Dakota County runs 170 public schools (combined enrollment of about 74,687 students), of which SIMLEY ALTERNATIVE PROGRAM is one.

The closest other public school is SIMLEY SENIOR HIGH, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Looking at the recent track record. SIMLEY ALTERNATIVE PROGRAM's enrollment has increased 4% since 2018, when it stood at 24 (now 25). The White share of enrollment fell from 50% to 28% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 11.9:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 today.

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