Step TD Program

Step TD Program is a senior high of tiny scale in HOWARD LAKE, Minnesota, part of Meeker and Wright Special Education, instructing 18 students in grades 11 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 371 students per school, that is 95% leaner than typical.

Meeker and Wright Special Education runs 9 schools in total, collectively educating 190 students. Step TD Program is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Step TD Program records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (83%). The remainder comes out to 11% Hispanic, 6% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, Step TD Program logs 3 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 5.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.3:1 average. Roughly 28% of students at Step TD Program qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Wright County indicate median household earnings sit near $107,209, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Wright County's 88 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,879 students), Step TD Program is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Trek Program, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Step TD Program.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Looking at the recent track record. Step TD Program's enrollment has decreased 14% since 2018, when it stood at 21 (now 18). Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 90% to 83%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 10.5:1 in 2018 to 5.7:1 today.

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