SWMetro Chaska Level 4

SWMetro Chaska Level 4 is a four-year high school of one-room-style scale in CHASKA, Minnesota, one of the schools within Southwest Metro Intermediate 288, caters to 78 students in grades 7 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 371 students per school, that is 79% leaner than typical.

Southwest Metro Intermediate 288 runs 20 schools in total, collectively educating 560 students. SWMetro Chaska Level 4 is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, SWMetro Chaska Level 4 logs that the largest single group is White, at 56% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 19% Black, 15% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 87%.

In terms of school funding signals, SWMetro Chaska Level 4 reports 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 5.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.3:1 average. An estimated 47% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Carver County runs at roughly 18%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Carver County put the typical household earns roughly $125,946 per year, roughly 50% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 3%. Across Carver County's 57 public schools (combined enrollment of about 18,076 students), SWMetro Chaska Level 4 is one campus in the mix.

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

The school occupies a residential site.

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