SWMetro New Beginnings ALC

SWMetro New Beginnings ALC is a four-year high school of minimally staffed scale in CHASKA, Minnesota, run under Southwest Metro Intermediate 288, instructing 15 students in grades 7 through 12. That puts it 96% below the typical public school in Minnesota, which averages around 371 students.

Southwest Metro Intermediate 288 runs 20 schools in total, collectively educating 560 students. SWMetro New Beginnings ALC is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, SWMetro New Beginnings ALC reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (80%). The remainder breaks down as 13% White, 7% Black. The wider county runs roughly 5% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Around 53% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Carver County runs at roughly 18%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Carver County indicate median household earnings sit near $125,946, roughly 50% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Carver County's 57 public schools (combined enrollment of about 18,076 students), SWMetro New Beginnings ALC is one campus in the mix.

SWMetro Credit Recovery is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around SWMetro New Beginnings ALC.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.