Tokata Learning Center

As a very small high school, Tokata Learning Center serves students in SHAKOPEE, Minnesota. The school serves grades 9 through 12. Enrollment is 84 students. High schools in Minnesota have about 371 students on average; enrollment here is 77% lower.

Tokata Learning Center reports to Shakopee Public School District, which has 12 schools and 7,717 students.

Hispanic students make up 39% of enrollment at Tokata Learning Center, the largest share of any group. Next come 36% White, 13% Black, 10% multiracial, and 2% Native American. That compares with about 6% Hispanic among all Scott County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 69%.

Tokata Learning Center reports a ratio of 12.9 students per teacher, from 6.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school's 12.9:1 compares with an average of 16.3:1 for high schools in Minnesota. Lunch program data show 54% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The 28% average for public schools in Scott County is 26 points lower.

In Scott County, home to about 154,557 people, the median household earns about $119,314 a year, roughly 44% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Scott County number 66, with about 26,041 students.

Measured in a straight line, Tokata ALC Independent Study is less than a tenth of a mile from Tokata Learning Center. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles.

Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.

Enrollment decreased by 11% across 4 years, from 94 in 2020-21 to 84 in 2024-25. Its ratio of students to teachers was 15.7:1 in 2020-21, and 12.9:1 in 2024-25.

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