NCES CCD 2024-25 9 schools MN

Best-Resourced Schools in Alexandria, MN

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9 public K-12 schools in Alexandria from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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9
Schools
3,834
Students
47.1/100
Avg Resource Index
11:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Alexandria has more public-school enrollment than 42% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Alexandria sits in the broad middle of the national city distribution rather than at a single obvious extreme. Its scale, average Resource Investment Index, and staffing position need to be read together: a middle placement on one measure does not cancel a stronger or weaker result on another. The percentile panel makes those dimensions explicit, and the school table shows where the city aggregate breaks into materially different campus profiles.

A full K–12 ladder sits inside the city boundary

Alexandria's list includes 4 elementary, 1 middle, and 2 high-school campuses, plus 2 combined-grade records. The city average spans every major grade stage, so the ranked table is more informative when read within level than as one interchangeable queue.

A small portfolio contains radically different campus scales

Alexandria lists only 9 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 7 to 1,315 students, a 188-fold range. In a portfolio this compact, the smallest record may be a specialized or nonstandard setting rather than a miniature version of the largest campus. That distinction affects how ratios and program fields should be read. Compare similarly configured grade levels first; combining the extremes into one city average conceals more than it explains.

City enrollment
Top 58%
School count
Top 46%
Resource Index average
78th percentile
Teacher staffing
95th percentile

Alexandria Area High School accounts for 34.3% of all Alexandria public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Alexandria-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Alexandria school enrollment varies 188× across entities

Alexandria school enrollment ranges from 7 students (lowest) to 1,315 students (highest), a spread of 1,308 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Alexandria student-teacher ratio is 11.0:1 — low (typically associated with smaller schools or per-school staffing investment that often correlates with stronger per-student supports)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

1 of Alexandria's 9 listed schools are charters

11% of the city's listed public-school campuses are reported as charter schools in NCES CCD. Charter status identifies a different governance arrangement; it does not establish admissions availability, academic quality, or the share of city students enrolled in those campuses. Open each school record to compare enrollment and staffing directly.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

# School Score
1. Early Education Center 64
2. Lakes Country Academy - Alex 60
3. Runestone Alternative School 56
4. Woodland Elementary School 48
5. Lincoln Elementary 47
6. Voyager Elementary 47
7. Alexandria Area High School 38
8. Discovery Middle School 38
9. Kalon Prep Academy 26

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Alexandria

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Lakes Country Academy - Alex 69.3/100
  2. 2 Woodland Elementary School 34.5/100
  3. 3 Runestone Alternative School 32.3/100
  4. 4 Lincoln Elementary 29.2/100
  5. 5 Early Education Center 27.5/100

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Which Alexandria school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Early Education Center has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Alexandria schools in this federal-data comparison at 64/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Alexandria, MN? ▼

Alexandria has 9 public schools with a total enrollment of 3,834 students. 1 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 11:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.