Albert Lea Senior High
Public high school, grades 8 to 12 · Albert Lea, Minnesota
Albert Lea Senior High in Albert Lea, Minnesota enrolled 1,196 students in 2024-25 with 74.0 full-time teachers, 16.2 students per teacher against the Minnesota high-school median of 14.6. It was eligible for Title I in 2021-22 but ran no program; every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision (2024-25). On the state tests, 33% of its students tested were proficient in reading in 2021-22 and 30% proficient in math in 2022-23 (Minnesota: 51.1% and 45.5%). Its four-year graduation rate for the class of 2023 was 88% (Minnesota: 83.3%).
NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22 · Title I status CCD 2021-22 · method
Enrollment fell 2% from 2022-23 to 2024-25; full-time teachers rose 5%
1,218 students in 2022-23, 1,229 students in 2023-24, 1,196 students in 2024-25. Full-time teachers went from 70.6 to 74.0.
The numbers as a table
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Per teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 1,218 | 70.6 | 17.2 |
| 2023-24 | 1,229 | 75.2 | 16.3 |
| 2024-25 | 1,196 | 74.0 | 16.2 |
16.2 students per teacher, a higher ratio than 62 of every 100 Minnesota high schools
Among the 672 Minnesota high schools that reported teachers for 2024-25 the median is 14.6; the national median for high schools is 14.5. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; the comparison counts schools with a 2024-25 teacher count and a ratio from 3 to 99 (lower values are reporting errors).
11 AP courses and one counselor per 433 students in 2021-22
In the 2021-22 civil rights collection Albert Lea Senior High enrolled 1,298 students and had 3.0 counselors (full-time equivalent); it reported 208 out-of-school suspensions that year.
- Advanced Placement courses11
- Gifted and talented programNo
- Counselors (FTE)3.0, one per 433 of the 1,298 students enrolled in 2021-22
- Out-of-school suspensions208
- Chronically absent41.0% (2022-23)
Who attends
58.9% of students were White, 23.7% Hispanic, 11.1% Asian in 2024-25.
- White58.9%
- Hispanic23.7%
- Asian11.1%
- Two or more races3.8%
- Black2.3%
- American Indian0.2%
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22; chronic absenteeism from EDFacts 2022-23; every count and the counselor ratio are for that school year. Who attends: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25, membership by race and ethnicity.
State test results, 2021-22 and 2022-23
The students tested at Albert Lea Senior High scored proficient or above: 33% in reading in 2021-22 and 30% in math in 2022-23, against 51.1% in reading in 2021-22 and 45.5% in math in 2022-23 across Minnesota. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within Minnesota, not across states. ED Data Express holds no district results after 2021-22, so the district column gives its 2021-22 figure.
| Subject and year | This school | Its district | Minnesota |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading and language arts, 2021-22 | 33% | 40% | 51.1% |
| Math, 2022-23 | 30% | 37% (2021-22) | 45.5% |
Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2021-22 and 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express (2021-22 through the Data Rescue Project archive); for 2022-23 ED published math by school and reading only by state: ED shows school and district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.
Graduation rate, class of 2023
88% of the 205 students in Albert Lea Senior High's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 83.3% across Minnesota. The four-year rate follows the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out, and counts those who earned a regular diploma by 2023. Every state computes it the same way under federal law, though each sets its own diploma requirements.
| This school | Its district | Minnesota | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Four-year graduation rate | 88% | 76% | 83.3% |
| Students in the class | 205 | 266 | 69,945 |
Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express: ED shows school and district rates as ranges (for example 90-94%) and leaves out small classes.
High schools in Albert Lea
2 public high schools in Albert Lea report 2024-25 enrollment; Albert Lea Senior High is the largest.
| School | Students | Per teacher | Free lunch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albert Lea Senior High | 1,196 | 16.2 | 38.5% |
| Albert Lea Area Learning Center | 113 | 24.5 | 57.5% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25.
What to look at next about Albert Lea Senior High
- Albert Lea Area Learning CenterThe nearest public high school, 0.3 miles away: 113 students, 24.5 per teacher (2024-25).0.3 mi
- Glenville-Emmons SecondaryThe next nearest public high school, 8.3 miles away: 104 students, 11.8 per teacher (2024-25).8.3 mi
- Compare Albert Lea Senior High with Albert Lea Area Learning CenterStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
- How much Albert Lea Schools spends per student$16,107 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$16,107
- The largest public schools in MinnesotaAlbert Lea Senior High is the number 78 by size of 781 Minnesota high schools open in 2024-25.#78 of 781
- Minnesota schools by students per teacher16.2 students per teacher here against the Minnesota median of 14.6 for high schools.16.2:1
- Find the school district for an addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (locations, enrollment, teachers); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23. Distances are straight lines between the schools' NCES coordinates, not travel routes.
Questions about Albert Lea Senior High
How many students attend Albert Lea Senior High?
1,196 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 1,218 in 2022-23. It is a high school in Albert Lea, MN.What is the student-teacher ratio at Albert Lea Senior High?
16.2 students per full-time teacher (2024-25); the Minnesota median for high schools is 14.6. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.Is Albert Lea Senior High a Title I school?
Albert Lea Senior High was eligible for Title I in 2021-22 but ran no Title I program (2021-22 is the last year NCES published school Title I status).How do students at Albert Lea Senior High do on state tests?
The students tested at Albert Lea Senior High scored proficient or above: 33% in reading in 2021-22 and 30% in math in 2022-23, against 51.1% in reading in 2021-22 and 45.5% in math in 2022-23 across Minnesota. Minnesota's own test sets what proficient means, so results compare within the state, not across states. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22 and 2022-23; ED publishes school results as ranges to protect small groups.What is the graduation rate at Albert Lea Senior High?
88% of the 205 students in Albert Lea Senior High's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 83.3% across Minnesota. The rate counts the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out, and the share of them with a regular diploma by 2023. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23; ED publishes school rates as ranges to protect small groups.What district is Albert Lea Senior High in?
Albert Lea Schools, NCES district ID 2702970. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 270297000068 are the district's.
Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.
Sources
Every federal file behind this record
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
- Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
- EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
- EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22 and 2022-23: reading and math proficiency for the school, its district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
- EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23: the class of 2023 for the school, its district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
- NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
- U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov
Source: NCES Common Core of Data Directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25
Source: Civil Rights Data Collection School-level files (AP, gifted, counselors, discipline) · 2021-22
District spending on the district page is from the NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23.