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HOWARD LAKE · MN · Meeker and Wright Special Education · Public

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Programs & features
  • Program details not reported to CRDC
Academic signals
  • Academic signals not yet ingested for this school

Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

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How Step TD Program compares for families

What families should know about Step TD Program.

  • LocallyMN students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+7 points).
  • vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Trek Program, HOWARD LAKE-WAVERLY-WINSTED SEC., ALP Credit Recovery and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🏛️ Federal Title I context

Mixed-income school

Below Title I eligibility threshold (FRPL < 35%)

27.8%
FRPL rate — % of students who qualify for the federal Free or Reduced-Price Lunch program. This is the underlying federal income-eligibility signal Title I designations are computed from (ESEA Sec. 1113).
0% (no FRPL) 35% TA · 40% Schoolwide 100% (universal FRPL)

25-34% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. Below the federal Title I threshold but a meaningful share of the population is income-eligible for free lunch.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.

Chronic absenteeism

Share of students absent 15+ days
5.6%
Below 10% — strong attendance culture. Chronic absence is a leading indicator of dropout and disengagement; a low rate signals families staying connected to the school.
Students absent 15+ days
1
Federal definition: absent (excused or unexcused) for at least 15 of ~180 school days — about 10% of the school year.

Why this matters to enrollment: A low chronic-absence rate is the cleanest school-level signal of strong family connection, classroom culture, and student engagement — all upstream drivers of enrollment stability. For school leaders: an Enrollment Trend Audit traces this dynamic forward →

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2024 total enrollment.

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).

If the recent trend holds…

At its recent rate of -7.8%/year, projecting from 2024's 18 students:

2025
17
2027
14
2029
12

A small or specialty program — naive trend math doesn't capture the school's full picture. Read the trend as directional, not predictive.

An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.

Nearby high schools — the local competition

The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.

SchoolTypeMilesHS enrollmentTrend
Trek Program
HOWARD LAKE
Public 0.0 3
HOWARD LAKE-WAVERLY-WINSTED SEC.
HOWARD LAKE
Public 2.1 411 +14.8%
ALP Credit Recovery
HOWARD LAKE
Public 2.1
Holy Trinity School
Winsted
Private 6.5 134 -7.6%
DASSEL-COKATO SENIOR HIGH
COKATO
Public 8.1 601 +1.7%
LESTER PRAIRIE SECONDARY
LESTER PRAIRIE
Public 11.9 153 -1.9%
Watertown Mayer High
WATERTOWN
Public 12.1 516 +6.6%
WM - Connections
WATERTOWN
Public 12.1

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