Next Step West (Alden)
ALDEN · MN · Southern MN Education Consortium · Public · K-12 combined
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Enrich Alden → ALDEN-CONGER SECONDARY → UNITED SOUTH CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL → Albert Lea Area Learning Center → Albert Lea Senior High → NRHEG SECONDARY → Success East → GLENVILLE-EMMONS SECONDARY →📋 At a glance
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Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Next Step West (Alden) compares for families
What families should know about Next Step West (Alden).
- ▸ LocallyMN students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+7 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Enrich Alden, ALDEN-CONGER SECONDARY, UNITED SOUTH CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🏛️ Federal Title I context
Lower-need school
Not Title I eligible (FRPL < 25%)
<25% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. Well below the Title I threshold; expect a higher-income student body on average.
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.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +0.0%/year, projecting from 2024's 6 students:
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.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enrich Alden ALDEN |
Public | 0.2 | 4 | — |
| ALDEN-CONGER SECONDARY ALDEN |
Public | 0.2 | 142 | +3.6% |
| UNITED SOUTH CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL WELLS |
Public | 9.1 | 221 | +2.3% |
| Albert Lea Area Learning Center ALBERT LEA |
Public | 10.2 | 86 | -4.4% |
| Albert Lea Senior High ALBERT LEA |
Public | 11.3 | 962 | -0.2% |
| NRHEG SECONDARY NEW RICHLAND |
Public | 15.8 | 237 | -13.2% |
| Success East ADAMS |
Public | 16.1 | 5 | — |
| GLENVILLE-EMMONS SECONDARY GLENVILLE |
Public | 16.6 | 65 | -7.1% |