Aitkin Alternative Learning Program
AITKIN · MN · Aitkin Public School District · Public · K-12 combined
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Aitkin Secondary School → Crosby-Ironton Secondary → McGregor Area Learning Program → McGregor Secondary → ISD 181 LEARNING CENTER → BRAINERD SENIOR HIGH → LINCOLN EDUCATION CENTER → Lake Region Christian School →📋 At a glance
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 14% of US high schools
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Aitkin Alternative Learning Program compares for families
What families should know about Aitkin Alternative Learning Program.
- ▸ LocallyMN students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+7 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Aitkin Secondary School, Crosby-Ironton Secondary, McGregor Area Learning Program and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
🏛️ 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.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: Chronic absence is the most reliable early indicator that a student will leave a school — either by transferring out, dropping out, or matriculating to a charter or private alternative. At this level, today's absentees become next year's enrollment loss and the year-after's revenue loss. 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 -35.6%/year, projecting from 2024's 4 students:
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.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aitkin Secondary School AITKIN |
Public | 0.3 | 348 | -5.4% |
| Crosby-Ironton Secondary CROSBY |
Public | 12.4 | 295 | -5.4% |
| McGregor Area Learning Program MCGREGOR |
Public | 20.2 | 1 | — |
| McGregor Secondary MCGREGOR |
Public | 20.2 | 142 | -3.4% |
| ISD 181 LEARNING CENTER BRAINERD |
Public | 24.8 | 166 | +5.1% |
| BRAINERD SENIOR HIGH BRAINERD |
Public | 26.3 | 1,805 | -3.1% |
| LINCOLN EDUCATION CENTER BRAINERD |
Public | 26.4 | 80 | +5.3% |
| Lake Region Christian School Baxter |
Private | 28.1 | 281 | +64.3% |