Norse Area Learning Center
NORTH BRANCH · MN · North Branch Area Public Schools · Public · K-12 combined
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Distance Learning Academy Secondary → Chisago County Schools' Life Work C → North Branch Area High School → Wildcat Academy High School → Trio Wolf Creek Charter School → TRIO WOLF CREEK DISTANCE LEARNING → Skillbuilding Opportunities for Aca → Pathway to Change →📋 At a glance
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 25% of US high schools
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 6% by test-taker volume
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 75% (Bottom 21% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Norse Area Learning Center compares for families
What families should know about Norse Area Learning Center.
- ▸ LocallyMN students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+7 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Distance Learning Academy Secondary, Chisago County Schools' Life Work C, North Branch Area High School and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Bottom 6% by test-taker volume
Source: 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.
🎓 4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts
What % of students graduate on time?
Bottom 21% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate
Source: federal EDFacts ACGR (Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate), 2019 vintage via Urban Institute. EDFacts publishes a range (low-high) to preserve privacy on small cohorts; we display the midpoint.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥40% FRPL — qualifies for Title I Schoolwide program
40-74% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. The district can use Title I funds across the whole school under federal Schoolwide Program rules.
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.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +8.6%/year, projecting from 2024's 41 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance Learning Academy Secondary NORTH BRANCH |
Public | 0.0 | 42 | — |
| Chisago County Schools' Life Work C NORTH BRANCH |
Public | 0.1 | 29 | — |
| North Branch Area High School NORTH BRANCH |
Public | 0.5 | 791 | -3.3% |
| Wildcat Academy High School CHISAGO CITY |
Public | 9.7 | — | — |
| Trio Wolf Creek Charter School CHISAGO CITY |
Public | 9.8 | — | — |
| TRIO WOLF CREEK DISTANCE LEARNING CHISAGO CITY |
Public · charter | 9.8 | 191 | +4.4% |
| Skillbuilding Opportunities for Aca LINDSTROM |
Public | 10.6 | 5 | — |
| Pathway to Change LINDSTROM |
Public | 10.6 | 5 | — |