Hanson Colony Alternative High School - 07
Mitchell · SD · Hanson School District 30-1 · Public
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Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Hanson Colony Alternative High School - 07 compares for families
What families should know about Hanson Colony Alternative High School - 07.
- ▸ LocallySD students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+7 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Hanson High School - 01, Mitchell High School - 01, Abbott House High School - 07 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.
👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
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 -7.2%/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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hanson High School - 01 Alexandria |
Public | 4.4 | 122 | +0.0% |
| Mitchell High School - 01 Mitchell |
Public | 8.0 | 879 | -4.0% |
| Abbott House High School - 07 Mitchell |
Public | 8.2 | 18 | — |
| Mitchell Christian School Mitchell |
Private | 9.1 | 139 | +6.9% |
| Ethan High School - 01 Ethan |
Public | 10.2 | 93 | +13.4% |
| Bridgewater-Emery High School - 01 Emery |
Public | 13.5 | 100 | +6.4% |
| Mount Vernon High School- 01 Mount Vernon |
Public | 19.7 | 87 | +0.0% |
| Parkston High School - 01 Parkston |
Public | 19.7 | 112 | -21.1% |