Great Rivers Adult Education
COTTAGE GROVE · MN · South Washington County Schools · Public
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Park High School → Next Step Transition Program → Hope Christian Academy → EAST RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL → New Life Academy → SIMLEY SENIOR HIGH → Hastings High School → HOA High School →📋 At a glance
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 6% of US high schools
- 🎓 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 Great Rivers Adult Education compares for families
What families should know about Great Rivers Adult Education.
- ▸ LocallyMN students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+7 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Park High School, Next Step Transition Program, Hope Christian Academy 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.
🎓 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.
👩🏫 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.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of -8.0%/year, projecting from 2024's 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Park High School COTTAGE GROVE |
Public | 1.2 | 1,992 | +1.4% |
| Next Step Transition Program COTTAGE GROVE |
Public | 1.6 | 86 | -5.5% |
| Hope Christian Academy Saint Paul Park |
Private | 3.0 | 52 | +4.0% |
| EAST RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL WOODBURY |
Public | 4.7 | 2,072 | +4.6% |
| New Life Academy Woodbury |
Private | 5.4 | 640 | +4.9% |
| SIMLEY SENIOR HIGH INVER GROVE HEIGHTS |
Public | 5.5 | 1,030 | -4.1% |
| Hastings High School HASTINGS |
Public | 5.6 | 1,301 | -3.1% |
| HOA High School HASTINGS |
Public | 5.6 | 13 | — |