Next Step East (Grand Meadow)
GRAND MEADOW · MN · Southern MN Education Consortium · Public · K-12 combined
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Enrich GM → GRAND MEADOW SENIOR HIGH → Kingsland Junior/Senior High School → Enrich Kingsland → STEWARTVILLE SENIOR HIGH → Southland Senior High → LEROY SECONDARY → CARDS Program →📋 At a glance
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Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Next Step East (Grand Meadow) compares for families
What families should know about Next Step East (Grand Meadow).
- ▸ LocallyMN students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+7 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Enrich GM, GRAND MEADOW SENIOR HIGH, Kingsland Junior/Senior 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 +100.0%/year, projecting from 2024's 4 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 GM GRAND MEADOW |
Public | 0.6 | 1 | — |
| GRAND MEADOW SENIOR HIGH GRAND MEADOW |
Public | 0.6 | 140 | +8.5% |
| Kingsland Junior/Senior High School SPRING VALLEY |
Public | 9.2 | 141 | -18.0% |
| Enrich Kingsland SPRING VALLEY |
Public | 9.2 | 5 | — |
| STEWARTVILLE SENIOR HIGH STEWARTVILLE |
Public | 10.9 | 608 | -2.1% |
| Southland Senior High ADAMS |
Public | 11.9 | 190 | +32.9% |
| LEROY SECONDARY LEROY |
Public | 13.6 | 82 | +24.2% |
| CARDS Program LEROY |
Public | 13.7 | 2 | — |