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Prairie Care Mankato

MANKATO · MN · MANKATO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT · Public · K-12 combined

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Programs & features
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Academic signals
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Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

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How Prairie Care Mankato compares for families

What families should know about Prairie Care Mankato.

  • LocallyMN students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+7 points).
  • vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: SPECIAL EDUCATION, Immanuel Lutheran School, Kato Public Charter School and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🏛️ Federal Title I context

Title I Schoolwide eligible

≥40% FRPL — qualifies for Title I Schoolwide program

50.0%
FRPL rate — % of students who qualify for the federal Free or Reduced-Price Lunch program. This is the underlying federal income-eligibility signal Title I designations are computed from (ESEA Sec. 1113).
0% (no FRPL) 35% TA · 40% Schoolwide 100% (universal FRPL)

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

Share of students absent 15+ days
161.1%
Well above the national average (~16%). At this level, chronic absence becomes a leading driver of enrollment loss as families rotate to other schools.
Students absent 15+ days
29
Federal definition: absent (excused or unexcused) for at least 15 of ~180 school days — about 10% of the school year.

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 +6.3%/year, projecting from 2024's 18 students:

2025
19
2027
22
2029
24

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.

SchoolTypeMilesHS enrollmentTrend
SPECIAL EDUCATION
MANKATO
Public 0.2 16
Immanuel Lutheran School
Mankato
Private 0.3 133 +0.8%
Kato Public Charter School
MANKATO
Public · charter 0.3 57
Central High Area Learning Center
MANKATO
Public 0.8 79 -26.9%
LIFE LINES ADULT CONNECTION
MANKATO
Public 0.8
CENTRAL FREEDOM SCHOOL
MANKATO
Public 0.8 1
MANKATO AREA NIGHT SCHOOL
MANKATO
Public 0.8
MANKATO AREA SUMMER SCHOOL
MANKATO
Public 0.8

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