Southwest High - SWS
MINNEAPOLIS · MN · Minneapolis Public School District · Public
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Southwest High → Chesterton Academy → Avail Academy - Edina → MELROSE → SPECIAL ED-NON PUBLIC → Yeshiva Of Minneapolis → Washburn High → Bais Yaakov High School →📋 At a glance
- Program details not reported to CRDC
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 90% (Bottom 49% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Southwest High - SWS compares for families
What families should know about Southwest High - SWS.
- ▸ LocallyMN students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+7 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Southwest High, Chesterton Academy, Avail Academy - Edina and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🎓 4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts
What % of students graduate on time?
Bottom 49% 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
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.
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.
Not enough enrollment history on file to chart a trend for this school yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest High MINNEAPOLIS |
Public | 0.0 | 1,195 | -30.3% |
| Chesterton Academy Hopkins |
Private | 0.8 | 142 | -24.9% |
| Avail Academy - Edina Edina |
Private | 0.9 | 424 | +182.7% |
| MELROSE SAINT LOUIS PARK |
Public | 1.6 | 1 | — |
| SPECIAL ED-NON PUBLIC EDINA |
Public | 1.8 | — | — |
| Yeshiva Of Minneapolis Saint Louis Park |
Private | 2.1 | 81 | +39.7% |
| Washburn High MINNEAPOLIS |
Public | 2.1 | 1,521 | -5.3% |
| Bais Yaakov High School Minneapolis |
Private | 2.2 | 48 | — |