SWMetro Prairie Care
CHASKA · MN · Southwest Metro Intermediate 288 · Public · K-12 combined
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Southwest Christian High School → CHASKA HIGH SCHOOL → ECCS High School → INTEGRATED ARTS ACADEMY → 112 ALC Seat-Based → STEPS TOWARD ADULT RESPONSIBILITY → SWMetro New Beginnings ALC → SWMetro ALC →📋 At a glance
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 6% of US high schools
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How SWMetro Prairie Care compares for families
What families should know about SWMetro Prairie Care.
- ▸ LocallyMN students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+7 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Southwest Christian High School, CHASKA HIGH SCHOOL, ECCS High School 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.
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 ÷ 2023 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 -19.8%/year, projecting from 2023's 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Christian High School Chaska |
Private | 0.6 | 458 | +22.5% |
| CHASKA HIGH SCHOOL CHASKA |
Public | 0.7 | 1,495 | -5.4% |
| ECCS High School CHASKA |
Public | 1.6 | — | — |
| INTEGRATED ARTS ACADEMY CHASKA |
Public | 1.6 | 59 | -15.7% |
| 112 ALC Seat-Based CHASKA |
Public | 1.6 | — | — |
| STEPS TOWARD ADULT RESPONSIBILITY CHASKA |
Public | 1.9 | 38 | — |
| SWMetro New Beginnings ALC CHASKA |
Public | 1.9 | 15 | — |
| SWMetro ALC CHASKA |
Public | 2.0 | 52 | -13.3% |