THE ALTERNATIVE PROGRAM (TAP)
PLYMOUTH · MN · WAYZATA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT · Public
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WAYZATA HIGH → Wayzata Transition School → West Lutheran High School → School #540 → School #533 → School #519 → District Service Center → District 287 - ALC - IS →📋 At a glance
- Program details not reported to CRDC
- Academic signals not yet ingested for this school
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How THE ALTERNATIVE PROGRAM (TAP) compares for families
What families should know about THE ALTERNATIVE PROGRAM (TAP).
- ▸ LocallyMN students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+7 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: WAYZATA HIGH, Wayzata Transition School, West Lutheran High 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
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
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 -8.8%/year, projecting from 2024's 142 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WAYZATA HIGH PLYMOUTH |
Public | 0.0 | 3,781 | +7.9% |
| Wayzata Transition School PLYMOUTH |
Public | 0.5 | 37 | — |
| West Lutheran High School Plymouth |
Private | 3.0 | 160 | +11.1% |
| School #540 PLYMOUTH |
Public | 3.6 | 5 | — |
| School #533 MAPLE GROVE |
Public | 3.6 | 13 | — |
| School #519 PLYMOUTH |
Public | 4.0 | 1 | — |
| District Service Center PLYMOUTH |
Public | 4.3 | — | — |
| District 287 - ALC - IS PLYMOUTH |
Public | 4.3 | — | — |