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Alexandria Area High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
4300 Pioneer Road Se
Alexandria, MN 56308
Phone
(320) 762-2142
District
ALEXANDRIA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
County
DOUGLAS COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
1302
Classroom Teachers
75

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Minnesota

8

(10 is best)

Better than 70.4% of all MN schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

8

(10 is best)

Alexandria Area High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
50%
47%
60%
50%
40%
44%
50%
47%
60%
50%
40%
44%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

20 17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
17
14
16
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 346 26.6%
Grade 10 335 25.7%
Grade 11 301 23.1%
Grade 12 320 24.6%
Total 1302 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 94.4% 93.7% 66.2%
Black 0.6% 0.7% 12.6%
Hispanic 4.1% 4.4% 11.6%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 1.0% 1.0% 7.5%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 0.3% 2.0%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 25.8% 33.2% 43.4%
Free lunch eligible 18.2% 24.4% 35.4%
Reduced lunch eligible 7.6% 8.8% 8.0%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 31,653 5,717,184
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 108.1 71
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.8% 6.0%
5-19 YEARS OLD 17.4% 19.6%
20-44 YEARS OLD 28.1% 32.8%
45-64 YEARS OLD 25.4% 25.1%
65 OR OLDER 23.3% 16.5%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 14,108 2,256,126
Single Parent Households With Children 8.2% 7.6%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 96.0% 93.7%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 30.4% 38.2%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 16.3% 22.3%
$100,000 - $149,999 17.3% 19.6%
$75,000 - $99,999 15.7% 13.6%
$50,000 - $74,999 18.7% 16.1%
$30,000 - $49,999 15.9% 13.1%
$15,000 - $29,999 9.7% 8.8%
$15,000 or less 6.3% 6.6%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,784 $35,540,000 51.2%
Support Expenditures
Student $192 $775,000 1.1%
Staff $724 $2,928,000 4.2%
General Administration $208 $840,000 1.2%
School Administration $531 $2,148,000 3.1%
Operation $1,014 $4,103,000 5.9%
Transportation $664 $2,685,000 3.9%
Other $327 $1,324,000 1.9%
Total Support $3,659 $14,803,000 21.3%
Non-instructional Expenditures $4,703 $19,028,000 27.4%
Total Expenditures $17,146 $69,371,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,163 $7,977,318,000 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $474 $412,990,000 2.6%
Staff $772 $672,048,000 4.2%
General Administration $540 $470,027,000 2.9%
School Administration $570 $496,618,000 3.1%
Operation $973 $847,061,000 5.3%
Transportation $726 $632,446,000 3.9%
Other $394 $343,240,000 2.1%
Total Support $4,450 $3,874,430,000 24.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $4,912 $4,276,640,000 26.5%
Total Expenditures $18,526 $16,128,388,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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