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South Alternative Center

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest Performance

7450 Penn Ave South

Minneapolis MN, 55423, Hennepin County

Phone: 612-355-5838

Type: Other/Alternative School, Other School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 12

Title I Eligible School: No

Magnet: NA

Charter: NA

Shared-Time School: NA

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014		2012-2013		2011-2012		2010-2011		2009-2010		2008-2009		2007-2008
	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%
Total Teachers:	16		15		18		11		11		11		3
Total Students:	123		153		140		143		129		114		47
Prekindergarten:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA
Kindergarten:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA
Grade 1:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA
Grade 2:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA
Grade 3:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA
Grade 4:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA
Grade 5:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA
Grade 6:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA
Grade 7:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA
Grade 8:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA
Grade 9:	0	0.0%	1	0.7%	1	0.7%	3	2.1%	1	0.8%	2	1.8%	2	4.3%
Grade 10:	12	9.8%	14	9.2%	16	11.4%	6	4.2%	11	8.5%	4	3.5%	5	10.6%
Grade 11:	26	21.1%	42	27.5%	25	17.9%	28	19.6%	23	17.8%	20	17.5%	12	25.5%
Grade 12:	85	69.1%	96	62.7%	98	70.0%	106	74.1%	94	72.9%	88	77.2%	28	59.6%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	67	54.5%	78	51.0%	67	47.9%	68	47.6%	47	36.4%	32	28.1%	NA	NA
Female:	56	45.5%	75	49.0%	73	52.1%	75	52.4%	74	57.4%	74	64.9%	44	93.6%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	4	3.3%	2	1.3%	0	0.0%	1	0.7%	1	0.8%	1	0.9%	1	2.1%
Asian:	2	1.6%	2	1.3%	1	0.7%	1	0.7%	6	4.7%	10	8.8%	1	2.1%
Hispanic:	50	40.7%	62	40.5%	50	35.7%	51	35.7%	43	33.3%	33	28.9%	14	29.8%
Black:	26	21.1%	42	27.5%	29	20.7%	33	23.1%	45	34.9%	36	31.6%	22	46.8%
White:	36	29.3%	37	24.2%	43	30.7%	49	34.3%	34	26.4%	34	29.8%	9	19.1%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	5	4.1%	8	5.2%	17	12.1%	8	5.6%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	92	74.8%	101	66.0%	92	65.7%	104	72.7%	101	78.3%	55	48.2%	7	14.9%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	6	4.9%	15	9.8%	7	5.0%	9	6.3%	15	11.6%	5	4.4%	1	2.1%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	7.65		10.03		7.76		13.24		11.60		10.80		15.70

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
MCA-II
2009	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	13.3%	34.1%	N/A
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	28.5%	28%	75.3%
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	16.7%	33.8%	76.8%
2005	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	30%	35.7%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	0%	1.8%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	4.2%	2.4%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	0%	4%	43.2%
2011	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	8%	4.6%	48.6%
2012	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	0%	3.1%	42.5%
2013	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	0%	5.8%	52.4%
2010	Science	End of course	% met std	8.7%	7.6%	51.8%
MCA-II GRAD
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	42.9%	30.7%	78.1%
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	20.8%	40.2%	80.4%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	4.8%	12.4%	57.8%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	8%	10.8%	59.2%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	3.7%	8.8%	57.7%
2013	Math	11th Grade	% met std	10.7%	10.2%	66.4%
2012	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	54.5%	60.5%	91.9%
MCA-III
2013	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	8.3%	19.5%	62.4%
2013	Science	End of course	% met std	0%	6.5%	53%

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