📍 200 Sw 4th Street, Forest Lake, Washington County, 55025
STEP is a Special Education serving high age pupils, located in Forest Lake, Washington County. The school has 45 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Forest Lake Public School District school district. It serves grades 10–12 in a small-town setting. The school employs 7.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 6.0:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
STEP enrolls 45 students across grades 10–12. The student body is 58% male and 42% female. A teaching staff of 7.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 6.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 89% White, 4.4% Two or more races and 2.2% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 40 | 89% |
| Two or more races | 2 | 4.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 1 | 2.2% |
| Black or African American | 1 | 2.2% |
| Asian | 1 | 2.2% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
23 of the school's 45 students (51%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 22 qualify for free lunch and 1 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
STEP is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Fringe). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district MN-80, state senate district 39.
STEP is one of 14 schools in Forest Lake Public School District, based in FOREST LAKE, Minnesota. The district serves 5,776 students district-wide and employs 344 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 45 students, STEP is smaller than the district average of about 413 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Fringe