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Next Step Transition Program, Cottage Grove, MN

CEP schoolNext Step Transition Program is a public high school in Cottage Grove, part of South Washington County Schools. It enrolled 86 students in 2024-25, with 28.7 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
86
Teachers (FTE)
3.0
Students per teacher
28.7
Grades
12

This school's ratio is 11.8 higher than the district figure of 16.9. The Minnesota average across schools is 15.2. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school28.7
District16.9
Minnesota15.2
United States15.3

School details

Address
7155 80th St S, Cottage Grove, MN 55016
Phone
(651)425-5104
District
South Washington County Schools
County
Washington County
Level
High
Type
Special education
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Suburb: Large
NCES school ID
273381004280
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
38
Reduced-price lunch
0
Free or reduced-price lunch
3844.2% of enrollment.
Direct certification
38Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other high schools in South Washington County Schools

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.