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High · Alternative · Grades 8 to 12

Southern Plains Area Learning Cntr., Fairmont, MN

CEP schoolSouthern Plains Area Learning Cntr. is a public high school in Fairmont, part of Southern Plains Education Coop.. It enrolled 47 students in 2024-25, with 11.8 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "SOUTHERN PLAINS AREA LEARNING CNTR.".

Enrollment and teachers

Students
47
Teachers (FTE)
4.0
Students per teacher
11.8
Grades
8 to 12

This school's ratio is 5.1 higher than the district figure of 6.7. The Minnesota average across schools is 15.2. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school11.8
District6.7
Minnesota15.2
United States15.3

School details

Address
1200 North Park Street, Fairmont, MN 56031
Phone
(507)238-1472
District
Southern Plains Education Coop.
County
Martin County
Level
High
Type
Alternative
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Town: Remote
NCES school ID
270004602369
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
1
Free or reduced-price lunch
3983.0% of enrollment.
Direct certification
33Students 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

High schools elsewhere in Fairmont

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.