Middle · Regular · Grades 6 to 7

Southwest Middle, Albert Lea, MN

CEP schoolSouthwest Middle is a public middle school in Albert Lea, part of Albert Lea Public School District. It enrolled 486 students in 2024-25, with 14.7 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students: 486
Teachers (FTE): 33.0
Students per teacher: 14.7
Grades: 6 to 7

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 14.5. The Minnesota average across schools is 15.2. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school14.7

District14.5

Minnesota15.2

United States15.3

School details

Address: 1601 W Front St, Albert Lea, MN 56007
Phone: (507)379-5240
District: Albert Lea Public School District
County: Freeborn County
Level: Middle
Type: Regular
Status: Open
Charter: No
Virtual: No
Locale: Town: Remote
NCES school ID: 270297000078

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School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.

Free lunch: 227
Reduced-price lunch: 56
Free or reduced-price lunch: 28358.2% of enrollment.
Direct certification: 215Students 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.

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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.