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SWMetro Lakeside Academy, Buffalo, MN

SWMetro Lakeside Academy is a public high school in Buffalo, part of Southwest Metro Intermediate 288. It enrolled 23 students in 2024-25, with 23.0 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
23
Teachers (FTE)
1.0
Students per teacher
23.0
Grades
7 to 12

This school's ratio is 18.5 higher than the district figure of 4.5. The Minnesota average across schools is 15.2. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school23.0
District4.5
Minnesota15.2
United States15.3

School details

Address
100 Garrison Ave NE, Buffalo, MN 55313
Phone
(952)567-8239
District
Southwest Metro Intermediate 288
County
Scott County
Level
High
Type
Alternative
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Rural: Fringe
NCES school ID
270042005091
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
8
Reduced-price lunch
0
Free or reduced-price lunch
834.8% of enrollment.
Direct certification
8Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision
No

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 Southwest Metro Intermediate 288

High schools elsewhere in Buffalo

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.