Lakeside Academy
Private · Grades 8–12 · 28 students
SWMetro Lakeside Academy
100 Garrison Ave NE, Buffalo, MN 55313
Grades
7–12
High
Students
23
Enrolled 2024–25
Students per teacher
11.6 : 1
Full-time teachers
District
Southwest Metro Intermediate 288
Wright County
Not graded
Alternative schools serve students whose needs a regular school could not meet, and states hold them to separate accountability rules, so we don't rank them against regular schools. How we grade
About SWMetro Lakeside Academy
SWMetro Lakeside Academy is an alternative high school in Buffalo, Minnesota, serving grades 7–12. It is part of Southwest Metro Intermediate 288. The school is located in a rural area near a town in Wright County.
In the 2024–25 school year, 23 students were enrolled, with about 11.6 students for every full-time teacher. That ratio is smaller than the typical Minnesota high school (14.3 students per teacher).
Grades & enrollment
Students per grade, 2024–25Grades 7–12
Location & nearby schools
School details
- Type
- Alternative School · What this means
- Level
- High
- Grades offered
- 7–12
- Enrollment (2024–25)
- 23 students
- Students per teacher
- 11.6 to 1
- Charter school
- No
- Magnet school
- No
- Locale
- Rural — Fringe
- School district
- Southwest Metro Intermediate 288
- County
- Wright County
- NCES school ID
- 270042005091
Schools near SWMetro Lakeside Academy
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School data comes from the U.S. Department of Education: the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDGE school locations (2024–25) and Private School Survey (2023–24), the Civil Rights Data Collection (2023–24), and EDFacts (test results 2021–22; graduation and chronic absenteeism 2022–23), plus other public sources. Please contact the school to confirm enrollment, programs, and other details. How we source data.