Summer NW Area Learning Center
Alternative · Grades 9–12
Northwest Area Learning Center
230 Labree Ave S, Thief River Falls, MN 56701
Grades
9–12
High
Students
23
Enrolled 2024–25
Students per teacher
14.6 : 1
Full-time teachers
District
Thief River Falls School District
Pennington 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 Northwest Area Learning Center
Northwest Area Learning Center is an alternative high school in Thief River Falls, Minnesota, serving grades 9–12. It is part of Thief River Falls School District. The school is located in a remote town in Pennington County.
In the 2024–25 school year, 23 students were enrolled, with about 14.6 students for every full-time teacher. That ratio is close to the typical Minnesota high school (14.3 students per teacher).
Grades & enrollment
Students per grade, 2024–25Grades 9–12
Location & nearby schools
School details
- Type
- Alternative School · What this means
- Level
- High
- Grades offered
- 9–12
- Enrollment (2024–25)
- 23 students
- Students per teacher
- 14.6 to 1
- Charter school
- No
- Magnet school
- No
- Locale
- Town — Remote
- School district
- Thief River Falls School District
- County
- Pennington County
- NCES school ID
- 273885002290
Schools near Northwest Area Learning Center
All 7 schools in Thief River Falls →
Lincoln Senior High
Public · Grades 9–12 · 521 students
Pine to Prairie Coop. Ctr.
CTE · Grades 7–12
Lafayette Secondary
Public · Grades 7–12 · 184 students
Marshall County Central High
Public · Grades 7–12 · 215 students
Red Lake County Central High School
Public · Grades 7–12 · 153 students
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.