Open Enrollment Explorer

This explorer uses Minnesota Department of Education 2024-25 open-enrollment records to show how students move into and out of Forest Lake Area Schools and eight comparison districts. Because district size varies substantially, normalized rates are the default view; reported student totals remain available for context.

Important context: Open enrollment is one form of public-school choice and does not capture every reason a family's enrollment may differ from its resident district. A net loss or gain is not, by itself, a measure of school quality. Location, transportation, program availability, family circumstances, grade configuration, and neighboring district boundaries can all influence enrollment choices.

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Normalized view: inbound, outbound, and net open-enrollment counts are shown per 1,000 students enrolled in the district. This keeps a district with 38,000 students from appearing automatically larger than a district with 3,000 students.

Direction matters: "Inbound" means a student resides in another district but attends the selected district. "Outbound" means a resident student attends another district through open enrollment. "Net" equals inbound minus outbound.

Enrollment denominator: the 2024-25 MDE October 1 district enrollment count is used for the normalized comparison. It is a transparent scale measure, not a claim that every enrolled student is eligible for open enrollment.

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MDE 2024-25 Open Enrollment workbook

MDE 2024-25 Enrollment workbook

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