The top reported proficiency rate is 0% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Swmetro St. Boni Level 4
SWMetro St. Boni Level 4 is a special education school that is part of Southwest Metro Intermediate 288, an intermediate district that provides specialized services to eleven member districts. The school is listed as a future entity in state records, meaning it was not yet operational or had not yet produced standard school data. It serves a single grade level, listed as M through M, which typically refers to a multi-grade or ungraded setting for students with specialized needs.
Because this school is a special education school with a future status, most of the standard metrics a parent might look at are simply not available. There is no enrollment data, no demographic information, no graduation rate, no chronic absenteeism rate, and no information on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. State testing results appear in the data, but they report a zero percent proficiency rate. That figure should be read with caution. For a special education school that serves a population of students who likely take alternative assessments or are not assessed on the same schedule as general education students, a reported zero in the state testing data may reflect how the data was collected or reported rather than a meaningful measure of student learning. A parent would want to ask the school or the intermediate district directly about how student progress is measured and what assessments are used.
The school sits in St. Bonifacius, a small community in Hennepin County that is described as a bedroom community of about one square mile, surrounded by Minnetrista. It has a compact, car-oriented layout along Highway 7 and County Road 92, with the Dakota Rail Regional Trail running through it. Residents commute to the broader Twin Cities area for work. St. Bonifacius is part of the Waconia School District for its regular public schools, which are located in the neighboring city of Waconia rather than within St. Bonifacius itself.
The school's parent district, Southwest Metro Intermediate 288, is an intermediate district that coordinates special education, alternative learning, career and technical education, adult education, and care and treatment services across its member districts. The district brief found no recent parent-relevant changes to report.
On the comparison metric for overall proficiency across tested subjects and grades, relative to districts in Hennepin County, this school sits in the bottom quartile. Again, given that this is a special education school with a future status and testing data that may not reflect the actual program, this comparison is of limited use. It is not a measure of the school's quality or the effectiveness of its instruction.
A parent considering this school should begin by contacting Southwest Metro Intermediate 288 directly. The key questions to ask include what specific student population the Level 4 program serves, what the curriculum and therapeutic supports look like, how student progress is tracked outside of state assessments, what the transition planning process is, and what the school's relationship is with the eleven member districts that send students. Because the school is designated as future, you will also want to confirm whether it is currently enrolling students or has a planned opening date. The data available does not tell you much about the day-to-day experience or outcomes, so a family's decision will depend heavily on a conversation with the district.
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