Original Research by School Decision on Care & Treatment Hospital/homebound
This school is called CARE & TREATMENT HOSPITAL/HOMEBOUND, and it is an alternative school within the Rochester Public School District in Rochester, Minnesota. Its name tells you what it does. It serves students in kindergarten through twelfth grade who, for medical reasons, are being treated in a hospital or are homebound. The enrollment is very small, consistent with a specialized, short-term placement program rather than a neighborhood school.
The student body, at the time of reporting, reflected a racially diverse group. The data shows that roughly half the students were white, with the remainder split between Black and Hispanic students. The school does not report free or reduced-price lunch counts, and it does not report counts for special education or English learner status. Those gaps are not unusual for a program of this type, where a student’s primary classification is their medical need.
Academic performance data from state assessments is not available. This school’s mission is to continue instruction for children who cannot attend a regular campus because of a medical condition, not to produce a standard testing cohort. The same applies to graduation rate data; the school covers the full K-12 range but does not report a four-year graduation rate. Comparing this school to standard district metrics is not applicable. The district, Rochester Public Schools, sits in a regional context where the city is defined by the presence of Mayo Clinic, a dominant employer that draws millions of visitors annually and shapes the economy, the downtown built environment, and the housing market. Rochester is a mid-sized city with a growing population, a strong healthcare and technology employment base, and a significant Destination Medical Center redevelopment initiative underway. Within the district itself, recent changes include the opening of a new elementary school to relieve overcrowding, the launch of a P-TECH early college program, and the addition of districtwide online learning options.
For a family considering this school, the relevant questions are entirely about medical need. This is not a school a family chooses for its academic program or its peer environment. It is a service the district provides to ensure educational continuity when a child has a health crisis. The program is based in Rochester, at the address listed. A parent whose child requires hospital or homebound instruction would contact the district to understand eligibility, how instruction is delivered, and how the program coordinates with the child’s medical team and their regular school. There is no state testing data, no graduation rate, and no chronic absenteeism data available for this entity because the school’s population is transient and medically fragile. The available evidence tells you what the school is for, and for any other purpose it does not apply.
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