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Year Founded

1954

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Student Body

Total Students

202 students

Student Body Type

Co-ed

% Students of Color

89%

State avg.: 23%

Academic Profile

Total Classroom Teachers

17 teachers

Student-Teacher Ratio

12:1

National avg.: 11:1

Tuition & Financial Aid

Admission Deadline

None / Rolling

Application URL

Online Application

School Notes

Plymouth Christian Youth Center is a place of strength, safety and beauty where every young person is looked out for, nurtured and challenged.
Youth, adults, families and communities come together to turn back the tides of poverty and violence, embracing hope, compassion and the reality of a better world.
The PCYC Alternative School offers a positive school climate for youth in grades 9 -12, that have not been successful in other school programs.
Students at PCYC Alternative School are discovering and applying critical learning tools they had never picked up before, from improved reading and writing to how to truly listen to someone.
These skills not only help them earn their diplomas, but prepare them to be successful with further education, in their jobs, even in their relationships.

Plymouth Christian Youth Center is a place of strength, safety and beauty where every young person is looked out for, nurtured and challenged.
Youth, adults, families and communities come together to turn back the tides of poverty and violence, embracing hope, compassion and the reality of a better world.
The PCYC Alternative School offers a positive school climate for youth in grades 9 -12, that have not been successful in other school programs.
Students at PCYC Alternative School are discovering and applying critical learning tools they had never picked up before, from improved reading and writing to how to truly listen to someone.
These skills not only help them earn their diplomas, but prepare them to be successful with further education, in their jobs, even in their relationships.

Sample of notable school alumni/alumnae:
- Prince Rogers Nelson, musician -

Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)

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Pyc Alternative Schools is located in the Willard Hay neighborhood of Minneapolis, MN.

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