St. Croix Valley Area Learning Center is a secondary school designed for those students who meet the Minnesota Graduations Incentive Criteria for at-risk students, and who are between the ages of 16 to 20 years old (or 21 if you have a disability) for the ALC program, and at least 15 years old for the ALC Grade Ten Program. The program offers small classes, individual attention, and non-traditional approaches to learning.