North Hennepin News

There were 166,487 students enrolled in Hennepin County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 0.1% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Minnesota Department of Education.

In terms of gender distribution, the student body in Hennepin County comprised 51% boys, with girls representing the remaining 49%.

Data also showed that white students made up 44.8% of the student body, the largest percentage in Hennepin County schools, followed by Black students with 22.4%, 14.1% Hispanic students, 9.8% Asian students, 6.5% multiracial students, 2.4% American Indian students, 0.1% Hawaiian Pacific Islander students and 0.1% Other Indigenous Peoples students.

Wayzata High had the highest enrollment among Hennepin County's 311 schools in the 2023-24 school year, welcoming 3,548 students.

Minnesota's educational system, the 10th largest in the United States, serves over 869,000 students across 2,709 institutions. As of 2024, the student-to-teacher ratio in the state’s public schools is 1:16, slightly worse than the national average of 1:15.

Meanwhile, data from the 2022 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) reveals that Minnesota fourth and eighth graders performed mostly above the national average in math, their scores suggest a slight decline from previous years, particularly in reading.

School name	Total enrollment in 2022-23	Total enrollment in 2023-24	% change
Wayzata High	3,523	3,548	0.7%
Minnetonka Senior High	3,508	3,482	-0.7%
Champlin Park High School	2,983	2,978	-0.2%
Eden Prairie Senior High	2,833	2,799	-1.2%
Edina Senior High	2,720	2,585	-5%
Maple Grove Senior High	2,324	2,408	3.6%
Osseo Senior High	2,280	2,249	-1.4%
Jackson Middle	1,981	2,030	2.5%
Hopkins Senior High	1,491	1,991	33.5%
Park Center IB World School	1,908	1,991	4.4%
Central Middle School	1,909	1,891	-0.9%
Robbinsdale Armstrong Senior High	1,832	1,784	-2.6%
Rogers Senior High	1,740	1,774	2%
Jefferson Senior High	1,637	1,685	2.9%
Kennedy Senior High	1,601	1,610	0.6%
Maple Grove Middle School	1,598	1,568	-1.9%
Washburn High	1,582	1,555	-1.7%
Wayzata Central Middle	1,502	1,534	2.1%
Robbinsdale Cooper Senior High	1,630	1,474	-9.6%
St. Louis Park Senior High	1,483	1,423	-4%
Southwest High	1,484	1,310	-11.7%
Minnetonka East Middle	1,279	1,307	2.2%
South High	1,466	1,261	-14%
Richfield Senior High	1,270	1,235	-2.8%
Osseo Middle School	1,155	1,129	-2.3%
Roosevelt High	1,044	1,121	7.4%
Oxbow Creek Elementary	1,028	1,109	7.9%
Andersen Middle	872	1,045	19.8%
Rogers Middle School	979	1,032	5.4%
Valley View Middle	973	991	1.8%
South View Middle	987	979	-0.8%
Orono Senior High	947	945	-0.2%
Brooklyn Middle School, a Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math School	978	940	-3.9%
Justice Page Middle	925	939	1.5%
St. Louis Park Middle School	956	938	-1.9%
Scenic Heights Elementary	906	928	2.4%
Fernbrook Elementary	889	928	4.4%
Minnewashta Elementary	904	916	1.3%
Groveland Elementary	879	910	3.5%
Mound Westonka High School	947	898	-5.2%
Clear Springs Elementary	857	866	1.1%
New Millennium Academy Charter School	818	851	4%
Basswood Elementary	865	848	-2%
Hopkins North Middle School	888	847	-4.6%
Yinghua Academy	822	838	1.9%
Edison High	896	833	-7%
Eagle Ridge Academy Lower School	828	826	-0.2%
Henry High	858	826	-3.7%
North Woods Elementary School	772	809	4.8%
Greenwood Elementary	825	805	-2.4%
Plymouth Middle	836	789	-5.6%
Richfield Middle	807	788	-2.4%
Olson Middle	767	779	1.6%
Meadowbrook Elementary	854	777	-9%
Champlin/Brooklyn Park Academy for Math and Environmental Science	758	773	2%
Meadow Ridge Elementary School	768	757	-1.4%
Robbinsdale Spanish Immersion El.	700	748	6.9%
Brooklyn Center Elementary School	787	744	-5.5%
Rush Creek Elementary	774	743	-4%
Anthony Middle	763	735	-3.7%
Excelsior Elementary	739	734	-0.7%
Eagle Heights Spanish Immersion	715	734	2.7%
Concord Elementary	723	721	-0.3%
Eagle Ridge Academy Charter School	661	714	8%
Wayzata West Middle	681	714	4.8%
Athlos Leadership Academy	828	713	-13.9%
Hiawatha Collegiate High School	631	710	12.5%
Sunset Hill Elementary	670	705	5.2%
Sanford Middle	738	705	-4.5%
Orono Middle	700	704	0.6%
St. Anthony Village Senior High	705	704	-0.1%
Edinbrook Elementary	707	698	-1.3%
Wilshire Park Elementary	676	687	1.6%
Wayzata East Middle	609	672	10.3%
Deephaven Elementary	658	670	1.8%
Oak Grove Middle	703	661	-6%
Hassan Elementary	664	661	-0.5%
Parnassus Preparatory School-Grammar	658	657	-0.2%
Plymouth Creek Elementary	584	657	12.5%
Normandale Elementary	657	652	-0.8%
Weaver Lake Science, Math & Technology School	638	651	2%
Orono Intermediate Elementary	637	650	2%
Rogers Elementary	627	650	3.7%
Woodland Elementary	636	633	-0.5%
Oak Point Elementary	635	632	-0.5%
Countryside Elementary	606	629	3.8%
Valley View Middle	697	622	-10.8%
Twin Cities International Schools	606	622	2.6%
Schumann Elementary	578	617	6.7%
Prairie View Elementary	629	614	-2.4%
Robbinsdale Middle	632	611	-3.3%
Eden Lake Elementary	661	607	-8.2%
Rice Lake Elementary	627	604	-3.7%
Sullivan Elementary	651	598	-8.1%
Cornelia Elementary	577	593	2.8%
Creek Valley Elementary	612	590	-3.6%
Gleason Lake Elementary	563	589	4.6%
Rockford Elementary Arts Magnet School	585	589	0.7%
Ella Baker Elementary	602	575	-4.5%
Seward Elementary	599	557	-7%
Hopkins West Middle School	592	555	-6.3%
Richfield STEM School	588	554	-5.8%
Green Central Elementary	590	554	-6.1%
Highlands Elementary	564	554	-1.8%
Grandview Middle School	527	549	4.2%
Best Academy	617	547	-11.3%
Forest Hills Elementary	527	544	3.2%
Seven Hills Preparatory Academy, Bloomington Elementary	550	542	-1.5%
Dayton Elementary	702	542	-22.8%
Monroe Elementary School - Mathematics, Science and Children's Engineering	517	539	4.3%
Kimberly Lane Elementary	527	531	0.8%
Partnership Academy, Inc.	523	530	1.3%
Valley View Elementary	514	529	2.9%
Park Spanish Immersion Elementary	530	526	-0.8%
SET Academy Elementary	331	523	58%
Northeast Middle	501	522	4.2%
Beacon Academy	547	521	-4.8%
L.H. Tanglen Elementary	559	518	-7.3%
Brooklyn Center High School	510	516	1.2%
Rockford Secondary	482	512	6.2%
North High	487	509	4.5%
Elm Creek Elementary	521	508	-2.5%
Richfield Dual Language School	505	507	0.4%
Barton Elementary	485	506	4.3%
Emerson Elementary	502	504	0.4%
Aquila Elementary	526	499	-5.1%
Meadow Lake Elementary	513	496	-3.3%
Cedar Ridge Elementary	471	490	4%
Olson Elementary	493	488	-1%
Oak View Elementary	486	485	-0.2%
Excell Academy Charter	510	483	-5.3%
Poplar Bridge Elementary	475	477	0.4%
Folwell Elementary	372	473	27.2%
Burroughs Elementary	468	472	0.9%
Parnassus Preparatory School-Logic	501	469	-6.4%
Cedar Island Elementary	429	468	9.1%
Palmer Lake Elementary	481	468	-2.7%
Hilltop Primary School	466	465	-0.2%
Birch Grove School for the Arts	431	464	7.7%
Evergreen Park Elementary - STEM School of Innovation	462	456	-1.3%
Forest Elementary	453	454	0.2%
Birchview Elementary	433	452	4.4%
Peter Hobart Elementary	427	449	5.2%
Oakwood Elementary	418	449	7.4%
Alice Smith Elementary	515	448	-13%
St. Anthony Middle	437	447	2.3%
North View Middle School	406	447	10.1%
Shirley Hills Primary School	439	445	1.4%
Northport Elementary	483	441	-8.7%
Normandale Hills Elementary	397	441	11.1%
School of Engineering-Arts at Olson	429	438	2.1%
Oak Grove Elementary	460	437	-5%
Noble Academy Elementary	453	436	-3.8%
Bancroft Elementary	369	431	16.8%
Eisenhower Elementary	462	430	-6.9%
Sheridan Hills Elementary	419	428	2.1%
Marcy Elementary	481	424	-11.9%
Universal Academy Elementary	404	423	4.7%
International Spanish Language Academy	396	421	6.3%
Susan Lindgren Elementary	434	415	-4.4%
Hiawatha Leadership Academy-Northrop	409	412	0.7%
Glen Lake Elementary	455	411	-9.7%
Hiawatha College Prep - Northrop	368	409	11.1%
Lyndale Elementary	360	404	12.2%
Zachary Lane Elementary	385	403	4.7%
Whittier Elementary	361	403	11.6%
Ridgeview Elementary	402	401	-0.2%
Gatewood Elementary	413	399	-3.4%
FAIR School Pilgrim Lane	397	398	0.3%
Northrop Elementary	365	395	8.2%
Las Estrellas Elementary	336	383	14%
Bryn Mawr Elementary	365	382	4.7%
The FAIR School - Crystal	245	381	55.5%
PIM Arts High School	361	378	4.7%
Armatage Elementary	356	376	5.6%
Windom Elementary	371	374	0.8%
Metro College Prep	445	369	-17.1%
Fair Oaks Elementary	371	368	-0.8%
Lucy Laney Elementary	339	368	8.6%
Pillsbury Elementary	373	359	-3.8%
Hillcrest Elementary	353	358	1.4%
Neill Elementary	361	358	-0.8%
Prairie Seeds Elementary School Academy	356	357	0.3%
Garden City Elementary	335	355	6%
Sojourner Truth Academy	293	354	20.8%
Indian Mounds Elementary	382	354	-7.3%
Kenwood Elementary	381	352	-7.6%
Washburn Elementary	351	352	0.3%
Brooklyn Center Middle School	365	346	-5.2%
Lake Nokomis Keewaydin Elementary	356	343	-3.7%
Lakeview Elementary	395	342	-13.4%
New City School	371	339	-8.6%
Westwood Elementary	343	339	-1.2%
Minnesota International Middle Charter School	318	334	5%
FAIR High	339	332	-2.1%
Sandburg Middle School	418	331	-20.8%
SciTech Academy Charter School	179	330	84.4%
Hale Elementary	316	323	2.2%
Lake Harriet Lower Elementary	295	320	8.5%
Dowling Elementary	297	315	6.1%
Olson Middle	361	308	-14.7%
Park Brook Elementary	293	308	5.1%
Kenny Elementary	315	304	-3.5%
Seven Hills Preparatory Academy, Richfield Middle School	293	302	3.1%
Centennial Elementary	334	300	-10.2%
Zanewood Community School, Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math	312	300	-3.8%
Sonnesyn Elementary	354	298	-15.8%
Seven Hills Preparatory Academy, Richfield Elementary	306	297	-2.9%
Franklin Middle	287	291	1.4%
Ubah Academy	257	289	12.5%
Anwatin Middle	320	281	-12.2%
Field Elementary	297	281	-5.4%
Loring Elementary	293	281	-4.1%
Northeast College Prep Charter School	324	274	-15.4%
Lake Harriet Upper Elementary	287	271	-5.6%
Waite Park Elementary	274	269	-1.8%
Webster Elementary	267	268	0.4%
Agamim Classical Academy	268	261	-2.6%
Noble Elementary	264	260	-1.5%
Xinxing Academy	299	258	-13.7%
Hennepin Schools Lower Campus	255	258	1.2%
Nellie Stone Johnson Elementary	201	258	28.4%
Prairie Seeds High School Academy	238	256	7.6%
SET Academy Middle	150	255	70%
Parnassus Preparatory School-Rhetoric	225	254	12.9%
Howe Elementary	233	245	5.2%
Crest View Elementary	250	241	-3.6%
Aurora Charter School	228	239	4.8%
Stonebridge World School	313	237	-24.3%
Anishinabe Academy Elementary	236	235	-0.4%
Bethune Elementary	276	233	-15.6%
Venture Academy High School	223	226	1.3%
Highview ALC	183	224	22.4%
Hall Academy Elementary	206	215	4.4%
Jenny Lind Elementary	249	215	-13.7%
Escuela Exitos	135	214	58.5%
Hiawatha Elementary	228	212	-7%
Prairie Seeds Middle School Academy	195	211	8.2%
Minnesota Excellence in Learning Academy	200	209	4.5%
Hmong International Academy Elementary	234	208	-11.1%
Twin Lakes STEM Academy	147	203	38.1%
Hennepin Schools Upper Campus	132	194	47%
Skyline Math and Science Academy	218	188	-13.8%
Pratt Elementary	202	187	-7.4%
Aurora Middle School	184	187	1.6%
Modern Montessori Charter School	176	186	5.7%
Cityview Elementary	200	184	-8%
Aim Academy of Science and Technology	143	169	18.2%
Compass Academy	--	167	--
Lincoln International High School	115	165	43.5%
LoveWorks Academy for Arts	149	162	8.7%
The Alternative Program (TAP)	156	160	2.6%
ALC Senior High	164	160	-2.4%
Lake Nokomis Wenonah Elementary	179	159	-11.2%
KIPP North Star Primary	193	149	-22.8%
Lionsgate Academy - Minnetonka	154	149	-3.2%
Friendship Academy of the Arts - Intermediate	211	146	-30.8%
Spero Academy	153	145	-5.2%
Perpich Center for Arts Education	149	144	-3.4%
Wellstone International High	127	141	11%
MTS High School	176	139	-21%
Banaadir Elementary	128	128	0%
Success Academy - Bloomington - Elementary	129	126	-2.3%
Horizon Science Academy Twin Cities	74	123	66.2%
KIPP North Star Academy	194	122	-37.1%
Choice Academy	89	120	34.8%
Noble Academy Middle School	126	117	-7.1%
Venture Academy Middle School	80	116	45%
Southside Family Charter School	110	115	4.5%
Banaadir Secondary	95	112	17.9%
Beacon ALP	198	110	-44.4%
Nasha Shkola Charter School	119	106	-10.9%
Exploration High School	74	104	40.5%
Options at Edina High School	--	103	--
Friendship Academy of the Arts - Primary	116	101	-12.9%
Progeny Academy Charter School	85	96	12.9%
El Colegio Charter School	83	96	15.7%
West Education Center Alternative	79	92	16.5%
Minnesota Transitions Charter Elementary	87	89	2.3%
Augsburg Fairview Academy	86	87	1.2%
Spero Academy Brooklyn Park	52	84	61.5%
Downtown Campus	51	83	62.7%
Bdote Learning Center	92	83	-9.8%
Unity Campus	71	81	14.1%
Heritage Academy High	105	77	-26.7%
Hiawatha College Prep - Kingfield	139	74	-46.8%
SAGE Academy Charter School	61	68	11.5%
Notre Ecole Academy	41	63	53.7%
Brooklyn Center Early College Academy	2	63	3,050%
Minneapolis Academy & Career Center	62	63	1.6%
Longfellow Alternative High	56	61	8.9%
Richfield College Experience Program	50	61	22%
Hennepin Gateway To College	70	61	-12.9%
CVA Fusion High School (9-12)	57	56	-1.8%
Watershed High School	49	53	8.2%
Central Education Center PreK	44	53	20.5%
Legacy of Dr. Josie R. Johnson Montessori	113	53	-53.1%
South Education Center Academy	43	52	20.9%
Success Academy - Bloomington - Middle	55	51	-7.3%
North Education Center Academy	40	44	10%
CVA Fusion Middle School (6-8)	53	40	-24.5%
Wellstone International High - SWS	25	40	60%
Banaadir Academy	50	39	-22%
CVA Fusion Elementary School (K-5)	42	33	-21.4%
Universal Academy Middle/High	94	27	-71.3%
Cosmos Montessori	26	23	-11.5%
MTS Pease Academy	18	21	16.7%
Central Middle Alternative (CMAP)	29	10	-65.5%
Prekindergarten North	7	7	0%
Lirio Montessori	12	3	-75%
Roosevelt High - SWS	1	1	0%