South Hennepin News

There were 37,219 Black students enrolled in Hennepin County public schools in the 2023-24 school year, 2% less than the previous year, according to the Minnesota Department of Education.

Data showed that Hennepin County welcomed 165,945 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, Black students comprised 22.4% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 310 schools in the county, Osseo Senior High School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 803.

According to the 2024 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), Minnesota's fourth graders scored 241 in math, just above the national average of 237. Their reading score of 216 was on par with the U.S. average, but shows a slight decline over recent years. Eighth graders scored 284 in math and 264 in reading, both above the national averages. 

However, despite these results, both grade levels remain below pre-pandemic levels in math and reading.

As of 2024, according to Public School Review, the student-to-teacher ratio in Minnesota's public schools stands at 1:16, slightly worse than the national average of 1:15. This is part of a larger framework within Minnesota's educational system, which is the 10th largest in the United States, accommodating over 869,000 students across 2,709 public schools.

School Name	No. of Black Students	% of Black Students	Total School Enrollment
Skyline Math and Science Academy	188	100%	188
Roosevelt High - SWS	1	100%	1
Banaadir Academy	39	100%	39
Ubah Academy	289	100%	289
Minnesota International Middle Charter School	333	99.7%	334
Twin Cities International Schools	620	99.7%	622
SciTech Academy Charter School	328	99.4%	330
SET Academy Middle	253	99.2%	255
Success Academy - Bloomington - Elementary	125	99.2%	126
Banaadir Academy	111	99.1%	112
Compass Academy	165	98.8%	167
Aim Academy of Science and Technology	167	98.8%	169
Metro College Prep	363	98.4%	369
Success Academy - Bloomington - Middle	50	98%	51
Friendship Academy of the Arts - Primary	99	98%	101
Heritage Academy High	75	97.4%	77
Universal Academy Elementary	411	97.2%	423
SET Academy Elementary	508	97.1%	523
Friendship Academy of the Arts - Intermediate	141	96.6%	146
Banaadir Elementary	122	95.3%	128
Best Academy	512	93.6%	547
Twin Lakes STEM Academy	189	93.1%	203
Excell Academy Charter	449	93%	483
LoveWorks Academy for Arts	150	92.6%	162
Horizon Science Academy Twin Cities	112	91.1%	123
KIPP North Star Primary School	133	89.3%	149
Universal Academy Middle/High	24	88.9%	27
KIPP North Star Academy	108	88.5%	122
Downtown Campus	73	88%	83
Hennepin Schools Lower Campus	216	83.7%	258
Hennepin Schools Upper Campus	162	83.5%	194
Unity Campus	66	81.5%	81
North High School	386	75.8%	509
Legacy of Dr. Josie R. Johnson Montessori	40	75.5%	53
Minnesota Excellence in Learning Academy	155	74.2%	209
Bethune Elementary School	168	72.1%	233
Athlos Leadership Academy	508	71.3%	713
Sojourner Truth Academy	251	70.9%	354
Minneapolis Academy & Career Center	43	68.3%	63
Sullivan Elementary School	391	65.4%	598
Lucy Laney Elementary School	235	63.9%	368
Franklin Middle School	183	62.9%	291
Brooklyn Center Early College Academy	39	61.9%	63
Hall Academy Elementary	132	61.4%	215
Pratt Elementary School	114	61%	187
Minnesota Transitions Charter Elementary School	51	57.3%	89
Progeny Academy Charter School	55	57.3%	96
Nellie Stone Johnson Elementary School	147	57%	258
North Education Center Academy	25	56.8%	44
Meadow Lake Elementary School	272	54.8%	496
Northeast College Prep Charter School	147	53.7%	274
Anwatin Middle	151	53.7%	281
Cityview Elementary	98	53.3%	184
Parnassus Preparatory School-Grammar	348	53%	657
Augsburg Fairview Academy	46	52.9%	87
Parnassus Preparatory School-Logic	246	52.5%	469
Zanewood Community School, Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math	155	51.7%	300
Crest View Elementary School	122	50.6%	241
Highview Alternative Learning Center	113	50.5%	224
Central Middle Alternative (CMAP)	5	50%	10
Brooklyn Center Middle School	170	49.1%	346
ALC Senior High	78	48.8%	160
Stonebridge World School	114	48.1%	237
Olson Middle School	146	47.4%	308
Jenny Lind Elementary School	101	47%	215
Brooklyn Center Elementary School	339	45.6%	744
Bryn Mawr Elementary School	172	45%	382
North View Middle School	198	44.3%	447
Henry High School	362	43.8%	826
Brooklyn Center High School	226	43.8%	516
Neill Elementary School	156	43.6%	358
Prekindergarten North	3	42.9%	7
Edinbrook Elementary School	295	42.3%	698
Edison High School	347	41.7%	833
West Education Center Alternative	38	41.3%	92
Webster Elementary School	108	40.3%	268
MTS High School	56	40.3%	139
Sonnesyn Elementary School	120	40.3%	298
Parnassus Preparatory School-Rhetoric	102	40.2%	254
Options at Edina High School	41	39.8%	103
Whittier Elementary School	157	39%	403
Ella Baker Elementary School	223	38.8%	575
The Alternative Program (TAP)	61	38.1%	160
Noble Elementary School	98	37.7%	260
Lincoln International High School	62	37.6%	165
Robbinsdale Cooper Senior High School	553	37.5%	1,474
Lakeview Elementary School	128	37.4%	342
Loring Elementary School	105	37.4%	281
Beacon Academy	192	36.9%	521
Gatewood Elementary School	146	36.6%	399
Park Brook Elementary School	112	36.4%	308
Birch Grove School for the Arts	169	36.4%	464
Northport Elementary School	160	36.3%	441
Longfellow Alternative High	22	36.1%	61
Sandburg Middle School	119	36%	331
Park Center IB World School	716	36%	1,991
Forest Elementary School	163	35.9%	454
Robbinsdale Middle School	218	35.7%	611
Osseo Senior High School	803	35.7%	2,249
Marcy Elementary	150	35.4%	424
SAGE Academy Charter School	24	35.3%	68
Evergreen Park Elementary - STEM School of Innovation	160	35.1%	456
Pillsbury Elementary School	126	35.1%	359
Wellstone International High - SWS	14	35%	40
Lyndale Elementary School	141	34.9%	404
Brooklyn Middle School, a Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math School	325	34.6%	940
Venture Academy Middle School	40	34.5%	116
Seward Elementary	188	33.8%	557
Alice Smith Elementary School	150	33.5%	448
Northeast Middle School	174	33.3%	522
Palmer Lake Elementary School	155	33.1%	468
Woodland Elementary School	209	33%	633
Garden City Elementary School	116	32.7%	355
Fair Oaks Elementary School	120	32.6%	368
Eagle Ridge Academy Charter School	229	32.1%	714
FAIR High School	106	31.9%	332
Eisenhower Elementary School	134	31.2%	430
South High School	390	30.9%	1,261
Exploration High School	32	30.8%	104
Hmong International Academy Elementary	63	30.3%	208
Agamim Classical Academy	78	29.9%	261
The FAIR School - Crystal	109	28.6%	381
L.H. Tanglen Elementary School	145	28%	518
Indian Mounds Elementary School	98	27.7%	354
Hopkins West Middle School	152	27.4%	555
Spero Academy Brooklyn Park	23	27.4%	84
Eagle Ridge Academy Lower School	226	27.4%	826
Venture Academy High School	61	27%	226
Hopkins Senior High School	531	26.7%	1,991
Hennepin Gateway To College	16	26.2%	61
Spero Academy	38	26.2%	145
Weaver Lake Science, Math & Technology School	168	25.8%	651
New City School	86	25.4%	339
Plymouth Middle School	200	25.4%	789
Prairie View Elementary School	154	25.1%	614
Oak View Elementary School	118	24.3%	485
Eden Lake Elementary School	147	24.2%	607
Valley View Elementary School	127	24%	529
Seven Hills Preparatory Academy, Richfield Elementary	70	23.6%	297
St. Louis Park Senior High School	333	23.4%	1,423
Robbinsdale Armstrong Senior High School	415	23.3%	1,784
Kennedy Senior High School	375	23.3%	1,610
South Education Center Academy	12	23.1%	52
Champlin Park High School	682	22.9%	2,978
Aquila Elementary School	114	22.9%	499
Monroe Elementary School - Mathematics, Science and Children's Engineering	123	22.8%	539
Kenwood Elementary School	80	22.7%	352
Southside Family Charter School	26	22.6%	115
Valley View Middle School	137	22%	622
Seven Hills Preparatory Academy, Richfield Middle School	66	21.9%	302
Osseo Middle School	245	21.7%	1,129
Cedar Island Elementary School	101	21.6%	468
Peter Hobart Elementary School	96	21.4%	449
Forest Hills Elementary School	116	21.3%	544
FAIR School Pilgrim Lane	81	20.4%	398
Susan Lindgren Elementary School	84	20.2%	415
Centennial Elementary School	59	19.7%	300
Oak Point Elementary School	124	19.6%	632
Zachary Lane Elementary School	79	19.6%	403
Jackson Middle School	396	19.5%	2,030
Folwell Elementary	92	19.5%	473
St. Louis Park Middle School	183	19.5%	938
Olson Elementary School	94	19.3%	488
Hopkins North Middle School	163	19.2%	847
Choice Academy	23	19.2%	120
Beacon ALP	21	19.1%	110
Rice Lake Elementary School	115	19%	604
Watershed High School	10	18.9%	53
Eden Prairie Senior High School	525	18.8%	2,799
Washburn Elementary School	66	18.8%	352
Westwood Elementary School	63	18.6%	339
Dowling Elementary School	57	18.1%	315
Richfield College Experience Program	11	18%	61
Central Middle School	340	18%	1,891
Cedar Ridge Elementary School	86	17.6%	490
Andersen Middle	181	17.3%	1,045
Maple Grove Middle School	263	16.8%	1,568
Southwest High School	219	16.7%	1,310
Birchview Elementary School	75	16.6%	452
Champlin/Brooklyn Park Academy for Math and Environmental Science	128	16.6%	773
Oak Grove Middle School	107	16.2%	661
Oak Grove Elementary School	70	16%	437
Normandale Hills Elementary School	70	15.9%	441
Roosevelt High School	173	15.4%	1,121
Washburn High School	237	15.2%	1,555
Windom Elementary School	57	15.2%	374
Hillcrest Elementary School	54	15.1%	358
Central Education Center PreK	8	15.1%	53
Richfield Middle School	117	14.9%	788
St. Anthony Village Senior High School	104	14.8%	704
Richfield Senior High School	182	14.7%	1,235
Justice Page Middle School	134	14.3%	939
Sunset Hill Elementary School	101	14.3%	705
Notre Ecole Academy	9	14.3%	63
Elm Creek Elementary School	71	14%	508
Dayton Elementary School	75	13.8%	542
Ridgeview Elementary School	54	13.5%	401
Cornelia Elementary School	80	13.5%	593
Bancroft Elementary School	58	13.5%	431
Meadowbrook Elementary School	105	13.5%	777
Sheridan Hills Elementary School	57	13.3%	428
Richfield STEM School	72	13%	554
Glen Lake Elementary School	53	12.9%	411
Jefferson Senior High School	214	12.7%	1,685
Oakwood Elementary School	56	12.5%	449
School of Engineering-Arts at Olson	54	12.3%	438
Hiawatha College Prep - Kingfield	9	12.2%	74
Maple Grove Senior High School	294	12.2%	2,408
Wellstone International High School	17	12.1%	141
Lake Nokomis Wenonah Elementary School	19	12%	159
Sanford Middle School	84	11.9%	705
St. Anthony Middle School	53	11.9%	447
Olson Middle School	91	11.7%	779
Oxbow Creek Elementary School	130	11.7%	1,109
Valley View Middle School	113	11.4%	991
Fernbrook Elementary School	104	11.2%	928
Noble Academy Middle School	13	11.1%	117
Poplar Bridge Elementary School	53	11.1%	477
Lake Nokomis Keewaydin Elementary	38	11.1%	343
Wilshire Park Elementary School	75	10.9%	687
Creek Valley Elementary School	64	10.9%	590
Edina Senior High School	277	10.7%	2,585
Noble Academy Elementary	46	10.6%	436
Barton Elementary	53	10.5%	506
Rush Creek Elementary School	78	10.5%	743
Hiawatha Collegiate High School	74	10.4%	710
Wayzata East Middle School	69	10.3%	672
Anishinabe Academy Elementary	24	10.2%	235
Howe Elementary School	24	9.8%	245
Armatage Elementary School	37	9.8%	376
South View Middle School	93	9.5%	979
Hiawatha Elementary School	20	9.4%	212
Anthony Middle School	68	9.3%	735
Hiawatha Leadership Academy-Northrop	38	9.2%	412
Hassan Elementary School	60	9.1%	661
Lionsgate Academy - Minnetonka	13	8.7%	149
Waite Park Elementary School	23	8.6%	269
Basswood Elementary School	73	8.6%	848
Hiawatha College Prep - Northrop	34	8.3%	409
Wayzata Central Middle School	126	8.2%	1,534
Wayzata High School	285	8%	3,548
Countryside Elementary School	49	7.8%	629
Kimberly Lane Elementary School	41	7.7%	531
Wayzata West Middle School	54	7.6%	714
CVA Fusion Middle School (6-8)	3	7.5%	40
Partnership Academy, Inc.	39	7.4%	530
Meadow Ridge Elementary School	55	7.3%	757
Prairie Seeds Middle School Academy	15	7.1%	211
Robbinsdale Spanish Immersion Elementary School	53	7.1%	748
CVA Fusion High School (9-12)	4	7.1%	56
Highlands Elementary School	39	7%	554
Greenwood Elementary School	56	7%	805
Plymouth Creek Elementary School	45	6.9%	657
Rogers Senior High School	120	6.8%	1,774
Las Estrellas Elementary School	26	6.8%	383
CVA Fusion Elementary School (K-5)	2	6.1%	33
Escuela Exitos	13	6.1%	214
Modern Montessori Charter School	11	5.9%	186
Gleason Lake Elementary School	35	5.9%	589
Rogers Middle School	60	5.8%	1,032
Rogers Elementary School	34	5.2%	650
Concord Elementary School	37	5.1%	721
Emerson Elementary School	25	5%	504
Perpich Center for Arts Education	7	4.9%	144
MTS Pease Academy	1	4.8%	21
Rockford Secondary School	24	4.7%	512
Nasha Shkola Charter School	5	4.7%	106
Clear Springs Elementary School	41	4.7%	866
Prairie Seeds High School Academy	12	4.7%	256
Kenny Elementary School	14	4.6%	304
Northrop Elementary School	18	4.6%	395
Cosmos Montessori	1	4.4%	23
Lake Harriet Upper Elementary	12	4.4%	271
Hale Elementary School	14	4.3%	323
Field Elementary	12	4.3%	281
Minnetonka Senior High School	147	4.2%	3,482
PIM Arts High School	16	4.2%	378
North Woods Elementary School	29	3.6%	809
Yinghua Academy	29	3.5%	838
Prairie Seeds Elementary School Academy	12	3.4%	357
International Spanish Language Academy	13	3.1%	421
Rockford Elementary Arts Magnet School	18	3.1%	589
Park Spanish Immersion Elementary School	16	3%	526
Deephaven Elementary School	18	2.7%	670
New Millennium Academy Charter School	22	2.6%	851
Normandale Elementary School	17	2.6%	652
Richfield Dual Language School	13	2.6%	507
Scenic Heights Elementary School	24	2.6%	928
Minnetonka East Middle School	33	2.5%	1,307
Burroughs Elementary School	10	2.1%	472
Grandview Middle School	11	2%	549
Eagle Heights Spanish Immersion	15	2%	734
Mound Westonka High School	17	1.9%	898
Xinxing Academy	5	1.9%	258
Shirley Hills Primary School	8	1.8%	445
Lake Harriet Lower Elementary School	5	1.6%	320
Excelsior Elementary School	12	1.6%	734
Schumann Elementary School	10	1.6%	617
Hilltop Primary School	7	1.5%	465
Orono Middle School	10	1.4%	704
Groveland Elementary School	13	1.4%	910
Minnewashta Elementary School	11	1.2%	916
Orono Intermediate Elementary School	6	0.9%	650
Green Central Elementary School	5	0.9%	554
Orono Senior High School	7	0.7%	945
Aurora Middle School	0	0%	187
Aurora Charter School	0	0%	239
Bdote Learning Center	0	0%	83
Lirio Montessori	0	0%	3
El Colegio Charter School	0	0%	96