South Hennepin News

There were 23,348 Hispanic students enrolled in Hennepin County public schools in the 2023-24 school year, 7.4% more 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, Hispanic students comprised 14.1% of the student body to be the third most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 310 schools in the county, Hiawatha Collegiate High School recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 610.

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 Hispanic Students	% of Hispanic Students	Total School Enrollment
Lirio Montessori	3	100%	3
El Colegio Charter School	96	100%	96
Aurora Charter School	233	97.5%	239
Escuela Exitos	197	92.1%	214
Partnership Academy, Inc.	473	89.3%	530
Hiawatha College Prep - Northrop	360	88%	409
Hiawatha Leadership Academy-Northrop	362	87.9%	412
Aurora Middle School	164	87.7%	187
Hiawatha Collegiate High School	610	85.9%	710
Hiawatha College Prep - Kingfield	62	83.8%	74
Las Estrellas Elementary School	291	76%	383
Wellstone International High School	104	73.8%	141
Richfield Dual Language School	335	66.1%	507
Green Central Elementary School	359	64.8%	554
Richfield College Experience Program	37	60.7%	61
Emerson Elementary School	304	60.3%	504
Lincoln International High School	98	59.4%	165
Beacon ALP	65	59.1%	110
Wellstone International High - SWS	23	57.5%	40
Folwell Elementary	237	50.1%	473
Venture Academy High School	113	50%	226
Longfellow Alternative High	30	49.2%	61
Andersen Middle	511	48.9%	1,045
Centennial Elementary School	146	48.7%	300
Richfield Senior High School	581	47%	1,235
Valley View Elementary School	232	43.9%	529
Richfield Middle School	340	43.2%	788
Prekindergarten North	3	42.9%	7
Valley View Middle School	267	42.9%	622
South Education Center Academy	22	42.3%	52
Venture Academy Middle School	49	42.2%	116
Central Education Center PreK	21	39.6%	53
Washburn Elementary School	135	38.4%	352
Whittier Elementary School	153	38%	403
International Spanish Language Academy	157	37.3%	421
Kennedy Senior High School	598	37.1%	1,610
Northeast College Prep Charter School	100	36.5%	274
Ella Baker Elementary School	196	34.1%	575
Lyndale Elementary School	135	33.4%	404
Choice Academy	40	33.3%	120
Robbinsdale Spanish Immersion Elementary School	233	31.2%	748
Indian Mounds Elementary School	104	29.4%	354
Fair Oaks Elementary School	107	29.1%	368
Roosevelt High School	326	29.1%	1,121
Northport Elementary School	127	28.8%	441
Stonebridge World School	67	28.3%	237
Sheridan Hills Elementary School	120	28%	428
Bancroft Elementary School	120	27.8%	431
South High School	347	27.5%	1,261
Brooklyn Center High School	137	26.6%	516
Cosmos Montessori	6	26.1%	23
MTS High School	35	25.2%	139
Sojourner Truth Academy	88	24.9%	354
Brooklyn Center Elementary School	184	24.7%	744
Options at Edina High School	25	24.3%	103
Richfield STEM School	134	24.2%	554
Progeny Academy Charter School	23	24%	96
Garden City Elementary School	85	23.9%	355
Robbinsdale Cooper Senior High School	344	23.3%	1,474
Exploration High School	24	23.1%	104
Brooklyn Center Middle School	78	22.5%	346
Robbinsdale Middle School	137	22.4%	611
Brooklyn Center Early College Academy	14	22.2%	63
Washburn High School	325	20.9%	1,555
Nellie Stone Johnson Elementary School	53	20.5%	258
Normandale Hills Elementary School	90	20.4%	441
Pillsbury Elementary School	73	20.3%	359
Central Middle Alternative (CMAP)	2	20%	10
Zanewood Community School, Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math	59	19.7%	300
Edison High School	158	19%	833
Henry High School	156	18.9%	826
Watershed High School	10	18.9%	53
Sonnesyn Elementary School	56	18.8%	298
Alice Smith Elementary School	84	18.8%	448
West Education Center Alternative	17	18.5%	92
Crest View Elementary School	44	18.3%	241
Anwatin Middle	51	18.2%	281
North View Middle School	81	18.1%	447
FAIR High School	59	17.8%	332
Evergreen Park Elementary - STEM School of Innovation	81	17.8%	456
CVA Fusion Middle School (6-8)	7	17.5%	40
Olson Middle School	54	17.5%	308
Cityview Elementary	32	17.4%	184
Sandburg Middle School	57	17.2%	331
Oak Grove Elementary School	75	17.2%	437
Highview Alternative Learning Center	38	17%	224
Plymouth Middle School	134	17%	789
Eisenhower Elementary School	73	17%	430
Minnesota Transitions Charter Elementary School	15	16.9%	89
Forest Elementary School	75	16.5%	454
Seven Hills Preparatory Academy, Richfield Elementary	49	16.5%	297
Oak Grove Middle School	108	16.3%	661
Olson Elementary School	79	16.2%	488
Park Center IB World School	322	16.2%	1,991
Justice Page Middle School	149	15.9%	939
Meadow Lake Elementary School	78	15.7%	496
ALC Senior High	25	15.6%	160
Pratt Elementary School	29	15.5%	187
Westwood Elementary School	52	15.3%	339
Lakeview Elementary School	52	15.2%	342
Northeast Middle School	79	15.1%	522
Noble Elementary School	38	14.6%	260
Aquila Elementary School	72	14.4%	499
Birch Grove School for the Arts	66	14.2%	464
Eagle Heights Spanish Immersion	103	14%	734
Webster Elementary School	37	13.8%	268
Poplar Bridge Elementary School	66	13.8%	477
Oak Point Elementary School	87	13.8%	632
North Education Center Academy	6	13.6%	44
Robbinsdale Armstrong Senior High School	238	13.3%	1,784
SAGE Academy Charter School	9	13.2%	68
St. Anthony Middle School	59	13.2%	447
Beacon Academy	68	13.1%	521
Brooklyn Middle School, a Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math School	123	13.1%	940
Spero Academy Brooklyn Park	11	13.1%	84
PIM Arts High School	49	13%	378
St. Louis Park Senior High School	185	13%	1,423
Rockford Elementary Arts Magnet School	76	12.9%	589
Dayton Elementary School	70	12.9%	542
St. Anthony Village Senior High School	90	12.8%	704
Marcy Elementary	54	12.7%	424
Jenny Lind Elementary School	27	12.6%	215
St. Louis Park Middle School	118	12.6%	938
Hmong International Academy Elementary	26	12.5%	208
Park Spanish Immersion Elementary School	65	12.4%	526
Hennepin Schools Upper Campus	24	12.4%	194
Palmer Lake Elementary School	57	12.2%	468
Southside Family Charter School	14	12.2%	115
Hennepin Schools Lower Campus	31	12%	258
Lake Nokomis Wenonah Elementary School	19	12%	159
Neill Elementary School	43	12%	358
Hopkins Senior High School	238	12%	1,991
Osseo Senior High School	268	11.9%	2,249
Rockford Secondary School	61	11.9%	512
Hennepin Gateway To College	7	11.5%	61
Jefferson Senior High School	193	11.5%	1,685
Windom Elementary School	43	11.5%	374
Park Brook Elementary School	35	11.4%	308
Seven Hills Preparatory Academy, Richfield Middle School	34	11.3%	302
Barton Elementary	57	11.3%	506
The Alternative Program (TAP)	18	11.3%	160
Cedar Ridge Elementary School	55	11.2%	490
Gatewood Elementary School	44	11%	399
Loring Elementary School	31	11%	281
Spero Academy	16	11%	145
Cornelia Elementary School	65	11%	593
Sanford Middle School	77	10.9%	705
Hopkins North Middle School	92	10.9%	847
CVA Fusion High School (9-12)	6	10.7%	56
Eden Prairie Senior High School	300	10.7%	2,799
Monroe Elementary School - Mathematics, Science and Children's Engineering	57	10.6%	539
Lucy Laney Elementary School	39	10.6%	368
Howe Elementary School	26	10.6%	245
Minnesota Excellence in Learning Academy	22	10.5%	209
The FAIR School - Crystal	40	10.5%	381
Olson Middle School	82	10.5%	779
Hiawatha Elementary School	22	10.4%	212
Peter Hobart Elementary School	46	10.2%	449
Deephaven Elementary School	68	10.2%	670
Bryn Mawr Elementary School	39	10.2%	382
Edinbrook Elementary School	71	10.2%	698
Franklin Middle School	29	10%	291
Kenwood Elementary School	34	9.7%	352
Lake Nokomis Keewaydin Elementary	33	9.6%	343
Champlin Park High School	286	9.6%	2,978
Minneapolis Academy & Career Center	6	9.5%	63
Prairie Seeds High School Academy	24	9.4%	256
Waite Park Elementary School	25	9.3%	269
Elm Creek Elementary School	47	9.3%	508
Clear Springs Elementary School	79	9.1%	866
Central Middle School	171	9%	1,891
Rice Lake Elementary School	54	8.9%	604
Jackson Middle School	181	8.9%	2,030
Forest Hills Elementary School	48	8.8%	544
Hopkins West Middle School	49	8.8%	555
FAIR School Pilgrim Lane	35	8.8%	398
Susan Lindgren Elementary School	36	8.7%	415
New City School	29	8.6%	339
Downtown Campus	7	8.4%	83
Birchview Elementary School	38	8.4%	452
Anthony Middle School	62	8.4%	735
Dowling Elementary School	26	8.3%	315
L.H. Tanglen Elementary School	43	8.3%	518
South View Middle School	81	8.3%	979
Augsburg Fairview Academy	7	8.1%	87
Oak View Elementary School	39	8%	485
Edina Senior High School	203	7.9%	2,585
Groveland Elementary School	71	7.8%	910
Normandale Elementary School	51	7.8%	652
Xinxing Academy	20	7.8%	258
Seward Elementary	43	7.7%	557
Sullivan Elementary School	46	7.7%	598
Countryside Elementary School	48	7.6%	629
School of Engineering-Arts at Olson	33	7.5%	438
Southwest High School	97	7.4%	1,310
Universal Academy Middle/High	2	7.4%	27
Osseo Middle School	84	7.4%	1,129
Northrop Elementary School	28	7.1%	395
Cedar Island Elementary School	33	7.1%	468
Ridgeview Elementary School	28	7%	401
Gleason Lake Elementary School	41	7%	589
Maple Grove Middle School	109	7%	1,568
Athlos Leadership Academy	49	6.9%	713
Shirley Hills Primary School	30	6.7%	445
Kenny Elementary School	20	6.6%	304
Wayzata East Middle School	44	6.6%	672
North High School	33	6.5%	509
Hale Elementary School	21	6.5%	323
Woodland Elementary School	41	6.5%	633
Burroughs Elementary School	30	6.4%	472
Notre Ecole Academy	4	6.4%	63
Bethune Elementary School	15	6.4%	233
Parnassus Preparatory School-Grammar	42	6.4%	657
Champlin/Brooklyn Park Academy for Math and Environmental Science	49	6.3%	773
Wayzata West Middle School	45	6.3%	714
Unity Campus	5	6.2%	81
Prairie Seeds Middle School Academy	13	6.2%	211
Valley View Middle School	61	6.2%	991
Yinghua Academy	51	6.1%	838
Concord Elementary School	44	6.1%	721
Zachary Lane Elementary School	24	6%	403
Minnetonka Senior High School	208	6%	3,482
Minnewashta Elementary School	55	6%	916
Highlands Elementary School	33	6%	554
Prairie Seeds Elementary School Academy	21	5.9%	357
Plymouth Creek Elementary School	39	5.9%	657
Sunset Hill Elementary School	41	5.8%	705
Horizon Science Academy Twin Cities	7	5.7%	123
Armatage Elementary School	21	5.6%	376
Excelsior Elementary School	41	5.6%	734
Lake Harriet Lower Elementary School	18	5.6%	320
Hall Academy Elementary	12	5.6%	215
Hillcrest Elementary School	20	5.6%	358
Rogers Senior High School	98	5.5%	1,774
Meadowbrook Elementary School	42	5.4%	777
Prairie View Elementary School	33	5.4%	614
Minnetonka East Middle School	70	5.4%	1,307
Schumann Elementary School	33	5.4%	617
Parnassus Preparatory School-Logic	25	5.3%	469
Wayzata Central Middle School	80	5.2%	1,534
Wilshire Park Elementary School	36	5.2%	687
Eden Lake Elementary School	31	5.1%	607
Mound Westonka High School	46	5.1%	898
Weaver Lake Science, Math & Technology School	33	5.1%	651
Basswood Elementary School	43	5.1%	848
Grandview Middle School	27	4.9%	549
Wayzata High School	174	4.9%	3,548
Orono Intermediate Elementary School	32	4.9%	650
Perpich Center for Arts Education	7	4.9%	144
Lake Harriet Upper Elementary	13	4.8%	271
Excell Academy Charter	23	4.8%	483
Orono Middle School	33	4.7%	704
Parnassus Preparatory School-Rhetoric	12	4.7%	254
Rogers Middle School	48	4.7%	1,032
Agamim Classical Academy	12	4.6%	261
Orono Senior High School	43	4.6%	945
North Woods Elementary School	36	4.5%	809
Fernbrook Elementary School	42	4.5%	928
Field Elementary	12	4.3%	281
Modern Montessori Charter School	8	4.3%	186
Oxbow Creek Elementary School	48	4.3%	1,109
Eagle Ridge Academy Charter School	31	4.3%	714
Maple Grove Senior High School	102	4.2%	2,408
Creek Valley Elementary School	24	4.1%	590
Kimberly Lane Elementary School	22	4.1%	531
KIPP North Star Primary School	6	4%	149
Lionsgate Academy - Minnetonka	6	4%	149
Meadow Ridge Elementary School	30	4%	757
Glen Lake Elementary School	15	3.7%	411
Rogers Elementary School	24	3.7%	650
Hassan Elementary School	23	3.5%	661
Greenwood Elementary School	28	3.5%	805
Twin Lakes STEM Academy	7	3.5%	203
Noble Academy Middle School	4	3.4%	117
Anishinabe Academy Elementary	8	3.4%	235
Noble Academy Elementary	13	3%	436
Rush Creek Elementary School	22	3%	743
Scenic Heights Elementary School	27	2.9%	928
Hilltop Primary School	13	2.8%	465
Eagle Ridge Academy Lower School	23	2.8%	826
KIPP North Star Academy	3	2.5%	122
SET Academy Elementary	12	2.3%	523
Legacy of Dr. Josie R. Johnson Montessori	1	1.9%	53
Best Academy	10	1.8%	547
Banaadir Elementary	2	1.6%	128
New Millennium Academy Charter School	12	1.4%	851
Friendship Academy of the Arts - Intermediate	2	1.4%	146
Metro College Prep	5	1.4%	369
Oakwood Elementary School	6	1.3%	449
Heritage Academy High	1	1.3%	77
Universal Academy Elementary	5	1.2%	423
LoveWorks Academy for Arts	2	1.2%	162
Compass Academy	2	1.2%	167
Friendship Academy of the Arts - Primary	1	1%	101
SET Academy Middle	1	0.4%	255
Twin Cities International Schools	1	0.2%	622
Banaadir Academy	0	0%	39
Banaadir Academy	0	0%	112
Bdote Learning Center	0	0%	83
Ubah Academy	0	0%	289
Roosevelt High - SWS	0	0%	1
Nasha Shkola Charter School	0	0%	106
MTS Pease Academy	0	0%	21
Success Academy - Bloomington - Middle	0	0%	51
SciTech Academy Charter School	0	0%	330
Success Academy - Bloomington - Elementary	0	0%	126
CVA Fusion Elementary School (K-5)	0	0%	33
Skyline Math and Science Academy	0	0%	188
Aim Academy of Science and Technology	0	0%	169
Minnesota International Middle Charter School	0	0%	334