South Hennepin News

There were 74,344 white students enrolled in Hennepin County public schools in the 2023-24 school year, 1.2% 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, white students comprised 44.8% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 310 schools in the county, Minnetonka Senior High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 2,703.

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 White Students	% of White Students	Total School Enrollment
Nasha Shkola Charter School	101	95.3%	106
Orono Senior High School	835	88.4%	945
Orono Middle School	622	88.4%	704
Hilltop Primary School	407	87.5%	465
Orono Intermediate Elementary School	563	86.6%	650
Mound Westonka High School	772	86%	898
Minnewashta Elementary School	784	85.6%	916
Schumann Elementary School	520	84.3%	617
Grandview Middle School	459	83.6%	549
Shirley Hills Primary School	370	83.2%	445
Perpich Center for Arts Education	119	82.6%	144
Lake Harriet Lower Elementary School	263	82.2%	320
Burroughs Elementary School	384	81.4%	472
Kenny Elementary School	247	81.3%	304
Rogers Elementary School	525	80.8%	650
Lake Harriet Upper Elementary	219	80.8%	271
Groveland Elementary School	733	80.6%	910
Deephaven Elementary School	539	80.5%	670
Rogers Middle School	817	79.2%	1,032
Field Elementary	222	79%	281
Hale Elementary School	254	78.6%	323
Minnetonka East Middle School	1,026	78.5%	1,307
Modern Montessori Charter School	145	78%	186
Minnetonka Senior High School	2,703	77.6%	3,482
Rogers Senior High School	1,373	77.4%	1,774
Clear Springs Elementary School	669	77.3%	866
Concord Elementary School	552	76.6%	721
MTS Pease Academy	16	76.2%	21
Normandale Elementary School	495	75.9%	652
CVA Fusion Elementary School (K-5)	25	75.8%	33
Northrop Elementary School	299	75.7%	395
Rockford Elementary Arts Magnet School	446	75.7%	589
Rockford Secondary School	386	75.4%	512
Glen Lake Elementary School	308	74.9%	411
Oakwood Elementary School	333	74.2%	449
Countryside Elementary School	466	74.1%	629
Hassan Elementary School	488	73.8%	661
Park Spanish Immersion Elementary School	387	73.6%	526
Eagle Heights Spanish Immersion	531	72.3%	734
Highlands Elementary School	400	72.2%	554
Excelsior Elementary School	530	72.2%	734
Fernbrook Elementary School	663	71.4%	928
Hillcrest Elementary School	253	70.7%	358
Lionsgate Academy - Minnetonka	105	70.5%	149
Anthony Middle School	518	70.5%	735
PIM Arts High School	265	70.1%	378
Cosmos Montessori	16	69.6%	23
Basswood Elementary School	588	69.3%	848
Rush Creek Elementary School	514	69.2%	743
Maple Grove Senior High School	1,667	69.2%	2,408
Creek Valley Elementary School	401	68%	590
Wilshire Park Elementary School	467	68%	687
CVA Fusion High School (9-12)	38	67.9%	56
South View Middle School	661	67.5%	979
Howe Elementary School	165	67.4%	245
Armatage Elementary School	252	67%	376
Edina Senior High School	1,718	66.5%	2,585
Southwest High School	868	66.3%	1,310
Valley View Middle School	657	66.3%	991
Gleason Lake Elementary School	389	66%	589
Meadowbrook Elementary School	513	66%	777
Ridgeview Elementary School	263	65.6%	401
Hiawatha Elementary School	138	65.1%	212
School of Engineering-Arts at Olson	284	64.8%	438
Olson Middle School	504	64.7%	779
Lake Nokomis Wenonah Elementary School	102	64.2%	159
Barton Elementary	325	64.2%	506
Sunset Hill Elementary School	446	63.3%	705
Oxbow Creek Elementary School	698	62.9%	1,109
Lake Nokomis Keewaydin Elementary	215	62.7%	343
CVA Fusion Middle School (6-8)	25	62.5%	40
Waite Park Elementary School	167	62.1%	269
St. Anthony Middle School	277	62%	447
Scenic Heights Elementary School	573	61.8%	928
Zachary Lane Elementary School	248	61.5%	403
Windom Elementary School	229	61.2%	374
Maple Grove Middle School	953	60.8%	1,568
Wayzata West Middle School	434	60.8%	714
Greenwood Elementary School	487	60.5%	805
Jefferson Senior High School	1,019	60.5%	1,685
Poplar Bridge Elementary School	288	60.4%	477
Sanford Middle School	422	59.9%	705
St. Anthony Village Senior High School	417	59.2%	704
Elm Creek Elementary School	297	58.5%	508
Wayzata High School	2,071	58.4%	3,548
Justice Page Middle School	542	57.7%	939
North Woods Elementary School	463	57.2%	809
Notre Ecole Academy	36	57.1%	63
Dowling Elementary School	179	56.8%	315
Wayzata East Middle School	381	56.7%	672
Cedar Island Elementary School	264	56.4%	468
Washburn High School	868	55.8%	1,555
New City School	189	55.8%	339
Dayton Elementary School	299	55.2%	542
Susan Lindgren Elementary School	229	55.2%	415
Xinxing Academy	142	55%	258
Hopkins North Middle School	464	54.8%	847
Birchview Elementary School	247	54.7%	452
Plymouth Creek Elementary School	356	54.2%	657
Champlin/Brooklyn Park Academy for Math and Environmental Science	413	53.4%	773
FAIR School Pilgrim Lane	212	53.3%	398
Rice Lake Elementary School	321	53.2%	604
Meadow Ridge Elementary School	402	53.1%	757
St. Louis Park Middle School	493	52.6%	938
Eden Lake Elementary School	313	51.6%	607
Wayzata Central Middle School	789	51.4%	1,534
Normandale Hills Elementary School	225	51%	441
Cedar Ridge Elementary School	249	50.8%	490
Prairie View Elementary School	310	50.5%	614
Westwood Elementary School	171	50.4%	339
St. Louis Park Senior High School	709	49.8%	1,423
Osseo Middle School	560	49.6%	1,129
Central Middle School	935	49.4%	1,891
Robbinsdale Spanish Immersion Elementary School	367	49.1%	748
Oak Grove Middle School	323	48.9%	661
Eden Prairie Senior High School	1,362	48.7%	2,799
Southside Family Charter School	56	48.7%	115
Hopkins Senior High School	968	48.6%	1,991
International Spanish Language Academy	204	48.5%	421
Seven Hills Preparatory Academy, Richfield Middle School	146	48.3%	302
Kenwood Elementary School	170	48.3%	352
Peter Hobart Elementary School	215	47.9%	449
Cornelia Elementary School	284	47.9%	593
Olson Elementary School	233	47.8%	488
Oak View Elementary School	232	47.8%	485
Spero Academy Brooklyn Park	40	47.6%	84
The FAIR School - Crystal	180	47.2%	381
Watershed High School	25	47.2%	53
Hopkins West Middle School	261	47%	555
Roosevelt High School	521	46.5%	1,121
Robbinsdale Armstrong Senior High School	825	46.2%	1,784
Kimberly Lane Elementary School	244	46%	531
L.H. Tanglen Elementary School	238	46%	518
Forest Hills Elementary School	247	45.4%	544
Hennepin Gateway To College	27	44.3%	61
Richfield STEM School	245	44.2%	554
Jackson Middle School	898	44.2%	2,030
Plymouth Middle School	346	43.9%	789
The Alternative Program (TAP)	70	43.8%	160
Champlin Park High School	1,301	43.7%	2,978
Parnassus Preparatory School-Rhetoric	111	43.7%	254
Aquila Elementary School	218	43.7%	499
Bancroft Elementary School	187	43.4%	431
Spero Academy	61	42.1%	145
Yinghua Academy	351	41.9%	838
Oak Grove Elementary School	183	41.9%	437
Agamim Classical Academy	107	41%	261
Eisenhower Elementary School	171	39.8%	430
Weaver Lake Science, Math & Technology School	254	39%	651
Sheridan Hills Elementary School	167	39%	428
Gatewood Elementary School	155	38.9%	399
Seward Elementary	216	38.8%	557
Eagle Ridge Academy Charter School	277	38.8%	714
Central Education Center PreK	20	37.7%	53
Beacon Academy	187	35.9%	521
FAIR High School	117	35.2%	332
Alice Smith Elementary School	151	33.7%	448
Oak Point Elementary School	211	33.4%	632
Exploration High School	32	30.8%	104
Northeast Middle School	160	30.7%	522
Seven Hills Preparatory Academy, Richfield Elementary	90	30.3%	297
Webster Elementary School	81	30.2%	268
Central Middle Alternative (CMAP)	3	30%	10
Choice Academy	36	30%	120
Pillsbury Elementary School	105	29.3%	359
Loring Elementary School	82	29.2%	281
Green Central Elementary School	156	28.2%	554
Osseo Senior High School	623	27.7%	2,249
Edison High School	229	27.5%	833
Richfield Middle School	216	27.4%	788
Marcy Elementary	113	26.7%	424
Parnassus Preparatory School-Logic	124	26.4%	469
Washburn Elementary School	92	26.1%	352
Emerson Elementary School	131	26%	504
Monroe Elementary School - Mathematics, Science and Children's Engineering	140	26%	539
Sonnesyn Elementary School	77	25.8%	298
Richfield Dual Language School	130	25.6%	507
South High School	323	25.6%	1,261
Kennedy Senior High School	391	24.3%	1,610
Options at Edina High School	25	24.3%	103
Richfield Senior High School	295	23.9%	1,235
Lakeview Elementary School	81	23.7%	342
SAGE Academy Charter School	16	23.5%	68
Noble Elementary School	61	23.5%	260
Andersen Middle	239	22.9%	1,045
Sandburg Middle School	75	22.7%	331
Forest Elementary School	101	22.3%	454
Lyndale Elementary School	90	22.3%	404
Woodland Elementary School	140	22.1%	633
Parnassus Preparatory School-Grammar	144	21.9%	657
Eagle Ridge Academy Lower School	181	21.9%	826
West Education Center Alternative	20	21.7%	92
Neill Elementary School	76	21.2%	358
Indian Mounds Elementary School	70	19.8%	354
Centennial Elementary School	59	19.7%	300
Robbinsdale Middle School	115	18.8%	611
ALC Senior High	30	18.8%	160
Valley View Middle School	115	18.5%	622
Robbinsdale Cooper Senior High School	258	17.5%	1,474
Valley View Elementary School	88	16.6%	529
Bryn Mawr Elementary School	63	16.5%	382
Highview Alternative Learning Center	36	16.1%	224
Pratt Elementary School	30	16%	187
Las Estrellas Elementary School	52	13.6%	383
Birch Grove School for the Arts	62	13.4%	464
Sullivan Elementary School	79	13.2%	598
Minnesota Transitions Charter Elementary School	11	12.4%	89
Brooklyn Middle School, a Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math School	116	12.3%	940
Meadow Lake Elementary School	60	12.1%	496
Folwell Elementary	57	12.1%	473
Evergreen Park Elementary - STEM School of Innovation	53	11.6%	456
Ella Baker Elementary School	66	11.5%	575
Cityview Elementary	21	11.4%	184
Franklin Middle School	33	11.3%	291
Whittier Elementary School	44	10.9%	403
MTS High School	15	10.8%	139
Hall Academy Elementary	23	10.7%	215
Olson Middle School	32	10.4%	308
Bethune Elementary School	24	10.3%	233
Hmong International Academy Elementary	21	10.1%	208
Anwatin Middle	28	10%	281
Beacon ALP	11	10%	110
Park Center IB World School	197	9.9%	1,991
Richfield College Experience Program	6	9.8%	61
Edinbrook Elementary School	68	9.7%	698
Minnesota Excellence in Learning Academy	20	9.6%	209
South Education Center Academy	5	9.6%	52
Park Brook Elementary School	29	9.4%	308
North Education Center Academy	4	9.1%	44
Jenny Lind Elementary School	18	8.4%	215
Progeny Academy Charter School	8	8.3%	96
Northeast College Prep Charter School	22	8%	274
Minneapolis Academy & Career Center	5	7.9%	63
Northport Elementary School	33	7.5%	441
Crest View Elementary School	17	7.1%	241
Palmer Lake Elementary School	33	7.1%	468
Nellie Stone Johnson Elementary School	18	7%	258
Henry High School	58	7%	826
Brooklyn Center Elementary School	48	6.5%	744
Lucy Laney Elementary School	24	6.5%	368
Brooklyn Center Middle School	22	6.4%	346
Fair Oaks Elementary School	22	6%	368
Stonebridge World School	14	5.9%	237
North High School	30	5.9%	509
North View Middle School	26	5.8%	447
Legacy of Dr. Josie R. Johnson Montessori	3	5.7%	53
Athlos Leadership Academy	40	5.6%	713
Garden City Elementary School	19	5.4%	355
KIPP North Star Primary School	8	5.4%	149
Longfellow Alternative High	3	4.9%	61
Augsburg Fairview Academy	4	4.6%	87
Brooklyn Center High School	21	4.1%	516
Zanewood Community School, Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math	12	4%	300
KIPP North Star Academy	4	3.3%	122
Horizon Science Academy Twin Cities	4	3.3%	123
Twin Lakes STEM Academy	6	3%	203
Anishinabe Academy Elementary	7	3%	235
Wellstone International High School	4	2.8%	141
Unity Campus	2	2.5%	81
Wellstone International High - SWS	1	2.5%	40
Lincoln International High School	4	2.4%	165
LoveWorks Academy for Arts	3	1.9%	162
Partnership Academy, Inc.	10	1.9%	530
Brooklyn Center Early College Academy	1	1.6%	63
Friendship Academy of the Arts - Intermediate	2	1.4%	146
Hiawatha Collegiate High School	10	1.4%	710
Venture Academy High School	3	1.3%	226
Bdote Learning Center	1	1.2%	83
Sojourner Truth Academy	4	1.1%	354
Hennepin Schools Upper Campus	2	1%	194
Friendship Academy of the Arts - Primary	1	1%	101
Escuela Exitos	2	0.9%	214
Venture Academy Middle School	1	0.9%	116
Banaadir Elementary	1	0.8%	128
Hennepin Schools Lower Campus	2	0.8%	258
Hiawatha College Prep - Northrop	3	0.7%	409
New Millennium Academy Charter School	5	0.6%	851
Hiawatha Leadership Academy-Northrop	2	0.5%	412
Best Academy	2	0.4%	547
Prairie Seeds High School Academy	1	0.4%	256
Metro College Prep	1	0.3%	369
Excell Academy Charter	1	0.2%	483
Universal Academy Elementary	1	0.2%	423
Banaadir Academy	0	0%	39
Banaadir Academy	0	0%	112
Aurora Middle School	0	0%	187
Aurora Charter School	0	0%	239
Ubah Academy	0	0%	289
Universal Academy Middle/High	0	0%	27
Aim Academy of Science and Technology	0	0%	169
Downtown Campus	0	0%	83
Minnesota International Middle Charter School	0	0%	334
Noble Academy Elementary	0	0%	436
Noble Academy Middle School	0	0%	117
Lirio Montessori	0	0%	3
El Colegio Charter School	0	0%	96
Compass Academy	0	0%	167
Prairie Seeds Elementary School Academy	0	0%	357
Prairie Seeds Middle School Academy	0	0%	211
Prekindergarten North	0	0%	7
Roosevelt High - SWS	0	0%	1
SciTech Academy Charter School	0	0%	330
SET Academy Elementary	0	0%	523
SET Academy Middle	0	0%	255
Skyline Math and Science Academy	0	0%	188
Hiawatha College Prep - Kingfield	0	0%	74
Heritage Academy High	0	0%	77
Success Academy - Bloomington - Elementary	0	0%	126
Success Academy - Bloomington - Middle	0	0%	51
Twin Cities International Schools	0	0%	622