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Fastest-growing Minnesota public schools, 2017-2024

Minnesota public schools open in both 2017-18 and 2024-25 with at least 200 students in 2017, ranked by percentage enrollment change over the seven-year window.

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MINNESOTA · FASTEST-GROWING

#	School	City	District	2017-18	2024-25	% Change
51	International Spanish Language Acad	EDINA	International Spanish Language Acad	329	447	35.9%
52	PARK RAPIDS AREA CENTURY ELEMENTARY	PARK RAPIDS	PARK RAPIDS PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT	635	861	35.6%
53	RED LAKE SECONDARY	RED LAKE	RED LAKE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT	278	377	35.6%
54	North High	MINNEAPOLIS	Minneapolis Public School District	436	591	35.6%
55	CRESTVIEW ELEMENTARY	COTTAGE GROVE	South Washington County Schools	314	425	35.4%
56	Early Childhood Special Education	MAPLEWOOD	North St. Paul-Maplewood Oakdale	276	373	35.1%
57	GREAT RIVER SCHOOL	SAINT PAUL	GREAT RIVER SCHOOL	305	411	34.8%
58	EISENHOWER ELEMENTARY	HOPKINS	HOPKINS PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT	375	504	34.4%
59	Global Arts Plus Lower	SAINT PAUL	Saint Paul Public Schools	307	410	33.6%
60	ST. CLAIR SECONDARY	SAINT CLAIR	ST. CLAIR PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT	307	409	33.2%
61	Richardson Elementary	NORTH SAINT PAUL	North St. Paul-Maplewood Oakdale	492	654	32.9%
62	Breckenridge Middle/High School	BRECKENRIDGE	BRECKENRIDGE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT	235	311	32.3%
63	MOUNTAIN IRON-BUHL SECONDARY	MOUNTAIN IRON	MOUNTAIN IRON-BUHL SCHOOL DISTRICT	214	283	32.2%
64	DAVINCI ACADEMY	HAM LAKE	DAVINCI ACADEMY	720	952	32.2%
65	Handke Center- EC Special Education	ELK RIVER	Elk River Public School District	303	399	31.7%
66	COLD SPRING ELEMENTARY	COLD SPRING	ROCORI PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT	500	656	31.2%
67	DISCOVERY COMMUNITY ELEMENTARY	WAITE PARK	ST. CLOUD PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT	438	572	30.6%
68	William Byrne Elementary	BURNSVILLE	Burnsville-Eagan-Savage Schools	437	569	30.2%
69	Banfield Elementary	AUSTIN	Austin Public School District	443	574	29.6%
70	MENAHGA ELEMENTARY	MENAHGA	Menahga Public School District	415	537	29.4%
71	Parnassus Preparatory School-Logic	MAPLE GROVE	Parnassus Preparatory School	365	471	29.0%
72	Saint Cloud Math and Science Academ	SAINT CLOUD	Saint Cloud Math and Science Academ	208	266	27.9%
73	Pike Lake Elementary	DULUTH	Proctor Public School District	230	293	27.4%
74	COHASSET ELEMENTARY	COHASSET	GRAND RAPIDS PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT	245	312	27.3%
75	Paladin Career and Tech High School	COON RAPIDS	Paladin Career and Tech High School	202	257	27.2%
76	Hidden River Middle School	SAINT PAUL	Saint Paul Public Schools	503	640	27.2%
77	CHERRY SECONDARY	IRON	ST. LOUIS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT	215	273	27.0%
78	Bloomington ECSE	BLOOMINGTON	Bloomington Public Schools	223	283	26.9%
79	Le Sueur-Henderson Elementary	LE SUEUR	LE SUEUR-HENDERSON SCHOOL DISTRICT	308	390	26.6%
80	EAGLE RIDGE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL	MINNETONKA	EAGLE RIDGE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL	555	702	26.5%
81	WORTHINGTON SENIOR HIGH	WORTHINGTON	WORTHINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT	886	1,118	26.2%
82	LA ACADEMIA	CHASKA	EASTERN CARVER COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL	351	443	26.2%
83	Pillager Middle School	PILLAGER	PILLAGER PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT	343	433	26.2%
84	Urban Academy	SAINT PAUL	Urban Academy	330	416	26.1%
85	Westwood Intermediate & Middle Sch	BLAINE	SPRING LAKE PARK PUBLIC SCHOOLS	1,307	1,646	25.9%
86	Blooming Prairie High School	BLOOMING PRAIRIE	Blooming Prairie Public Schools	306	385	25.8%
87	HOWARD LAKE-WAVERLY-WINSTED SEC.	HOWARD LAKE	HOWARD LAKE-WAVERLY-WINSTED	328	411	25.3%
88	Prairie Seeds High School Academy	BROOKLYN PARK	PRAIRIE SEEDS ACADEMY	225	282	25.3%
89	MINNEWASKA SECONDARY	GLENWOOD	MINNEWASKA SCHOOL DISTRICT	339	424	25.1%
90	Forest Lake Area High School	FOREST LAKE	Forest Lake Public School District	1,443	1,805	25.1%
91	Skyview Community Middle	OAKDALE	North St. Paul-Maplewood Oakdale	823	1,029	25.0%
92	Hopkins High School	MINNETONKA	HOPKINS PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT	1,604	2,003	24.9%
93	ASPEN ACADEMY	SAVAGE	ASPEN ACADEMY	514	641	24.7%
94	Pillager Senior High School	PILLAGER	PILLAGER PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT	297	370	24.6%
95	Universal Academy Elementary	MINNEAPOLIS	Universal Academy Charter School	330	411	24.5%
96	GORDON BAILEY ELEMENTARY	WOODBURY	South Washington County Schools	564	692	22.7%
97	WAYZATA EAST MIDDLE	PLYMOUTH	WAYZATA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT	666	817	22.7%
98	WAUBUN SECONDARY	WAUBUN	Waubun-Ogema-White Earth Schools	232	283	22.0%
99	Columbia Heights Senior High	COLUMBIA HEIGHTS	Columbia Heights Public School Dist	936	1,141	21.9%
100	ADRIAN ELEMENTARY	ADRIAN	ADRIAN PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT	242	295	21.9%

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