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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
1	Hiawatha Collegiate High School	MINNEAPOLIS	HIAWATHA ACADEMIES	290	744	157%
2	Woodbury Leadership Elementary	WOODBURY	Woodbury Leadership Academy	257	658	156%
3	Pipestone Elementary	PIPESTONE	Pipestone Area School District	238	580	144%
4	Metro College Prep	MINNEAPOLIS	Metro Schools Charter	254	585	130%
5	PACT CHARTER SECONDARY	RAMSEY	PACT CHARTER SCHOOL	322	730	127%
6	Prior Lake-Savage Middle School	PRIOR LAKE	Prior Lake-Savage Area Schools	998	2,025	103%
7	PARTNERSHIP ACADEMY INC.	RICHFIELD	PARTNERSHIP ACADEMY INC.	254	515	103%
8	PACT Charter Elementary	RAMSEY	PACT CHARTER SCHOOL	336	673	100%
9	Stride Academy K-8 Charter School	SAINT CLOUD	STRIDE Academy	304	569	87.2%
10	Great River Elementary School	SAINT PAUL	GREAT RIVER SCHOOL	209	383	83.3%
11	Jie Ming Mandarin Immersion Academy	SAINT PAUL	Saint Paul Public Schools	237	431	81.9%
12	Menahga High School	MENAHGA	Menahga Public School District	248	450	81.5%
13	LILA Upper School	FOREST LAKE	Lakes International Language Academ	331	579	74.9%
14	MN Virtual Secondary School	ROSEVILLE	Minnesota Transitions Charter Sch	322	561	74.2%
15	Eagle Point Elementary	OAKDALE	North St. Paul-Maplewood Oakdale	476	792	66.4%
16	Le Sueur-Henderson Middle/High	LE SUEUR	LE SUEUR-HENDERSON SCHOOL DISTRICT	304	500	64.5%
17	Green Central Elementary	MINNEAPOLIS	Minneapolis Public School District	362	594	64.1%
18	Carver Elementary	MAPLEWOOD	North St. Paul-Maplewood Oakdale	557	898	61.2%
19	HMONG COLLEGE PREP ACADEMY HS	SAINT PAUL	HMONG COLLEGE PREP ACADEMY	495	791	59.8%
20	RANDOLPH SECONDARY	RANDOLPH	RANDOLPH PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT	271	430	58.7%
21	Round Lake-Brewster Elementary	BREWSTER	ROUND LAKE-BREWSTER PUBLIC SCHOOLS	238	377	58.4%
22	FAIR High	MINNEAPOLIS	Minneapolis Public School District	215	337	56.7%
23	Minnesota Connections Academy 7-12	SAINT PAUL	Minnesota Transitions Charter Sch	2,264	3,536	56.2%
24	Paynesville Area Secondary School	PAYNESVILLE	Paynesville Area Schools	303	465	53.5%
25	CLEVELAND ELEMENTARY	CLEVELAND	CLEVELAND PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT	255	390	52.9%
26	Shakopee High School	SHAKOPEE	Shakopee Public School District	1,848	2,823	52.8%
27	East Lake Elementary School	LAKEVILLE	ROSEMOUNT-APPLE VALLEY-EAGAN	554	844	52.3%
28	Midway Star Academy	SAINT PAUL	Midway Star Academy	259	393	51.7%
29	Lonsdale Pre K-6	LONSDALE	Tri-City United School District	220	331	50.5%
30	Yellow Medicine East Secondary	GRANITE FALLS	YELLOW MEDICINE EAST	216	321	48.6%
31	Delano High School	DELANO	DELANO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT	782	1,158	48.1%
32	MACCRAY Secondary	CLARA CITY	MACCRAY School District	273	402	47.3%
33	STEP Academy Charter School	SAINT PAUL	STEP Academy	249	366	47.0%
34	KERKHOVEN SECONDARY	KERKHOVEN	KERKHOVEN-MURDOCK-SUNBURG	260	382	46.9%
35	Seven Hills - Richfield Middle	RICHFIELD	Seven Hills Preparatory Academy	217	313	44.2%
36	Brookview Elementary	WOODBURY	Stillwater Area Public Schools	423	607	43.5%
37	Pike Lake Kindergarten Center	NEW BRIGHTON	Mounds View Public School District	515	733	42.3%
38	DILWORTH-GLYNDON-FELTON MIDDLE SCH	GLYNDON	DILWORTH-GLYNDON-FELTON	358	508	41.9%
39	INSIGHT SCHOOL OF MINNESOTA	BROOKLYN CENTER	Brooklyn Center Community Schools	359	509	41.8%
40	Nuevas Fronteras Spanish Immersion	SAINT PAUL PARK	South Washington County Schools	396	561	41.7%
41	Lakeside El.	CHISAGO CITY	Chisago Lakes School District	569	804	41.3%
42	Pine Island High School	PINE ISLAND	Pine Island Public School District	346	487	40.8%
43	MATH AND SCIENCE ACADEMY	WOODBURY	MATH AND SCIENCE ACADEMY	512	720	40.6%
44	OLTMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL	COTTAGE GROVE	South Washington County Schools	681	956	40.4%
45	BLUESKY CHARTER SCHOOL	BLOOMINGTON	BLUESKY CHARTER SCHOOL	453	634	40.0%
46	CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL	EDEN PRAIRIE	EDEN PRAIRIE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT	1,334	1,860	39.4%
47	John Glenn Middle	MAPLEWOOD	North St. Paul-Maplewood Oakdale	777	1,073	38.1%
48	WALNUT GROVE ELEMENTARY	WALNUT GROVE	WESTBROOK-WALNUT GROVE SCHOOLS	217	299	37.8%
49	Burnsville Area Learning Center	BURNSVILLE	Burnsville-Eagan-Savage Schools	980	1,350	37.8%
50	Castle Elementary	OAKDALE	North St. Paul-Maplewood Oakdale	460	630	37.0%

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