Name: Minnesota schools on the rise · enrollment growth 2017–2024
Creator: allk12
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Keywords: public schools, K-12, enrollment growth, NCES, Minnesota

Minnesota schools on the rise

Minnesota public schools with the largest enrollment growth from 2017-18 to 2024-25.

Schools in this report

top growth in state

Top growth

+190%

FAIR School Pilgrim Lane

Range

+47% to +190%

2017-18 → 2024-25

TOP 50 MN PUBLIC SCHOOLS BY ENROLLMENT GROWTH · 2017-18 → 2024-25

School	City	District	2017-18	2024-25	% change ↓
FAIR School Pilgrim Lane	PLYMOUTH	ROBBINSDALE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT	139	403	190%
HGA Secondary	SAINT PAUL	Higher Ground Academy	169	442	162%
Hiawatha Collegiate High School	MINNEAPOLIS	HIAWATHA ACADEMIES	290	744	157%
Woodbury Leadership Elementary	WOODBURY	Woodbury Leadership Academy	257	658	156%
New City School	MINNEAPOLIS	NEW CITY SCHOOL	138	351	154%
Seven Hills - Richfield Elementary	RICHFIELD	Seven Hills Preparatory Academy	121	303	150%
Parnassus Prep School-Rhetoric	MAPLE GROVE	Parnassus Preparatory School	104	258	148%
Pipestone Elementary	PIPESTONE	Pipestone Area School District	238	580	144%
Metro College Prep	MINNEAPOLIS	Metro Schools Charter	254	585	130%
RTR Secondary School	TYLER	RTR Public Schools	167	380	128%
PACT CHARTER SECONDARY	RAMSEY	PACT CHARTER SCHOOL	322	730	127%
Prior Lake-Savage Middle School	PRIOR LAKE	Prior Lake-Savage Area Schools	998	2,025	103%
PARTNERSHIP ACADEMY INC.	RICHFIELD	PARTNERSHIP ACADEMY INC.	254	515	103%
PACT Charter Elementary	RAMSEY	PACT CHARTER SCHOOL	336	673	100%
Sanford Elementary School	MONTEVIDEO	MONTEVIDEO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT	144	277	92.4%
New Century School	SAINT PAUL	New Century School	193	367	90.2%
Community of Peace Academy Middle	SAINT PAUL	COMMUNITY OF PEACE ACADEMY	148	279	88.5%
Stride Academy K-8 Charter School	SAINT CLOUD	STRIDE Academy	304	569	87.2%
Great River Elementary School	SAINT PAUL	GREAT RIVER SCHOOL	209	383	83.3%
Jie Ming Mandarin Immersion Academy	SAINT PAUL	Saint Paul Public Schools	237	431	81.9%
Menahga High School	MENAHGA	Menahga Public School District	248	450	81.5%
EARLY CHILDHOOD SPECIAL EDUCATION	DULUTH	DULUTH PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT	140	249	77.9%
LILA Upper School	FOREST LAKE	Lakes International Language Academ	331	579	74.9%
HIGHVIEW ALC	GOLDEN VALLEY	ROBBINSDALE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT	160	277	73.1%
Eagle Point Elementary	OAKDALE	North St. Paul-Maplewood Oakdale	476	792	66.4%
Metro Heights Academy	FRIDLEY	Northeast Metro 916	120	198	65.0%
Star of the North - East Bethel	EAST BETHEL	Star of the North Academy Charter S	136	224	64.7%
Le Sueur-Henderson Middle/High	LE SUEUR	LE SUEUR-HENDERSON SCHOOL DISTRICT	304	500	64.5%
Green Central Elementary	MINNEAPOLIS	Minneapolis Public School District	362	594	64.1%
Carver Elementary	MAPLEWOOD	North St. Paul-Maplewood Oakdale	557	898	61.2%
Beacon ALP	BLOOMINGTON	Bloomington Public Schools	114	183	60.5%
HMONG COLLEGE PREP ACADEMY HS	SAINT PAUL	HMONG COLLEGE PREP ACADEMY	495	791	59.8%
RANDOLPH SECONDARY	RANDOLPH	RANDOLPH PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT	271	430	58.7%
Round Lake-Brewster Elementary	BREWSTER	ROUND LAKE-BREWSTER PUBLIC SCHOOLS	238	377	58.4%
Austin Area Learning Center	AUSTIN	Austin Public School District	109	172	57.8%
FAIR High	MINNEAPOLIS	Minneapolis Public School District	215	337	56.7%
Paynesville Area Secondary School	PAYNESVILLE	Paynesville Area Schools	303	465	53.5%
CLEVELAND ELEMENTARY	CLEVELAND	CLEVELAND PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT	255	390	52.9%
Shakopee High School	SHAKOPEE	Shakopee Public School District	1,848	2,823	52.8%
FIT Academy	APPLE VALLEY	FIT Academy	173	264	52.6%
East Lake Elementary School	LAKEVILLE	ROSEMOUNT-APPLE VALLEY-EAGAN	554	844	52.3%
Midway Star Academy	SAINT PAUL	Midway Star Academy	259	393	51.7%
Lonsdale Pre K-6	LONSDALE	Tri-City United School District	220	331	50.5%
Yellow Medicine East Secondary	GRANITE FALLS	YELLOW MEDICINE EAST	216	321	48.6%
Delano High School	DELANO	DELANO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT	782	1,158	48.1%
MACCRAY Secondary	CLARA CITY	MACCRAY School District	273	402	47.3%
Early Learning Resource Center	WEST SAINT PAUL	West St. Paul-Mendota Heights-Eagan	127	187	47.2%
STEP Academy Charter School	SAINT PAUL	STEP Academy	249	366	47.0%
KERKHOVEN SECONDARY	KERKHOVEN	KERKHOVEN-MURDOCK-SUNBURG	260	382	46.9%
Burnsville Alternative High School	EAGAN	Burnsville-Eagan-Savage Schools	135	198	46.7%

50 of 50 rows · Brick-and-mortar only. Virtual, online, and cyber schools excluded. Schools must have had ≥100 students in 2017-18 and be open in both school years.↓ Download schools-on-the-rise-by-state-mn.csv

How this list was built

Every Minnesota public school that reported total enrollment in both the NCES SY 2017-18 and SY 2024-25 vintages was scored on percent change in enrollment. Schools needed at least 100 students in 2017-18 to qualify, which filters out small specialty programs whose percentage swings are dominated by noise. Brick-and-mortar only: virtual academies, cyber charters, and online schools are excluded by name pattern and by NCES is_virtual flag. Those schools dominate raw growth numbers but rarely represent a school families are choosing for their neighborhood.

Enrollment growth is a leading indicator, not a quality measure. Schools grow because catchment areas shift, because districts consolidate, because a magnet program opens, or because reputation pulls in transfers. A school on this list is one that more Minnesotafamilies are sending their kids to in 2024-25 than in 2017-18, for whatever reason. Pair this with the school's page on allk12 for test scores, demographics, and discussion.

Source data

NCES Common Core of Data, EDGE_ADMINDATA_PUBLICSCH MapServer, vintages 2017-18 and 2024-25. Refreshed yearly when NCES publishes a new admin-data release. School names, slugs, and current district affiliation come from the 2024-25 snapshot.

HOW TO CITE THIS REPORT

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